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The Bounty Hunter

2010. Directed by Andy Tennant, written by Sarah Thorp.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

2 / 3

Fails

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    11 women characters. 2 of them speak.
  2. Yes 2. Who talk to each other
    Women do talk to each other.
  3. No 3. About something besides a man
    Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.

Second opinion

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Poster for The Bounty Hunter

The film

Milo Boyd, a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter, gets his dream job when he is assigned to track down his bail-jumping ex-wife, reporter Nicole Hurly. He thinks all that's ahead is an easy payday, but when Nicole gives him the slip so she can chase a lead on a murder cover-up, Milo realizes that nothing ever goes simply with him and Nicole. The exes continually one-up each other - until they find themselves on the run for their lives. They thought their promise to love, honor and obey was tough - staying alive is going to be a whole lot tougher.

Released
19 Mar 2010
Genres
Action, Comedy, Romance
Rated
PG-13
IMDb
5.5 / 10
Metascore
22 / 100
Awards
4 wins & 5 nominations
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Milo 371 lines, man
  2. Cass 288 lines, woman
  3. Sid 47 lines, man
  4. Bobby 30 lines, man
  5. Stewart 25 lines, man
  6. Dwight 16 lines, man
  7. Jimmy 15 lines, man
  8. Lorraine 12 lines
  9. Chiron 10 lines
  10. Landlady 10 lines, woman
Full cast, 35 people
  • Jennifer Aniston as Nicole Hurley
  • Gerard Butler as Milo Boyd
  • Jason Sudeikis as Stewart
  • Jeff Garlin as Sid
  • Ritchie Coster as Ray
  • Cathy Moriarty as Irene
  • Peter Greene as Mahler
  • Joel Marsh Garland as Dwight
  • Dorian Missick as Bobby
  • Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Teresa
  • Carol Kane as Dawn
  • Adam Rose as Jimmy
  • Christine Baranski as Kitty Hurley
  • Gio Perez as Uncle Sam
  • Jason Kolotouros as Gelman
  • Matt Malloy as Gary
  • David Costabile as Arthur
  • Lynda Gravatt as Judge
  • Jayne Houdyshell as Landlady
  • Mark Budd as Stickman
  • Mary Testa as Maid at the Taj
  • Harry Zittel as Pedicab Driver
  • Charles Techman as Track Vet
  • Tracy Thorne as Membership Director
  • Christian Borle as Caddy
  • Amanda Hope Dutton as Darla
  • Adam LeFevre as Edmund
  • Edward Mitchell as Jonathan
  • Patrick Mitchell as Jeremy
  • Charlie Hewson as Rich Guy
  • Lou Sumrall as Bone
  • Brooke Allison as Strip Club Waitress
  • Eric Zuckerman as Kenny
  • Wally Dunn as Depository Clerk
  • Mike Sheehan as Desk Sergeant

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 4 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 177

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 444
5 to 856
9 to 1220
13 to 1617
17 to 20034
21 to 24262
25 to 2803
29 to 3212
33 to 3603
37 to 4000
41 to 4401
45 to 48209
49 to 52316
53 to 56010
57 to 60011
61 to 641315
65 to 682222
69 to 722021
73 to 763030
77 to 8057
81 to 8444
85 to 881420
89 to 921715
93 to 96113
97 to 100512
101 to 10463
105 to 108413
109 to 1121315
113 to 116110
117 to 1201325
121 to 124810
125 to 128191
129 to 1321320
133 to 1361222
137 to 14014
141 to 14411
145 to 148516
149 to 1521214
153 to 15623
157 to 16021
161 to 16408
165 to 1682735
169 to 17259
173 to 17669
177 to 17745

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, 37 are women's.

323 lines from women, 551 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

11 women and 22 men in the cast. 2 women and 14 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

A woman speaks the first line. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 96 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

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

Words spoken

Women speak 32% of the words (2,463), men 68% (5,330). Women have 37% of the lines, so their lines run shorter 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

3 of the 8 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 30% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
Andy Tennant (man)
Written by
Sarah Thorp (woman)
Produced by
Neal H. Moritz (man)
Shot by
Oliver Bokelberg (man)
Edited by
Troy Takaki (man)
Music by
George Fenton (man)
Production design by
Jane Musky (woman)
Cast by
Kathleen Chopin (woman)

The crew, department by department

  • Other crew

    6 women, 17 men, 4 not listed

  • Sound

    2 women, 11 men, 1 not listed

  • Costume & Make-Up

    3 women, 1 men, 6 not listed

  • Production

    2 women, 5 men

  • Camera

    0 women, 3 men, 3 not listed

  • Directing

    1 women, 3 men, 1 not listed

  • Visual Effects

    0 women, 1 men, 4 not listed

  • Art

    3 women, 1 men

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit F: how old the stars were

Women: 46 on average. Men: 39 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Jennifer Aniston 41, Siobhan Fallon Hogan 48, Cathy Moriarty 49

Men

Jason Sudeikis 34, Joel Marsh Garland 34, Dorian Missick 34, Gerard Butler 40, Ritchie Coster 42, Peter Greene 44, Jeff Garlin 47

Exhibit G: the money

It made 3.4 times what it cost.

Budget
$40 million
Box office
$136 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 177 scenes and 921 lines of dialogue. How the test works

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