Passes the Bechdel test
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013. Directed by Francis Lawrence, written by Simon Beaufoy and Michael Arndt and Suzanne Collins.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
23 women characters. 9 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 11 scenes out of 198. -
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
Twelve months after winning the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and her partner Peeta Mellark must go on what is known as the Victor's Tour, wherein they visit all the districts, but before leaving, Katniss is visited by President Snow who fears that Katniss defied him a year ago during the games when she chose to die with Peeta. With both Katniss and Peeta declared the winners, it is fueling a possible uprising. He tells Katniss that while on tour she better try to make sure that she puts out the flames or else everyone she cares about will be in danger.
- Released
- 22 Nov 2013
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 76 / 100
- Awards
- 24 wins & 70 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Katniss 295 lines, woman
- Peeta 119 lines, man
- Snow 62 lines, man
- Finnick 55 lines, man
- Plutarch 53 lines, man
- Gale 47 lines, man
- Effie 46 lines, woman
- Beetee 33 lines, man
- Caesar 31 lines, man
- Johanna 29 lines, woman
Full cast, 57 people
- Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen
- Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark
- Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne
- Woody Harrelson as Haymitch Abernathy
- Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket
- Donald Sutherland as President Coriolanus Snow
- Lenny Kravitz as Cinna
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Plutarch Heavensbee
- Jeffrey Wright as Beetee Latier
- Stanley Tucci as Caesar Flickerman
- Toby Jones as Claudius Templesmith
- Willow Shields as Primrose Everdeen
- Sam Claflin as Finnick Odair
- Lynn Cohen as Mags Flanagan
- Jena Malone as Johanna Mason
- Bobby Jordan as Blight
- Amanda Plummer as Wiress
- Jack Quaid as Marvel
- Taylor St. Clair as Ripper
- Sandra Ellis Lafferty as Greasy Sae
- Paula Malcomson as Asterid Everdeen
- Brooke Bundy as Octavia
- Nelson Ascencio as Flavius
- Afemo Omilami as District 11 Mayor
- Kimberley Drummond as Rue's Mother
- Deena Beasley as Thresh's Grandmother
- Leon Lamar as Old Man
- Mandy Neuhaus as Flower Girl
- Erika Bierman as Coriolanus Snow's Granddaughter
- Wilbur Fitzgerald as Cray
- Patrick St. Esprit as Romulus Thread
- Jill Jane Clements as Old Lady
- James Sutton as Presidential Guard
- Alan Ritchson as Gloss
- Stephanie Leigh Schlund as Cashmere
- Meta Golding as Enobaria
- Megan Hayes as Female Morphling
- Stef Dawson as Annie Cresta
- James Logan as District 5 Male Tribute
- E. Roger Mitchell as Chaff
- Bruno Gunn as Brutus
- Maria Howell as Seeder
- Judd Lormand as Hovercraft Peacekeeper
- Elena Sanchez as Cecelia
- John Casino as Woof
- Marian Green as Disctrict 9 Female Tribute
- Daniel Bernhardt as Disctrict 9 Male Tribute
- Ravi Naidu as Operator #1
- Franco Castan as Operator #2
- Jared Allman as Capital Aristocrat (uncredited)
- Laura Avnaim as Trainer (uncredited)
- Noëlle Renée Bercy as District II Citizen (uncredited)
- Jackson Spidell as Tribute Man District 10 (uncredited)
- Nickolas Wolf as Hob Kid (uncredited)
- Moses J. Moseley as District 11 Citizen (uncredited)
- Hunter Clowdus as Capitol (uncredited)
- Eric Jepson as District 6 Protester (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 5 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 12% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 198
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 to 10 | 7 | 6 |
| 11 to 15 | 36 | 41 |
| 16 to 20 | 3 | 12 |
| 21 to 25 | 23 | 15 |
| 26 to 30 | 4 | 1 |
| 31 to 35 | 6 | 6 |
| 36 to 40 | 8 | 8 |
| 41 to 45 | 8 | 2 |
| 46 to 50 | 6 | 8 |
| 51 to 55 | 7 | 9 |
| 56 to 60 | 12 | 25 |
| 61 to 65 | 19 | 38 |
| 66 to 70 | 3 | 0 |
| 71 to 75 | 15 | 19 |
| 76 to 80 | 13 | 16 |
| 81 to 85 | 0 | 5 |
| 86 to 90 | 6 | 2 |
| 91 to 95 | 16 | 6 |
| 96 to 100 | 6 | 1 |
| 101 to 105 | 5 | 5 |
| 106 to 110 | 9 | 16 |
| 111 to 115 | 23 | 19 |
| 116 to 120 | 9 | 6 |
| 121 to 125 | 6 | 9 |
| 126 to 130 | 23 | 30 |
| 131 to 135 | 2 | 10 |
| 136 to 140 | 8 | 17 |
| 141 to 145 | 8 | 14 |
| 146 to 150 | 10 | 13 |
| 151 to 155 | 20 | 9 |
| 156 to 160 | 16 | 15 |
| 161 to 165 | 23 | 12 |
| 166 to 170 | 15 | 9 |
| 171 to 175 | 14 | 18 |
| 176 to 180 | 5 | 21 |
| 181 to 185 | 8 | 4 |
| 186 to 190 | 0 | 4 |
| 191 to 195 | 2 | 6 |
| 196 to 198 | 9 | 11 |
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.
KATNISS: I 've been out with PRIM: -- We ' ve got visitors !
EFFIE: And there she is. My greatest triumph ! OCTAVIA: The Girl on Fire!
OCTAVIA: Oh, dear God-- KATNISS: What's wrong? OCTAVIA: Your eyebrows! And you promised not to touch your hair ... and-- - - and what do you cut your nails with? A butcher kn i fe?!
PRIM: Katniss . . . ? OCTAVIA: Katniss? Is this your sister?!
EFFIE: I say enjoy your time in the spotlight! You earned it! KATNISS: By killing people. EFFIE: Poor thing is j ust exhausted.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 47 are women's.
416 lines from women, 476 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
23 women and 33 men in the cast. 9 women and 21 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 5 of 1,013.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 23 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 39% of the words (3,489), men 61% (5,521). Women have 47% 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
28
Two men
43
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 29% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Francis Lawrence (man)
- Written by
- Simon Beaufoy (man), Michael Arndt (man)
- From the novel by
- Suzanne Collins (woman)
- Produced by
- Nina Jacobson (woman), Jon Kilik (man)
- Shot by
- Jo Willems (man)
- Edited by
- Alan Edward Bell (man)
- Music by
- James Newton Howard (man)
- Production design by
- Philip Messina (man)
- Costumes by
- Trish Summerville (woman)
- Cast by
- Debra Zane (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
3 women, 15 men, 3 not listed
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Other crew
6 women, 10 men, 3 not listed
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Production
7 women, 8 men, 1 not listed
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Visual Effects
1 women, 8 men, 4 not listed
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Art
0 women, 8 men, 3 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
5 women, 1 men
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Directing
1 women, 4 men
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Writing
1 women, 2 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 31 on average. Men: 46 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Jennifer Lawrence 23, Elizabeth Banks 39
Men
Josh Hutcherson 21, Liam Hemsworth 23, Philip Seymour Hoffman 46, Jeffrey Wright 47, Lenny Kravitz 49, Woody Harrelson 52, Stanley Tucci 53, Donald Sutherland 78
Exhibit H: the money
It made 6.7 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $130 million
- Box office
- $865 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 198 scenes and 1,013 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
