Fails the Bechdel test
The Good Dinosaur
2015. Directed by Peter Sohn, written by Bob Peterson and Peter Sohn and Erik Benson.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
5 women characters. 7 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
"The Good Dinosaur" asks the question: What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? In this epic journey into the world of dinosaurs, an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. While travelling through a harsh and mysterious landscape, Arlo learns the power of confronting his fears and discovers what he is truly capable of.
- Released
- 25 Nov 2015
- Genres
- Animation, Action, Adventure
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 6.7 / 10
- Metascore
- 66 / 100
- Awards
- 9 wins & 41 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Arlo 171 lines, man
- Poppa 64 lines, man
- Nash 26 lines, man
- Ramsey 26 lines, woman
- Pet Collector 25 lines
- Thunderclap 25 lines, man
- Butch 24 lines, man
- Momma 19 lines, woman
- On Arlo 17 lines, man
- Young Arlo 11 lines, man
Full cast, 19 people
- Raymond Ochoa as Arlo (voice)
- Frances McDormand as Momma (voice)
- Jeffrey Wright as Poppa (voice)
- Steve Zahn as Thunderclap (voice)
- Sam Elliott as Butch (voice)
- Anna Paquin as Ramsey (voice)
- John Ratzenberger as Earl (voice)
- A.J. Buckley as Nash (voice)
- Marcus Scribner as Buck (voice)
- Peter Sohn as Forrest Woodbush (voice)
- Maleah Nipay-Padilla as Young Libby (voice)
- Jack Bright as Spot (voice)
- Ryan Teeple as Young Buck (voice)
- Jack McGraw as Young Arlo (voice)
- Mandy Freund as Downpour (voice)
- Steven Clay Hunter as Coldfront (voice)
- David Boat as Bubbha (voice)
- Carrie Paff as Lurleane (voice)
- Calum Grant as Pervis (voice)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 69
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 to 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 to 8 | 8 | 9 |
| 9 to 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 11 to 12 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 to 14 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 to 16 | 1 | 20 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 11 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 23 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 20 |
| 25 to 26 | 3 | 3 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 4 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 10 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 10 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 20 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 1 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 11 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 3 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 3 |
| 49 to 50 | 3 | 44 |
| 51 to 52 | 7 | 24 |
| 53 to 54 | 11 | 37 |
| 55 to 56 | 12 | 32 |
| 57 to 58 | 2 | 7 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 4 |
| 61 to 62 | 0 | 22 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 9 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 4 |
| 67 to 68 | 4 | 0 |
| 69 to 69 | 0 | 1 |
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, 14 are women's.
60 lines from women, 376 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
5 women and 12 men in the cast. 7 women and 16 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 9 of 478.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 114 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 14% of the words (399), men 86% (2,452).
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
Two women
2
Two men
39
Exhibit E: behind the camera
4 of the 14 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 20% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Peter Sohn (man)
- Written by
- Meg LeFauve (woman)
- Story by
- Bob Peterson (man), Kelsey Mann (man), Erik Benson (man), Meg LeFauve (woman), Peter Sohn (man)
- Produced by
- Denise Ream (woman)
- Shot by
- Mahyar Abousaeedi (man), Sharon Calahan (woman)
- Edited by
- Stephen Schaffer (man)
- Music by
- Mychael Danna (man), Jeff Danna (man)
- Production design by
- Harley Jessup (man)
The crew, department by department
-
Sound
2 women, 9 men, 1 not listed
-
Other crew
1 women, 5 men, 4 not listed
-
Art
1 women, 4 men, 3 not listed
-
Editing
0 women, 4 men, 4 not listed
-
Production
3 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
-
Writing
2 women, 5 men, 1 not listed
-
Visual Effects
0 women, 2 men, 4 not listed
-
Directing
0 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 46 on average. Men: 43 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Anna Paquin 33, Frances McDormand 58
Men
Raymond Ochoa 14, Marcus Scribner 15, A.J. Buckley 38, Peter Sohn 40, Steve Zahn 48, Jeffrey Wright 49, John Ratzenberger 68, Sam Elliott 71
Exhibit G: the money
It made 1.9 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $175 million
- Box office
- $332 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 69 scenes and 478 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
