Fails the Bechdel test
The Boondock Saints
2000. Directed by Troy Duffy, written by Troy Duffy.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
7 women characters. 3 of them speak. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 0 out of 3.
The film
Tired of the crime overrunning the streets of Boston, Irish Catholic twin brothers Conner (Flanery) and Murphy (Reedus) are inspired by their faith to cleanse their hometown of evil with their own brand of zealous vigilante justice. As they hunt down and kill one notorious gangster after another, they become controversial folk heroes in the community. But Paul Smecker (Dafoe), an eccentric FBI agent, is fast closing in on their blood-soaked trail.
- Released
- 21 Jan 2000
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 44 / 100
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Smecker 148 lines, man
- Connor 138 lines, man
- Rocco 129 lines, man
- Murphy 114 lines, man
- Mom 24 lines, woman
- Priest 23 lines, man
- Yakavetta 21 lines, man
- Greenly 19 lines, man
- Duffy 18 lines, man
- Doc 14 lines, man
Full cast, 52 people
- Willem Dafoe as Paul Smecker
- Sean Patrick Flanery as Conner MacManus
- Norman Reedus as Murphy MacManus
- David Della Rocco as Rocco
- Billy Connolly as Il Duce
- Bob Marley as Detective Greenly
- Brian Mahoney as Detective Duffy
- Gerard Parkes as Doc
- David Ferry as Detective Dolly
- Carlo Rota as Yakavetta
- Richard Fitzpatrick as The Chief
- William Young as Monsignor
- Robert Pemberton as Macklepenny
- Bill Craig as McGerkin
- Dot-Marie Jones as Rozengurtle
- Scott Griffith as Ivan Checkov
- Layton Morrison as Vladdy
- James Binkley as Officer Newman
- Matthew Chaffee as Officer Chaffey
- Robert Eaton as Officer Langley
- Kym Kristalie as Beat-Up Woman
- Peter Windrem as Reporter #1
- Elizabeth Saunders as Reporter #2
- Jeffrey R. Smith as Bartender
- Jonathan Higgins as Officer Mitchell
- Anthony Chrysostom as Judge
- Lizz Alexander as Virginal Woman
- Derek Murchie as Media Man #1
- Robert B. Kennedy as Media Man #2
- Ron Jeremy as Vincenzo Lipazzi
- Tom Barnett as Irish Gun Dealer
- Glen Marc Silot as Rueben
- Victor Pedtrchenko as The Fat Man
- Lauren Piech as Donna
- Gina Sorell as Rayvie
- Jeanna Fine as Dancer
- Sergio Di Zio as Oly
- Angelo Tucci as Vinnie
- Jimmy Tingle as The Priest
- Dick Callahan as Sal
- Moris Santia as Drug Dealer
- Carmen DiStefano as Augustus
- Darren Marsman as Pimp
- Chris Flockton as Mr. Cobb
- Roberta Angelica as Forensic Woman #1
- Markus Parilo as Sick Mob Man
- Gary Nicholson as Correctional Officer
- Joe Pingue as Geno
- Kevin Chapman as Chappy
- Nicholas Pasco as Hojo
- Chris Brinker as Mafiosa #1
- Don Carmody as Mafiosa #2
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 5% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 136
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 26 |
| 7 to 9 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 to 12 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 to 15 | 16 | 51 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 6 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 19 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 12 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 39 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 23 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 5 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 37 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 33 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 22 |
| 52 to 54 | 0 | 6 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 54 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 34 |
| 64 to 66 | 1 | 38 |
| 67 to 69 | 3 | 31 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 21 |
| 73 to 75 | 2 | 10 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 21 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 15 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 2 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 7 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 9 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 6 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 16 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 1 |
| 103 to 105 | 1 | 20 |
| 106 to 108 | 0 | 8 |
| 109 to 111 | 0 | 0 |
| 112 to 114 | 0 | 15 |
| 115 to 117 | 0 | 43 |
| 118 to 120 | 0 | 15 |
| 121 to 123 | 0 | 10 |
| 124 to 126 | 1 | 13 |
| 127 to 129 | 0 | 0 |
| 130 to 132 | 0 | 6 |
| 133 to 135 | 0 | 20 |
| 136 to 136 | 2 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 5 are women's.
34 lines from women, 717 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
7 women and 41 men in the cast. 3 women and 25 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 41 of 791.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 342 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 5% of the words (476), men 95% (9,263).
Exhibit D: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
0
Two men
84
Exhibit E: behind the camera
2 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 17% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Troy Duffy (man)
- Written by
- Troy Duffy (man)
- Produced by
- Lloyd Segan (man), Elie Samaha (man), Robert N. Fried (man), Chris Brinker (man)
- Shot by
- Adam Kane (man)
- Edited by
- Bill DeRonde (gender not listed)
- Music by
- Jeff Danna (man)
- Production design by
- Robert de Vico (man)
- Costumes by
- Mary E. McLeod (woman)
- Cast by
- Lora Kennedy (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Production
2 women, 9 men, 6 not listed
-
Sound
0 women, 7 men, 5 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 1 men, 5 not listed
-
Editing
1 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
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Art
0 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
-
Directing
1 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
-
Other crew
0 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
-
Lighting
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Men: 44 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Men
Norman Reedus 30, Bob Marley 31, Sean Patrick Flanery 33, Carlo Rota 37, Willem Dafoe 43, David Della Rocco 46, David Ferry 47, Billy Connolly 56, Gerard Parkes 74
Exhibit G: the money
It made 1% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $6 million
- Box office
- $38,256
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 136 scenes and 791 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
