Passes the Bechdel test

The Fast and the Furious

Name: The Fast and the Furious
Released: 2001

2001. Directed by Rob Cohen, written by Ken Li and Gary Scott Thompson and Erik Bergquist.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
6 women characters. 3 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 173.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.

The film

Los Angeles street racer Dominic Toretto falls under the suspicion of the LAPD as a string of high-speed electronics truck robberies rocks the area. Brian O'Connor, an officer of the LAPD, joins the ranks of Toretto's highly skilled racing crew undercover to convict Toretto. However, O'Connor finds himself both enamored with this new world and in love with Toretto's sister, Mia. As a rival racing crew gains strength, O'Connor must decide where his loyalty really lies.

Released: 22 Jun 2001
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 6.8 / 10
Metascore: 58 / 100
Awards: 11 wins & 18 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Brian 166 lines, man
Dominic 107 lines, man
Mia 60 lines, woman
Tanner 35 lines, man
Vince 22 lines, man
Bilkins 19 lines, man
Jesse 19 lines, man
Pete 18 lines, man
Hector 10 lines, man
Letty 10 lines, woman

Full cast, 31 people

Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner
Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto
Michelle Rodriguez as Letty Ortiz
Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto
Rick Yune as Johnny Tran
Chad Lindberg as Jesse
Johnny Strong as Leon
Matt Schulze as Vince
Ja Rule as Edwin
Ted Levine as Sgt. Tanner
Thom Barry as Agent Bilkins
Vyto Ruginis as Harry
Stanton Rutledge as Muse
Noel Gugliemi as Hector
R.J. de Vera as Danny Yamato
Beau Holden as Ted Gassner
Reggie Lee as Lance Nguyen
David Douglas as Rasta Racer
Peter Navy Tuiasosopo as Samoan Guard
Neal H. Moritz as Ferrari Driver
Doria Anselmo as Ferrari Passenger
Glenn K. Ota as Johnny's Father
F. Valentino Morales as Dispatcher
Mike White as Night Truck Driver
Delphine Pacific as Racer's Edge Clerk
Monica Tamayo as Monica
Megan Baker as Gimel
Tammy Monica Gegamian as Edwin's Babe
Rob Cohen as Pizza Hut Delivery Guy (uncredited)
Kevin Smith as Big Rig Driver (uncredited)
Felicia Tang as Hot Chick (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

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

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 173

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 4	0	1
5 to 8	0	1
9 to 12	0	0
13 to 16	0	0
17 to 20	0	2
21 to 24	8	13
25 to 28	4	11
29 to 32	2	2
33 to 36	1	17
37 to 40	0	26
41 to 44	2	23
45 to 48	0	1
49 to 52	0	2
53 to 56	0	1
57 to 60	0	8
61 to 64	0	2
65 to 68	0	5
69 to 72	0	13
73 to 76	11	51
77 to 80	7	19
81 to 84	0	14
85 to 88	0	0
89 to 92	0	12
93 to 96	0	14
97 to 100	0	17
101 to 104	13	11
105 to 108	4	4
109 to 112	0	5
113 to 116	0	3
117 to 120	0	13
121 to 124	0	8
125 to 128	0	21
129 to 132	0	0
133 to 136	0	16
137 to 140	0	0
141 to 144	5	10
145 to 148	4	6
149 to 152	1	7
153 to 156	0	1
157 to 160	6	22
161 to 164	2	16
165 to 168	1	21
169 to 172	0	10
173 to 173	0	2

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scene

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

ON LETTY: Her gameface on. Tightening her four point harness. LETTY: I'm cool. ..

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 14 are women's.

71 lines from women, 431 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

6 women and 22 men in the cast. 3 women and 18 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 12 of 525. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 76 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 11% of the words (775), men 89% (6,008). Women have 14% of the lines, so their lines run shorter 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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

2 of the 13 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 22% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Rob Cohen (man)
Written by: David Ayer (man), Gary Scott Thompson (man), Erik Bergquist (man)
Story by: Gary Scott Thompson (man)
Produced by: Neal H. Moritz (man)
Shot by: Ericson Core (man)
Edited by: Peter Honess (man), Dallas Puett (man)
Music by: BT (man)
Production design by: Waldemar Kalinowski (man)
Costumes by: Sanja Milkovic Hays (woman)
Cast by: Ronna Kress (woman)