Passes the Bechdel test
The Lorax
2012. Directed by Kyle Balda and Chris Renaud, written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio and Dr. Seuss.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
11 women characters. 3 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 108. -
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
In the walled city of Thneed-Ville, where everything is artificial and even the air is a commodity, a boy named Ted hopes to win the heart of his dream girl, Audrey. When he learns of her wish to see a real tree, Ted seeks out the Once-ler, a ruined old businessman outside of town in a stark wasteland. Upon hearing of how the hermit gave into his greed for profits and devastated the land over the protests of the Lorax, Ted is inspired to undo the disaster. However, the greedy Mayor of Thneed-Ville, Aloysius O'Hare, has made his fortune exploiting the environmental collapse and is determined to stop the boy from undermining his business.
- Released
- 02 Mar 2012
- Genres
- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 6.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 46 / 100
- Awards
- 4 wins & 8 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Once-Ler 190 lines, man
- Ted 124 lines, man
- Lorax 79 lines, man
- O’Hare 56 lines, man
- Ted’S Mom 33 lines, woman
- Grammy Norma 31 lines, woman
- Audrey 30 lines, woman
- Everyone 24 lines
- Family 16 lines
- Once-Ler’S Mom 11 lines, woman
Full cast, 31 people
- Danny DeVito as The Lorax (voice)
- Ed Helms as Once-ler (voice)
- Zac Efron as Ted Wiggins (voice)
- Rob Riggle as Mr. Aloysius O'Hare (voice)
- Taylor Swift as Audrey (voice)
- Jenny Slate as Mrs. Wiggins (voice)
- Betty White as Grammy Norma (voice)
- Nasim Pedrad as Once-ler's Mom (voice)
- Joel Swetow as 1st Marketing Guy (voice)
- Michael Beattie as 2nd Marketing Guy (voice)
- Elmarie Wendel as Aunt Grizelda (voice)
- Dave B. Mitchell as 1st Commercial Guy (voice)
- Dempsey Pappion as 2nd Commercial Guy (voice)
- Danny Cooksey as Brett / Chet (voice)
- Stephen Tobolowsky as Uncle Ubb (voice)
- Chris Renaud as Forest Animals (voice)
- Sherry Lynn as Additional Voices (voice)
- Mickie McGowan as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jack Angel as Additional Voices (voice)
- Bob Bergen as Additional Voices (voice)
- Debi Derryberry as Additional Voices (voice)
- Danny Mann as Additional Voices (voice)
- Fletcher Sheridan as Cy (voice)
- John Cygan as Additional Voices (voice)
- Bill Farmer as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jess Harnell as Additional Voices (voice)
- Mona Marshall as Additional Voices (voice)
- Laraine Newman as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jan Rabson as Additional Voices (voice)
- Claira Nicole Titman as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jim Ward as Additional Voices (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 108
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 to 9 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 to 15 | 26 | 18 |
| 16 to 18 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 4 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 25 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 32 |
| 28 to 30 | 1 | 27 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 11 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 29 |
| 37 to 39 | 9 | 19 |
| 40 to 42 | 7 | 16 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 17 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 3 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 72 |
| 52 to 54 | 0 | 3 |
| 55 to 57 | 2 | 15 |
| 58 to 60 | 7 | 18 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 1 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 9 |
| 67 to 69 | 16 | 44 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 10 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 8 |
| 76 to 78 | 1 | 4 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 8 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 3 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 11 |
| 88 to 90 | 1 | 16 |
| 91 to 93 | 9 | 18 |
| 94 to 96 | 13 | 10 |
| 97 to 99 | 7 | 7 |
| 100 to 102 | 5 | 17 |
| 103 to 105 | 14 | 30 |
| 106 to 108 | 0 | 3 |
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.
AUDREY: But where? There’s no dirt anywhere! GRAMMY NORMA: Ooh!
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 19 are women's.
123 lines from women, 519 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
11 women and 20 men in the cast. 3 women and 10 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 13 of 720.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 118 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 17% of the words (985), men 83% (4,672). Women have 19% 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
1
Two men
24
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 15% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Chris Renaud (man)
- Written by
- Cinco Paul (man), Ken Daurio (man)
- Produced by
- Chris Meledandri (man), Janet Healy (woman)
- Edited by
- Claire Dodgson (woman), Ken Schretzmann (man), Steven Liu (gender not listed)
- Music by
- John Powell (man)
- Production design by
- Yarrow Cheney (man)
The crew, department by department
-
Sound
4 women, 13 men, 2 not listed
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Writing
0 women, 8 men, 7 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 5 men, 7 not listed
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Art
0 women, 8 men, 1 not listed
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Other crew
0 women, 3 men, 5 not listed
-
Production
2 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 2 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 43 on average. Men: 48 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Taylor Swift 22, Jenny Slate 29, Nasim Pedrad 30, Betty White 90
Men
Zac Efron 24, Ed Helms 38, Rob Riggle 41, Michael Beattie 55, Joel Swetow 60, Danny DeVito 67
Exhibit H: the money
It made 5.0 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $70 million
- Box office
- $349 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 108 scenes and 720 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
