Passes the Bechdel test

The Gentlemen

Name: The Gentlemen
Released: 2020

2020. Directed by Guy Ritchie, written by Guy Ritchie and Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
9 women characters. 5 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 117.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.

The film

A talented American graduate of Oxford, using his unique skills, and audacity, creates a marijuana empire using the estates of impoverished British aristocrats. However, when he tries to sell his empire to a fellow American billionaire, a chain of events unfolds, involving blackmail, deception, mayhem and murder between street thugs, Russian oligarchs, Triad gangsters and gutter journalists.

Released: 24 Jan 2020
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime
Rated: R
IMDb: 7.8 / 10
Metascore: 51 / 100
Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Michael 141 lines, man
Posh Pete 136 lines, man
Fletcher 99 lines, man
Rosalind 69 lines, woman
Coach 45 lines, man
Dry Eye 39 lines, man
Matthew 33 lines, man
Lord George 16 lines, man
Big Dave 15 lines, man
Ernie 15 lines, man

Full cast, 63 people

Matthew McConaughey as Michael Pearson
Charlie Hunnam as Ray
Michelle Dockery as Rosalind Pearson
Jeremy Strong as Matthew
Lyne Renee as Jackie
Colin Farrell as Coach
Henry Golding as Dry Eye
Tom Wu as Lord George
Chidi Ajufo as Bunny
Hugh Grant as Fletcher
Simon Barker as Frazier
Eddie Marsan as Big Dave
Jason Wong as Phuc
John Dagleish as Hammy
Jordan Long as Barman
Lily Frazer as Lisa the Mechanic
Gershwyn Eustache Jnr as Roger
Samuel West as Lord Pressfield
Geraldine Somerville as Lady Pressfield
Eliot Sumner as Laura Pressfield
Franz Drameh as Benny
Christopher Evangelou as Primetime
James Warren as Jim
Sean Sagar as Mal
Bugzy Malone as Ernie
Tom Rhys Harries as Power Noel
Danny Griffin as Aslan
Max Bennett as Brown
Eugenia Kuzmina as Misha
Bruce Chong as Nguc
Ashley McGuire as Maureen
George Asprey as Lord Snowball
Shanu Hazzan as Trigger
Jack Jones as Nick
Sammy Williams as Kid
Ryan Dean as Murka
Guy List as Security Guard Guy
Marvin Campbell as Security Guard Marv
Will Mackay as Security Guard Frank
Matt Sherren as Security Guard John
Jason Hunjan as Security Guard Tezza
Maurice Lee as Security Guard Mo
Russell Balogh as Russ
Togo Igawa as Wang Yong
Jack O'Connor as Youth 1
McKell David as Youth 2
Isaiah Zev as Youth 3
David Garrick as Dave
Tom Lambert as Young Mickey
Andy Cheung as Chinese Waiter
Mark Rathbone as Aslan's Father
Ned Campbell as Dope Buyer
Andrew Greenough as Movie Producer
Timothy Siddall as Mike
Dominic Gibbs as Chasa
Brittany Ashworth as Ruby (uncredited)
Mike Bodnar as Rambler (uncredited)
Chloe Arrowsmith as Mechanic (uncredited)
Steve Barnett as Fishmonger (uncredited)
Elle Black as Mechanic (uncredited)
Luca De Massis as GunMan (uncredited)
Simon Adkins as Anabel's Waiter (uncredited)
Simon Baker as Frazier

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 117

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	0	24
4 to 6	0	6
7 to 9	6	29
10 to 12	0	17
13 to 15	0	12
16 to 18	0	8
19 to 21	0	2
22 to 24	0	3
25 to 27	0	1
28 to 30	0	2
31 to 33	18	26
34 to 36	9	26
37 to 39	0	34
40 to 42	0	8
43 to 45	1	19
46 to 48	0	13
49 to 51	0	16
52 to 54	5	16
55 to 57	10	19
58 to 60	0	9
61 to 63	0	10
64 to 66	0	42
67 to 69	7	20
70 to 72	1	11
73 to 75	1	5
76 to 78	0	41
79 to 81	0	14
82 to 84	0	35
85 to 87	9	28
88 to 90	0	20
91 to 93	0	5
94 to 96	4	10
97 to 99	0	7
100 to 102	0	5
103 to 105	10	10
106 to 108	0	30
109 to 111	0	14
112 to 114	1	25
115 to 117	1	14

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

Tap an exhibit to open it.

Exhibit A: the passing scenes

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

JACKIE: And it’s a paperweight. ROSALIND: Does it work? JACKIE: As a paperweight, or a gun? ROSALIND: The latter.

JACKIE: Do you wait at a red signal at three in the morning? ROSALIND: What’s that got to do with anything? JACKIE: I’m just saying.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 12 are women's.

83 lines from women, 636 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

9 women and 46 men in the cast. 5 women and 27 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 47 of 731. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 97 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 9% of the words (1,012), men 91% (10,771). Women have 12% 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

3 of the 17 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 30% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Guy Ritchie (man)
Written by: Guy Ritchie (man), Lauren Bond (woman)
Story by: Marn Davies (man), Ivan Atkinson (man), Guy Ritchie (man)
Produced by: Matthew McConaughey (man), Guy Ritchie (man), Ivan Atkinson (man), Bill Block (man)
Shot by: Alan Stewart (man)
Edited by: Paul Machliss (man), James Herbert (man)
Music by: Chris Benstead (man)
Production design by: Gemma Jackson (woman)
Costumes by: Michael Wilkinson (man)
Cast by: Lucinda Syson (woman)