Passes the Bechdel test
The Internship
2013. Directed by Shawn Levy, written by Vince Vaughn and Jared Stern.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
25 women characters. 10 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 76. -
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
Billy (Vince Vaughn) and Nick (Owen Wilson) are salesmen whose careers have been torpedoed by the digital world. Trying to prove they are not obsolete, they defy the odds by talking their way into a coveted internship at Google, along with a battalion of brilliant college students. But, gaining entrance to this utopia is only half the battle. Now they must compete with a group of the nation's most elite, tech-savvy geniuses to prove that necessity really is the mother of re-invention.
- Released
- 07 Jun 2013
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 6.3 / 10
- Metascore
- 42 / 100
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Joe 284 lines, man
- Ollie 230 lines, man
- Graham 49 lines, man
- Dana 39 lines, woman
- Lyle 33 lines, man
- Stuart 25 lines, man
- Buffering 23 lines, man
- Chetty 22 lines, man
- Yo-Yo 18 lines
- Bob 16 lines, man
Full cast, 113 people
- Vince Vaughn as Billy McMahon
- Owen Wilson as Nick Campbell
- Rose Byrne as Dana Simms
- Aasif Mandvi as Roger Chetty
- Max Minghella as Graham Hawtrey
- Josh Brener as Lyle Spaulding
- Dylan O'Brien as Stuart Twombly
- Tiya Sircar as Neha Patel
- Tobit Raphael as Yo-Yo Santos
- Josh Gad as Andrew 'Headphones' Anderson
- Jessica Szohr as Marielena Gutierrez
- Rob Riggle as Randy
- Eric André as Sid
- Harvey Guillén as Zach
- Gary Anthony Williams as Bob Williams
- Bruno Amato as Sal
- JoAnna Garcia Swisher as Megan
- Anna Enger Ritch as Eleanor
- Sean Goulding as Snitch
- Jill Jane Clements as Female Customer
- B.J. Novak as Male Interviewer
- Karen Ceesay as Female Interviewer
- Ashlee Heath as Jeanie
- Jarion Monroe as Not Professor X
- Brian F. Durkin as Club Douche
- Dean Balkwill as Little League Coach
- Valyn Hall as Waitress with Pappy
- Linda 'Lil' Johnston as Lorraine
- Charlie Levy as Library Little Girl
- Sophie Levy as Library Teen
- Tess Levy as Library Teen
- Clifton Guterman as Google Barista
- Chasty Ballesteros as Exotic Dancer #1
- Heather Rae El Moussa as Exotic Dancer #2
- Dan Ford as Seminar Lecturer
- Chuti Tiu as Yo-Yo's Mom
- Fel Tengonciang as Yo-Yo's Dad
- Martha B. Knighton as Rose
- Doris Morgado as Dry Cleaner Girl
- Molly Brady as Waitress Jennifer
- Zane Stephens as Frankie
- Tiara Ramos as Exotic Dancer #3
- Jody Smith as Bouncer #1
- Gerard 'Gus' Williams as Bouncer #2
- Wells Chen as Chinese Waiter
- Will Ferrell as Kevin (uncredited)
- John Goodman as Sammy Boscoe (uncredited)
- Rodolfo C Barrios as College Student (uncredited)
- Laura Avnaim as Googler (uncredited)
- Miracole Burns as Cosplay Bartender (uncredited)
- Brian Castellanos as Arcade Patron (uncredited)
- Ricky Cornett as Billy's Dad (uncredited)
- Mickey Cole Jr. as Marty (uncredited)
- Margie Cox as Elektra Cosplayer (uncredited)
- Greg Crews as Little League Parent (uncredited)
- Thomas Dalby as Chinatown Pedestrian (uncredited)
- Corey D. Dargan as Retirement Community Cargiver (uncredited)
- Nick DeKay as Douchebag Friend (uncredited)
- Patrick Engler as Chinatown Pedestrian (uncredited)
- Am Fong as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
- Bentley Gates as Bartender (uncredited)
- John T. Ford as Google Employee (uncredited)
- Claudia Gates as Waitress (uncredited)
- Tina Gilton as Chinatown Traveler (uncredited)
- Christian Guiton as Arcade Patron (uncredited)
- Daniel Howat as Noogler (uncredited)
- Michael D. Layden as 8 Year Old Nick (uncredited)
- Liana Loggins as Model (uncredited)
- Lucky Mangione as Googler (uncredited)
- Cooper McKay as Tiki bar patron (uncredited)
- Julie Mayo as Google Leader (uncredited)
- Kristina Mickel as Link (uncredited)
- Moses J. Moseley as Googler (uncredited)
- Kacie Jo Marta Nickles as Googler (uncredited)
- Camilo Kem Olmeda as Bruce Lee Cosplayer / Noogler (uncredited)
- John Douglas as Arcade Patron (uncredited)
- Wayne Packer as Googler (uncredited)
- Star Phyfe as Newgooler (uncredited)
- Daniel Partenie as Patron (uncredited)
- Kelly V. Reid as Google Leader (uncredited)
- Joel Rogers as Shuffleboard Oldtimer Guy (uncredited)
- Joshua Reid-Davis as Bar Patron (uncredited)
- Mitchell Schwartz as Noogler (uncredited)
- Molly Shaiken as Volleyball Player (uncredited)
- Natalia Smith as Air Hockey Girl (uncredited)
- Curry Stone as Noogler (uncredited)
- Kristopher Thiab as Grease Monkey (uncredited)
