Passes the Bechdel test
The Edge of Seventeen
2016. Directed by Kelly Fremon Craig, written by Kelly Fremon Craig.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
12 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 19 scenes out of 103. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
Everyone knows that growing up is hard, and life is no easier for high school junior Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld), who is already at peak awkwardness when her all-star older brother Darian (Blake Jenner) starts dating her best friend Krista (Haley Lu Richardson). All at once, Nadine feels more alone than ever, until the unexpected friendship of a thoughtful boy (Hayden Szeto) gives her a glimmer of hope that things just might not be so terrible after all.
- Released
- 18 Nov 2016
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.3 / 10
- Metascore
- 77 / 100
- Awards
- 8 wins & 29 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Nadine 405 lines, woman
- Krista 206 lines, woman
- Darian 116 lines, man
- Erwin 72 lines, man
- Mona 31 lines, woman
- Jerry 18 lines, woman
- Heather 9 lines, woman
- Carly 8 lines
- Gossipy Girl 6 lines, woman
- Sophomore Girl #1 4 lines, woman
Full cast, 23 people
- Hailee Steinfeld as Nadine Franklin
- Woody Harrelson as Mr. Bruner
- Haley Lu Richardson as Krista
- Blake Jenner as Darian Franklin
- Kyra Sedgwick as Mona Franklin
- Hayden Szeto as Erwin Kim
- Alexander Calvert as Nick Mossman
- Eric Keenleyside as Tom Franklin
- Nesta Cooper as Shannon
- Meredith Monroe as Greer
- Katie Stuart as Jeannie
- Lina Renna as Little Nadine
- Christian Michael Cooper as Little Darian
- Ava Grace Cooper as Little Krista
- Laine MacNeil as TCBY Girl
- Jena Skodje as Little Mean Girl
- Daniel Bacon as Film Festival Emcee
- Kavandeep Hayre as Teammate
- Lyle Reginald as Junior Guy
- Chris Shields as Hospital Official
- Christian Lagasse as Usher
- Lauren K. Robek as Krista's Mom
- Laura Ward as Erwin's Friend (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 103
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 14 | 0 |
| 4 to 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 7 to 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 to 12 | 18 | 3 |
| 13 to 15 | 38 | 7 |
| 16 to 18 | 27 | 2 |
| 19 to 21 | 32 | 10 |
| 22 to 24 | 41 | 32 |
| 25 to 27 | 51 | 12 |
| 28 to 30 | 28 | 12 |
| 31 to 33 | 47 | 2 |
| 34 to 36 | 25 | 7 |
| 37 to 39 | 23 | 5 |
| 40 to 42 | 3 | 1 |
| 43 to 45 | 24 | 10 |
| 46 to 48 | 10 | 1 |
| 49 to 51 | 23 | 21 |
| 52 to 54 | 4 | 7 |
| 55 to 57 | 27 | 0 |
| 58 to 60 | 9 | 6 |
| 61 to 63 | 24 | 5 |
| 64 to 66 | 25 | 12 |
| 67 to 69 | 14 | 4 |
| 70 to 72 | 15 | 3 |
| 73 to 75 | 63 | 0 |
| 76 to 78 | 14 | 3 |
| 79 to 81 | 2 | 0 |
| 82 to 84 | 1 | 0 |
| 85 to 87 | 13 | 4 |
| 88 to 90 | 27 | 8 |
| 91 to 93 | 2 | 3 |
| 94 to 96 | 3 | 2 |
| 97 to 99 | 8 | 4 |
| 100 to 102 | 22 | 5 |
| 103 to 103 | 3 | 0 |
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.
NADINE: Motherfucker. KRISTA: It's Krista, leave a message and try to keep it short because I think I have ADD. No, I'm serious. NADINE: Your stupid voicemail lady cut me off and it wasn't very good fricking timing. NADINE: Anyway, as I was saying: I'm never talking to you again. This friendship... is officially over.
NADINE: Krista and I had been best friends since the day we met back in the Spring of 2nd grade. KRISTA: My name's Krista, what's yours? NADINE: Nadine Hamidi Yousefa Rostami. KRISTA: Wow, that's abuncha words. You're real good at the Ken, too.
KRISTA: Whaddaya think? NADINE: Woooooowwwwww.
KRISTA: We have to relocate. The penistree smells like barf. NADINE: I love the penistree, it's been our spot since freshman year. KRISTA: Ehh. I feel like we need a change. NADINE: That should've been my first clue: Change. But I was too busy scouring the quad for--
NADINE: I said I'd take the bus! JERRY: What's this dipshit doing? Hey dipshit! JERRY: Do you not see the Loading Zone sign, or are you just an asshole?
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 78 are women's.
688 lines from women, 193 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
12 women and 10 men in the cast. 5 women and 3 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 899.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 7 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 80% of the words (7,701), men 20% (1,922). Women have 78% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.
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
59
Two men
1
Exhibit F: behind the camera
8 of the 14 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 38% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Kelly Fremon Craig (woman)
- Written by
- Kelly Fremon Craig (woman)
- Produced by
- Julie Ansell (woman), James L. Brooks (man), Kelly Fremon Craig (woman), Richard Sakai (man)
- Shot by
- Doug Emmett (man)
- Edited by
- Tracey Wadmore-Smith (man)
- Music by
- Atli Örvarsson (man)
- Production design by
- William Arnold (man)
- Costumes by
- Carla Hetland (woman)
- Cast by
- Heike Brandstatter (woman), Melissa Kostenbauder (woman), Coreen Mayrs (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
8 women, 13 men, 2 not listed
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Sound
2 women, 7 men
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Art
1 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 0 men
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Other crew
1 women, 2 men
-
Directing
1 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 2 men
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Camera
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 32 on average. Men: 39 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Hailee Steinfeld 19, Haley Lu Richardson 21, Nesta Cooper 22, Meredith Monroe 47, Kyra Sedgwick 51
Men
Blake Jenner 24, Alexander Calvert 26, Hayden Szeto 31, Woody Harrelson 55, Eric Keenleyside 59
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.1 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $9 million
- Box office
- $18.8 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 103 scenes and 899 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
