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The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

2009. Directed by Troy Duffy, written by Troy Duffy and Taylor Duffy.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

1 / 3

Fails

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    4 women characters. 2 of them speak.
  2. No 2. Who talk to each other
    Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other.
  3. 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.

Poster for The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

The film

For the last 8 years the brothers have been living with their father on a sheep farm deep in isolated Ireland. One day their uncle tells them that they have been framed for the murder of a Bostonian Catholic priest. The boys must return to Boston to not only clear their names but find the men who framed them.

Released
11 Dec 2009
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Rated
R
IMDb
6.2 / 10
Metascore
24 / 100
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Eunice 145 lines, woman
  2. Connor 111 lines, man
  3. Murphy 102 lines, man
  4. Romeo 83 lines, man
  5. Greenly 45 lines, man
  6. Duffy 37 lines, man
  7. George 35 lines, man
  8. Poppa M 33 lines, man
  9. Dolly 29 lines, man
  10. Poppa M V.O 22 lines, man
Full cast, 67 people
  • Sean Patrick Flanery as Connor
  • Norman Reedus as Murphy
  • Clifton Collins Jr. as Romeo
  • Julie Benz as Eunice
  • Judd Nelson as Concezio Yakavetta
  • Bob Marley as Greenly
  • Brian Mahoney as Duffy
  • David Ferry as Dolly
  • David Della Rocco as Rocco
  • Peter Fonda as The Roman
  • Billy Connolly as Poppa
  • Daniel DeSanto as Crew Cut
  • Gerard Parkes as Doc
  • Matthew Lemche as Noah
  • Robert Mauriell as Louie
  • Robb Wells as Jimmy the Gofer
  • Paul Johansson as Kuntsler
  • Pedro Salvín as Uncle Cesar
  • Richard Fitzpatrick as Police Chief
  • Dwayne McLean as Father McKinney
  • Tom Barnett as Irish Gun Dealer
  • Bob Rubin as Gorgeous George
  • Mairtin O'Carrigan as Father Sibeal
  • Sweeney MacArthur as Jacob McManus
  • Aaron Berg as Jo Jo Rhama
  • Joris Jarsky as Lloyd
  • Zachary Bennett as Roy
  • Erika Bruun-Andersen as Massage Therapist
  • Matthew Chaffee as Officer Chaffey
  • Carlo Berardinucci as 50's Mafioso
  • Joe Parro as 50's Mafioso
  • Joseph Di Mambro as 50's Thug
  • Philip Bucceri as 50's Thug
  • Tony Munch as 50's Thug
  • Matthew G. Taylor as Giant
  • Paul De La Rosa as Cab Driver
  • Paulino Nunes as Capo
  • A. Frank Ruffo as Capo
  • Stefano DiMatteo as Capo
  • Marco Bianco as Capo
  • Paul Rapovski as Capo
  • Santino Buda as Capo
  • Jeremy Wright as Dock Worker
  • Darryl Flatman as G-Man
  • Darryl Pring as Hot Dog Vendor
  • Rolando Alvarez Giacoman as Mexican Seaman
  • Brad Davis as North Side Bruglione
  • Ermes Blarasin as North Side Bruglione
  • Flint Eagle as North Side Bruglione
  • Brian Frank as North Side Bruglione
  • Steve 'Shack' Shackleton as North Side Bruglione
  • Brendan Wall as North Side Bruglione
  • Shamus Fynes as Police Officer
  • Louis Di Bianco as Patronazzi
  • Rufus Crawford as Pedestrian
  • George Nickolas K. as Pedestrian
  • Howard Hoover as Reporter #1
  • Joey Amorosino as Reporter #2
  • Mark Stables as Prison Guard
  • Jerry Azzopardi as FBI Agent
  • Brendan Carmody as Thug in the Woods
  • Scott Savitz as Street Interviewee
  • Paul Joyce as Street Interviewee
  • John Herman as Street Interviewee
  • Kara Apostolica as Street Interviewee
  • Kimberly Tuscano as Street Interviewee
  • Willem Dafoe as Paul Smecker (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 8% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 178

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 407
5 to 802
9 to 12013
13 to 1604
17 to 20021
21 to 242018
25 to 2883
29 to 32210
33 to 36021
37 to 40467
41 to 44117
45 to 48019
49 to 5284
53 to 56532
57 to 60019
61 to 641118
65 to 68031
69 to 72721
73 to 76023
77 to 80425
81 to 8406
85 to 881133
89 to 921111
93 to 9689
97 to 100939
101 to 10409
105 to 108016
109 to 1121422
113 to 116124
117 to 12041
121 to 12459
125 to 128916
129 to 132037
133 to 136014
137 to 140018
141 to 14417
145 to 148314
149 to 15204
153 to 156011
157 to 16002
161 to 164014
165 to 16800
169 to 172010
173 to 17608
177 to 17804

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, 17 are women's.

146 lines from women, 713 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

4 women and 61 men in the cast. 2 women and 62 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 64 of 929. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 94 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

  • First line by a woman
  • Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 22% of the words (2,189), men 78% (7,922). Women have 17% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.

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

Exhibit E: behind the camera

2 of the 13 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)
Story by
Troy Duffy (man), Taylor Duffy (man)
Produced by
Don Carmody (man), Chris Brinker (man)
Shot by
Mirosław Baszak (man)
Edited by
Paul Kumpata (man), Bill DeRonde (gender not listed)
Music by
Jeff Danna (man)
Production design by
Dan Yarhi (gender not listed)
Costumes by
Georgina Yarhi (woman)
Cast by
Veronica Collins Rooney (woman)

The crew, department by department

  • Visual Effects

    0 women, 6 men, 15 not listed

  • Sound

    0 women, 3 men, 6 not listed

  • Costume & Make-Up

    3 women, 0 men, 4 not listed

  • Other crew

    1 women, 2 men, 2 not listed

  • Production

    1 women, 4 men

  • Art

    0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed

  • Writing

    0 women, 3 men

  • Camera

    0 women, 2 men

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit F: how old the stars were

Women: 37 on average. Men: 50 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Julie Benz 37

Men

Clifton Collins Jr. 39, Norman Reedus 40, Bob Marley 42, Sean Patrick Flanery 44, Judd Nelson 49, David Della Rocco 57, David Ferry 58, Peter Fonda 69

Exhibit G: the money

It made 1.3 times what it cost.

Budget
$8 million
Box office
$10.6 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 178 scenes and 929 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works

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