Passes the Bechdel test
The Boss Baby: Family Business
2021. Directed by Tom McGrath, written by Michael McCullers and Tom McGrath and Marla Frazee.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
9 women characters. 11 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 13 scenes out of 21. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
In the sequel to DreamWorks Animation's Oscar®-nominated blockbuster comedy, the Templeton brothers--Tim (James Marsden, X-Men franchise) and his Boss Baby little bro Ted (Alec Baldwin)--have become adults and drifted away from each other. Tim is now a married stay-at-home dad. Ted is a hedge fund CEO. But a new boss baby with a cutting-edge approach and a can-do attitude is about to bring them together again.. and inspire a new family business.
- Released
- 02 Jul 2021
- Genres
- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 5.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 39 / 100
- Awards
- 7 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Tim 412 lines, man
- Boss Baby 240 lines, man
- Tabitha 198 lines, woman
- Baby Tina 170 lines, woman
- Dr. Armstrong 160 lines, man
- Carol 97 lines, woman
- Ted 66 lines, man
- Wizzie 37 lines, man
- Tim V.O 31 lines, man
- Tim’S Mom 28 lines, woman
Full cast, 29 people
- James Marsden as Tim (voice)
- Alec Baldwin as Boss Baby (Ted) (voice)
- Amy Sedaris as Tina (voice)
- Ariana Greenblatt as Tabitha (voice)
- Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Armstrong (voice)
- Eva Longoria as Carol (voice)
- James McGrath as Wizzie (voice)
- Jimmy Kimmel as Grandpa (Ted Sr.) (voice)
- Lisa Kudrow as Grandma (Janice) (voice)
- Raphael Alejandro as Nathan / Lead Baby Ninja (voice)
- Serenity Reign Brown as Meghan (voice)
- David Soren as Jimbo (voice)
- Nicholas Gist as The Triplets (voice)
- James Ryan as Story Bear (Connie) (voice)
- David P. Smith as Movie Patron (voice)
- Nova Reed as Little Bo Peep Baby (voice)
- Molly K. Gray as Creepy Girl (voice)
- Ashlyn Lundahl as 'No' Girl (voice)
- Dave Needham as Glue Baby (voice)
- Tom McGrath as Dr. Tiffany Hamilton (voice)
- Reyn Doi as Box Kid (voice)
- Collin Erker as Time Out Kid (voice)
- Walt Dohrn as Baby Bouncer (voice)
- April Lawrence as Acorn Center Computer (voice)
- Miles Bakshi as Young Tim Voice-Over (voice)
- Jimmy Moneta as Additional Voices (voice)
- Kristin Lowe as Pageant Mom 1 (voice)
- Marjorie Cohn as Pageant Mom 2 (voice)
- Connor Albrecht as Dreidel Kid (voice)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 1 scene, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 21
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 1 | 25 | 46 |
| 2 to 2 | 20 | 13 |
| 3 to 3 | 23 | 76 |
| 4 to 4 | 18 | 34 |
| 5 to 5 | 16 | 36 |
| 6 to 6 | 67 | 63 |
| 7 to 7 | 27 | 39 |
| 8 to 8 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 to 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 to 10 | 12 | 33 |
| 11 to 11 | 34 | 173 |
| 12 to 12 | 0 | 35 |
| 13 to 13 | 7 | 2 |
| 14 to 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 to 15 | 94 | 165 |
| 16 to 16 | 36 | 33 |
| 17 to 17 | 37 | 62 |
| 18 to 18 | 21 | 57 |
| 19 to 19 | 43 | 50 |
| 20 to 20 | 54 | 100 |
| 21 to 21 | 20 | 23 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
TABITHA: Set! CAROL: Go!
CAROL: Woo! Daddio Andretti! TABITHA: Yay Templetons!
TABITHA: Thank you! CAROL: Yay Tabitha!
TABITHA: Oh no! TABITHA O.S: Good night Dr. Hawking! TABITHA: Carbon, boron, beryllium, lithium, helium, hydrogen. Nailed it! Boom shakalaka! TABITHA: Carry the four! Gosh...
CAROL: And special guest, baby Tina! TABITHA: Good night little Tina! CAROL: Come back here you! TABITHA: Good night mom!
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 34 are women's.
554 lines from women, 1055 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
9 women and 16 men in the cast. 11 women and 25 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 5 of 1,707.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 71 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 34% of the words (3,673), men 66% (7,019).
Exhibit E: 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
55
Two men
125
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 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
- Tom McGrath (man)
- Written by
- Michael McCullers (man)
- Story by
- Tom McGrath (man), Michael McCullers (man)
- From the novel by
- Marla Frazee (woman)
- Produced by
- Marla Frazee (woman), Jeff Hermann (man)
- Edited by
- Mary Blee (woman), Mark A. Hester (man)
- Music by
- Steve Mazzaro (man), Hans Zimmer (man)
- Production design by
- Raymond Zibach (man)
- Cast by
- Christi Soper Hilt (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
0 women, 11 men, 2 not listed
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Production
2 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
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Writing
1 women, 4 men
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Art
0 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
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Visual Effects
1 women, 3 men
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Editing
1 women, 1 men
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Other crew
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 44 on average. Men: 49 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Ariana Greenblatt 13, Eva Longoria 46, Lisa Kudrow 57, Amy Sedaris 60
Men
Raphael Alejandro 13, James Marsden 47, Jimmy Kimmel 53, Alec Baldwin 63, Jeff Goldblum 68
Exhibit H: the money
It made 1.8 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $82 million
- Box office
- $147 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 21 scenes and 1,707 lines of dialogue. How the test works
