Passes the Bechdel test
The Matrix Revolutions
2003. Directed by Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski, written by Lilly Wachowski and Lana Wachowski.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
14 women characters. 13 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 3 scenes out of 246. -
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
Neo finds himself trapped between the Matrix and the Real World. Meanwhile, Zion is preparing for the oncoming war with the machines with very little chances of survival. Neo's associates set out to free him from The Merovingian since it's believed that he is the One who will end the war between humans and the machines. What they do not know is that there is a threat from a third party, someone who has plans to destroy both worlds.
- Released
- 05 Nov 2003
- Genres
- Action, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 47 / 100
- Awards
- 5 wins & 36 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Neo 142 lines, man
- Trinity 78 lines, woman
- Oracle 71 lines, woman
- Roland 56 lines, man
- Morpheus 48 lines, man
- Niobe 47 lines, woman
- Lock 46 lines, man
- Smith 37 lines, man
- Bane 35 lines, man
- Sati 30 lines, woman
Full cast, 48 people
- Keanu Reeves as Neo
- Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus
- Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity
- Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith
- Jada Pinkett Smith as Niobe
- Mary Alice as The Oracle
- Harold Perrineau as Link
- Collin Chou as Seraph
- Harry Lennix as Commander Lock
- Ian Bliss as Bane
- Lambert Wilson as Merovingian
- Bruce Spence as Trainman
- Monica Bellucci as Persephone
- Nona Gaye as Zee
- Anthony Zerbe as Councillor Hamann
- Tanveer K. Atwal as Sati
- Helmut Bakaitis as The Architect
- Kate Beahan as Coat Check Girl
- Francine Bell as Councillor Grace
- Rachel Blackman as Charra
- Henry Blasingame as Deus Ex Machina
- Matt Castelli as Operations Officer Mattis
- Essie Davis as Maggie
- David Bowers as Q-Ball Gang Member #1
- Dion Horstmans as Q-Ball Gang Member #2
- Lachy Hulme as Sparks
- Christopher Kirby as Mauser
- Peter Lamb as Colt
- Nathaniel Lees as Mifune
- Robert Mammone as AK
- Joe Manning as First Operator At Command
- Maurice Morgan as Tower Soldier
- Tharini Mudaliar as Kamala
- Rene Naufahu as Zion Gate Operator
- Robyn Nevin as Councillor Dillard
- Genevieve O'Reilly as Officer Wirtz
- Kittrick Redmond as Second Operator At Command
- Rupert Reid as Lock's Lieutenant
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Deus Ex Machina (voice)
- David Roberts as Roland
- Richard Sydenham as Dock Sergeant
- Che Timmins as Radio Bunker Man
- Gina Torres as Cas
- Clayton Watson as Kid
- Cornel West as Councillor West
- Bernard White as Rama-Kandra
- Anthony Brandon Wong as Ghost
- Roy Jones Jr. as Captain Ballard (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 6 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 246
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 6 | 16 | 16 |
| 7 to 12 | 31 | 62 |
| 13 to 18 | 4 | 39 |
| 19 to 24 | 2 | 4 |
| 25 to 30 | 10 | 34 |
| 31 to 36 | 53 | 38 |
| 37 to 42 | 7 | 21 |
| 43 to 48 | 34 | 62 |
| 49 to 54 | 8 | 19 |
| 55 to 60 | 7 | 11 |
| 61 to 66 | 9 | 33 |
| 67 to 72 | 4 | 15 |
| 73 to 78 | 4 | 9 |
| 79 to 84 | 7 | 12 |
| 85 to 90 | 0 | 3 |
| 91 to 96 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 to 102 | 1 | 0 |
| 103 to 108 | 0 | 4 |
| 109 to 114 | 1 | 3 |
| 115 to 120 | 1 | 3 |
| 121 to 126 | 2 | 2 |
| 127 to 132 | 4 | 15 |
| 133 to 138 | 0 | 7 |
| 139 to 144 | 0 | 9 |
| 145 to 150 | 5 | 14 |
| 151 to 156 | 2 | 12 |
| 157 to 162 | 1 | 4 |
| 163 to 168 | 0 | 1 |
| 169 to 174 | 8 | 6 |
| 175 to 180 | 3 | 10 |
| 181 to 186 | 0 | 5 |
| 187 to 192 | 4 | 7 |
| 193 to 198 | 1 | 5 |
| 199 to 204 | 5 | 9 |
| 205 to 210 | 6 | 6 |
| 211 to 216 | 16 | 18 |
| 217 to 222 | 0 | 10 |
| 223 to 228 | 1 | 2 |
| 229 to 234 | 2 | 36 |
| 235 to 240 | 0 | 3 |
| 241 to 246 | 24 | 17 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
ORACLE: I wish there was an easy way to get through this but there ain't. I'm sorry this had to happen. I'm sorry I couldn't be sitting here like yo… TRINITY: What happened? ORACLE: I made a choice and that choice cost me more than I wanted it to.
CHARRA: Just give me one clean shot ... ZEE: Charra!
SATI: Oracle! SATI: We were afraid we might not find you. ORACLE: Everything's okay now.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 33 are women's.
283 lines from women, 586 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
14 women and 32 men in the cast. 13 women and 27 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 10 of 925.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 51 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 32% of the words (2,415), men 68% (5,145). Women have 33% 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
10
Two men
58
Exhibit F: behind the camera
6 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 28% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Lilly Wachowski (woman), Lana Wachowski (woman)
- Written by
- Lilly Wachowski (woman), Lana Wachowski (woman)
- Produced by
- Joel Silver (man)
- Shot by
- Bill Pope (man)
- Edited by
- Zach Staenberg (man)
- Music by
- Don Davis (man)
- Production design by
- Owen Paterson (man)
- Costumes by
- Kym Barrett (woman)
- Cast by
- Mali Finn (woman), Shauna Wolifson (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
9 women, 27 men, 13 not listed
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Sound
6 women, 17 men, 11 not listed
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Art
1 women, 9 men, 10 not listed
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Production
6 women, 9 men, 5 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 3 men, 6 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 9 men, 1 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 2 men, 4 not listed
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Directing
2 women, 3 men, 3 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 45 on average. Men: 39 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Jada Pinkett Smith 32, Carrie-Anne Moss 36, Mary Alice 66
Men
Collin Chou 36, Ian Bliss 37, Harry Lennix 38, Keanu Reeves 39, Harold Perrineau 40, Laurence Fishburne 42, Hugo Weaving 43
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.8 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $150 million
- Box office
- $425 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 246 scenes and 925 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
