Passes the Bechdel test
The Kingdom
2007. Directed by Peter Berg, written by Matthew Michael Carnahan.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
7 women characters. 9 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 149. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
After a terrorist attack on an American housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where families and FBI Agent Francis Manner are murdered, FBI agent Ronald Fleury blackmails the Saudi Arabian consul to get five days of investigation in the location. He travels with agent Grant Sykes, Janet Mayes, and Adam Leavitt to avenge their friend and try to find those responsible for the bombing. The agents find all sorts of difficulties in their investigation, but they are supported by Colonel Faris Al Ghazi, who advises the team how to act in a hostile environment.
- Released
- 28 Sep 2007
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7 / 10
- Metascore
- 56 / 100
- Awards
- 5 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Ronald Fleury 207 lines, man
- Colonel Al-Ghazi 130 lines, man
- Fleury 70 lines, man
- Grant Sykes 50 lines, man
- Janet Mayes 46 lines, woman
- Adam Leavitt 43 lines, man
- Kevin Fleury 30 lines, man
- Director Grace 24 lines, man
- Sergeant Haytham 22 lines, man
- Prince Thamer 16 lines, man
Full cast, 42 people
- Jamie Foxx as Ronald Fleury
- Jennifer Garner as Janet Mayes
- Chris Cooper as Grant Sykes
- Jason Bateman as Adam Leavitt
- Ali Suliman as Sergeant Haytham
- Jeremy Piven as Damon Schmidt
- Ashraf Barhom as Colonel Faris Al Ghazi
- Richard Jenkins as Robert Grace
- Tim McGraw as Aaron Jackson
- Kyle Chandler as Francis Manner
- Frances Fisher as Elaine Flowers
- Danny Huston as Gideon Young
- Kelly AuCoin as Ellis Leach
- Anna Deavere Smith as Maricella Canavesio
- Minka Kelly as Miss Ross
- Amy Hunter as Lyla Fleury
- Tj Burnett as Kevin Fleury
- Omar Berdouni as Prince Ahmed Bin Khaled
- Raad Rawi as Prince Thamer
- Peter Berg as FBI Agent
- Sala Baker as Kidnapper
- Ahmed B. Badran as 35 Year Old Son
- Ashley Scott as Janine Ripon
- Nick Faltas as Haytham's Father
- Uri Gavriel as Izz Al Din
- Hezi Saddik as Abu Hamza
- Yasmine Hanani as Aunt
- Mahmoud Said as General Al Abdulmalik
- Tom Bresnahan as Rex Burr
- Trevor St. John as Earl Ripon
- Sarah Hunley as Maddy Ripon
- Kevin Brief as Range Rover Driver
- Brian Mahoney as Pitcher
- Merik Tadros as Reporter
- Hrach Titizian as Suicide Bomber
- Sean Donnellan as Reporter
- Markus Flanagan as FBI agent
- Anthony Batarse as Inner-Circle
- Gino Salvano as Special Forces Officer
- Eyad Elbitar as Kidnapper
- Nick Hermz as Passport Officer
- Robin Atkin Downes as New Reporter
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 149
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 to 8 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 to 12 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 to 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 to 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 to 24 | 2 | 23 |
| 25 to 28 | 0 | 3 |
| 29 to 32 | 5 | 24 |
| 33 to 36 | 0 | 18 |
| 37 to 40 | 22 | 64 |
| 41 to 44 | 0 | 34 |
| 45 to 48 | 0 | 7 |
| 49 to 52 | 3 | 27 |
| 53 to 56 | 0 | 19 |
| 57 to 60 | 3 | 47 |
| 61 to 64 | 7 | 29 |
| 65 to 68 | 3 | 27 |
| 69 to 72 | 7 | 53 |
| 73 to 76 | 3 | 25 |
| 77 to 80 | 3 | 26 |
| 81 to 84 | 1 | 23 |
| 85 to 88 | 0 | 32 |
| 89 to 92 | 0 | 12 |
| 93 to 96 | 7 | 23 |
| 97 to 100 | 0 | 14 |
| 101 to 104 | 1 | 18 |
| 105 to 108 | 0 | 1 |
| 109 to 112 | 2 | 47 |
| 113 to 116 | 8 | 35 |
| 117 to 120 | 1 | 20 |
| 121 to 124 | 1 | 13 |
| 125 to 128 | 0 | 3 |
| 129 to 132 | 0 | 3 |
| 133 to 136 | 0 | 4 |
| 137 to 140 | 4 | 7 |
| 141 to 144 | 1 | 13 |
| 145 to 148 | 2 | 7 |
| 149 to 149 | 0 | 7 |
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.
MADDY: I hit the deck. Horrible. JANINE: Not `til after. Just the screams--
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 11 are women's.
91 lines from women, 742 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
7 women and 29 men in the cast. 9 women and 27 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 12 of 882.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 69 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 (1,051), men 89% (8,361).
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
69
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 14 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 19% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Peter Berg (man)
- Written by
- Matthew Michael Carnahan (man)
- Produced by
- Michael Mann (man), Scott Stuber (man), Tim Smythe (gender not listed)
- Shot by
- Mauro Fiore (man)
- Edited by
- Colby Parker, Jr. (man), Kevin Stitt (man)
- Music by
- Danny Elfman (man)
- Production design by
- Tom Duffield (man)
- Costumes by
- Susan Matheson (woman)
- Cast by
- Bruria Albeck (woman), Amanda Mackey (woman), Cathy Sandrich Gelfond (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
7 women, 51 men, 7 not listed
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Production
6 women, 6 men, 4 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
5 women, 1 men, 6 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
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Art
0 women, 4 men
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Camera
0 women, 3 men
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Editing
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 35 on average. Men: 41 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Jennifer Garner 35
Men
Ashraf Barhom 28, Ali Suliman 29, Jason Bateman 38, Jamie Foxx 39, Tim McGraw 40, Kyle Chandler 41, Jeremy Piven 42, Chris Cooper 56, Richard Jenkins 60
Exhibit H: the money
It made 1.2 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $70 million
- Box office
- $86.7 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 149 scenes and 882 lines of dialogue. How the test works