- Jake Tompkins as Restaurant Guest (uncredited)
- Bilan Walker as Noogler (uncredited)
- Matthew Wang as Google Intern (uncredited)
- James Watlington as Noogler (uncredited)
- Jean Whalen as Eve (uncredited)
- Callan Wilson as Cole (uncredited)
- Nickolas Wolf as Library Kid (uncredited)
- Caleb Woods as Noogler (uncredited)
- Brady Morales Woolery as Card Player (uncredited)
- Jacqueline Marie Zwick as Google Employee (uncredited)
- Andrew Blazensky as Arcade Patron (uncredited)
- Tyler Bilyeu as Noogler (uncredited)
- Hunter Clowdus as Valet (uncredited)
- Jekyns Pelaez as Tiki Bar Patron (uncredited)
- Sergey Brin as Sergey Brin (uncredited)
- Troy Faruk as Douchebag Friend (uncredited)
- Carl Marino as Upscale Dining Couple (uncredited)
- Chris Marrone as Computer Guy (uncredited)
- Nkechi Okoro Carroll as Chinatown Pedestrian (uncredited)
- Vanessa Ross as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
- Etienne Vick as Street Walker (uncredited)
- John Michael Weatherly as Umpire (uncredited)
- Steven Wiig as Chinatown Pedestrian (uncredited)
- Lisa Wu as Jeggins (uncredited)
- Jimmy O. Yang as Wa Zao (uncredited)
- Shawn Levy as Google Employee Trying to Take a Nap (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 8% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 76
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 22 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 44 |
| 5 to 6 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 to 8 | 8 | 23 |
| 9 to 10 | 6 | 10 |
| 11 to 12 | 9 | 73 |
| 13 to 14 | 4 | 20 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 9 |
| 19 to 20 | 5 | 27 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 19 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 11 |
| 25 to 26 | 2 | 14 |
| 27 to 28 | 1 | 28 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 32 |
| 31 to 32 | 2 | 36 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 20 |
| 35 to 36 | 6 | 17 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 to 40 | 1 | 7 |
| 41 to 42 | 6 | 55 |
| 43 to 44 | 1 | 13 |
| 45 to 46 | 3 | 6 |
| 47 to 48 | 4 | 16 |
| 49 to 50 | 7 | 17 |
| 51 to 52 | 1 | 27 |
| 53 to 54 | 10 | 10 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 2 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 to 60 | 1 | 1 |
| 61 to 62 | 0 | 26 |
| 63 to 64 | 8 | 9 |
| 65 to 66 | 7 | 12 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 17 |
| 69 to 70 | 2 | 14 |
| 71 to 72 | 2 | 2 |
| 73 to 74 | 2 | 29 |
| 75 to 76 | 1 | 63 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
DANCER: And then what happens? NEHA: The half-cat-half-woman removes her garters in front of the giant jellyfish...
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 12 are women's.
100 lines from women, 758 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
25 women and 46 men in the cast. 10 women and 13 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 103 of 937.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 102 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 10% of the words (1,026), men 90% (9,529). 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
2
Two men
84
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 31% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Shawn Levy (man)
- Written by
- Vince Vaughn (man), Jared Stern (man)
- Story by
- Vince Vaughn (man)
- Produced by
- Shawn Levy (man), Vince Vaughn (man)
- Shot by
- Jonathan Brown (man)
- Edited by
- Dean Zimmerman (man)
- Music by
- Christophe Beck (man)
- Production design by
- Tom Meyer (man)
- Costumes by
- Leesa Evans (woman)
- Cast by
- Julie Ashton (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
1 women, 16 men, 5 not listed
-
Art
5 women, 3 men, 6 not listed
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Production
7 women, 6 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 6 men, 4 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
5 women, 1 men, 4 not listed
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Other crew
1 women, 7 men
-
Directing
2 women, 4 men
-
Editing
0 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 32 on average. Men: 35 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Tiya Sircar 31, Rose Byrne 33
Men
Dylan O'Brien 21, Max Minghella 27, Josh Brener 28, Josh Gad 32, Vince Vaughn 43, Owen Wilson 44, Aasif Mandvi 47
Exhibit H: the money
It made 1.6 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $58 million
- Box office
- $93.5 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 76 scenes and 937 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
