Passes the Bechdel test

The Lego Movie

Name: The Lego Movie
Released: 2014

2014. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, written by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and Dan Hageman.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
7 women characters. 3 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 125.
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

The evil plans of Lord Business to ensure order in his world with a powerful weapon is in jeopardy as a prophecy about 'Special' comes true with the discovery of 'Piece of Resistance'. With odds like Bad Cop, Micro managers and 'Man from upstairs' stacked against him during his journey to save the world; Emmett, a construction worker, has a long way to go before he succeeds.

Released: 07 Feb 2014
Genres: Animation, Action, Adventure
Rated: PG
IMDb: 7.7 / 10
Metascore: 83 / 100
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 72 wins & 68 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Emmet 281 lines, man
Lucy 133 lines, woman
Doris 68 lines, woman
Vitruvius 62 lines, man
Black Falcon 39 lines, man
Neckbeard 38 lines, man
King Karl 25 lines, man
Ted 24 lines, man
Bad Cop 18 lines, man
Benny 18 lines, man

Full cast, 35 people

Chris Pratt as Emmet Brickowski (voice)
Elizabeth Banks as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
Will Ferrell as Lord Business / President Business / The Man Upstairs
Morgan Freeman as Vitruvius (voice)
Will Arnett as Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
Liam Neeson as Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice)
Alison Brie as Unikitty (voice)
Nick Offerman as Metal Beard (voice)
Charlie Day as Benny (voice)
Jadon Sand as Finn
Channing Tatum as Superman (voice)
Jonah Hill as Green Lantern (voice)
Cobie Smulders as Wonder Woman (voice)
Anthony Daniels as C-3PO (voice)
Billy Dee Williams as Lando (voice)
Keith Ferguson as Han Solo (voice)
Shaquille O'Neal as Shaq (voice)
Will Forte as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Dave Franco as Wally (voice)
Jake Johnson as Barry (voice)
Keegan-Michael Key as Foreman Jim (voice)
Todd Hansen as Gandalf / Additional Voices (voice)
David Burrows as Octan Robot / Additional Voices (voice)
Chris McKay as Larry the Barista / Additional Voices (voice)
Jorma Taccone as Shakespeare / Additional Voices (voice)
Christopher Miller as TV Presenter (voice)
Chris Romano as Joe (voice)
Kelly Lafferty as Lord Business' Assistant (voice)
Amanda Farinos as Mom (voice)
Craig Berry as Blake / Additional Voices (voice)
Doug Nicholas as Surfer Dave / Additional Voices (voice)
Chris Paluszek as Robot Foreman (voice)
Melissa Sturm as Gail / Ma Cop (voice)
Leiki Veskimets as Computer (voice)
Graham Miller as Duplo (voice)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 11% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 125

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	0	1
4 to 6	0	12
7 to 9	18	14
10 to 12	0	12
13 to 15	0	10
16 to 18	0	22
19 to 21	0	8
22 to 24	0	2
25 to 27	0	7
28 to 30	5	6
31 to 33	13	18
34 to 36	6	7
37 to 39	30	31
40 to 42	19	18
43 to 45	14	28
46 to 48	10	36
49 to 51	4	22
52 to 54	0	28
55 to 57	5	12
58 to 60	0	1
61 to 63	0	0
64 to 66	0	1
67 to 69	0	3
70 to 72	1	13
73 to 75	1	11
76 to 78	10	46
79 to 81	0	3
82 to 84	4	17
85 to 87	23	44
88 to 90	7	13
91 to 93	1	6
94 to 96	10	15
97 to 99	0	2
100 to 102	0	11
103 to 105	0	1
106 to 108	1	6
109 to 111	11	20
112 to 114	2	4
115 to 117	0	49
118 to 120	10	19
121 to 123	0	1
124 to 125	1	2

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.

DORIS: I... don't know what to do. So tired... LUCY: She's too weak. You have to do it.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 26 are women's.

206 lines from women, 582 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

7 women and 27 men in the cast. 3 women and 12 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 21 of 882. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 86 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 22% of the words (1,670), men 78% (5,832). Women have 26% 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

1 of the 17 people in these jobs is a woman. Across the whole crew, 16% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Phil Lord (man), Christopher Miller (man)
Written by: Phil Lord (man), Christopher Miller (man)
Story by: Kevin Hageman (man), Phil Lord (man), Christopher Miller (man), Dan Hageman (man)
Produced by: Dan Lin (man), Roy Lee (man)
Shot by: Pablo Plaisted (gender not listed), Barry Peterson (man)
Edited by: David Burrows (man), Chris McKay (man)
Music by: Mark Mothersbaugh (man)
Production design by: Grant Freckelton (man)
Cast by: Mary Hidalgo (woman)