Passes the Bechdel test
The Meg
2018. Directed by Jon Turteltaub, written by Dean Georgaris and Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
6 women characters. 2 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 3 scenes out of 332. -
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
Five years ago, expert sea diver and Naval Captain Jonas Taylor encountered an unknown danger in the unexplored recesses of the Mariana Trench that forced him to abort his mission and abandon half his crew. Though the tragic incident earned him a dismissal from service, what ultimately cost him his career, his marriage and any semblance of honor was his unsupported and incredulous claims of what caused it - an attack on his vessel by a mammoth, 70-foot sea creature, believed to be extinct for more than a million years. But when a submersible lies sunk and disabled at the bottom of the ocean - carrying his ex-wife among the team onboard - he is the one who gets the call. Whether a shot at redemption or a suicide mission, Jonas must confront his fears and risk his own life and the lives of everyone trapped below on a single question: Could the Carcharodon Megalodon - the largest marine predator that ever existed - still be alive - and on the hunt?
- Released
- 10 Aug 2018
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Horror
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 5.7 / 10
- Metascore
- 46 / 100
- Awards
- 5 wins & 6 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Jonas 176 lines, man
- Suyin 105 lines, woman
- Mac 87 lines, man
- Fan 69 lines, woman
- Dj 52 lines, man
- Zhang 51 lines, man
- Dimitri 30 lines
- Morris 30 lines, man
- Francois 26 lines, man
- Heller 19 lines, man
Full cast, 34 people
- Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor
- Li Bingbing as Suyin
- Rainn Wilson as Morris
- Cliff Curtis as James 'Mac' Mackreides
- Ruby Rose as Jaxx
- Jessica McNamee as Lori
- Masi Oka as Toshi
- Winston Chao Wen-hsuan as Zhang
- Shuya Sophia Cai as Meiying
- Page Kennedy as DJ
- Robert Taylor as Heller
- Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as The Wall
- Mai Hongmei as Mother
- Wei Yi as Awesome Kid on Beach
- Vithaya Pansringarm as Thai Boat Captain
- Rob Kipa-Williams as D'Angelo
- Tawanda Manyimo as Marks
- Mark Trotter as Injured Sailor
- James Gaylyn as David E. Jordan
- Andrew Grainger as Morris' Lawyer
- Steven A. Davis as Speedboat Crewman
- Glen Levy as Speedboat Mercenary
- Edwin Wright as Morris' Helicopter Pilot
- Ivy Tsui as Bride
- Jeremy Tan as Groom
- Tim Wong as News Camera Operator
- Yoson An as News Helicopter Pilot
- Yao Yao as Dude on Raft
- Leand Macadaan as Filipino Fisherman #1 (uncredited)
- Boaz Magege as Launch Controller
- Piroon Vongvaruj as Thai Boat Crewman
- Douglas Lee as Wedding Photographer
- Teresa Lee as Bridesmaid
- Marc Copage as Interrogator
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 7 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 332
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 to 14 | 8 | 17 |
| 15 to 21 | 8 | 15 |
| 22 to 28 | 1 | 5 |
| 29 to 35 | 2 | 5 |
| 36 to 42 | 4 | 5 |
| 43 to 49 | 2 | 3 |
| 50 to 56 | 0 | 51 |
| 57 to 63 | 11 | 44 |
| 64 to 70 | 5 | 5 |
| 71 to 77 | 6 | 7 |
| 78 to 84 | 4 | 8 |
| 85 to 91 | 3 | 5 |
| 92 to 98 | 6 | 9 |
| 99 to 105 | 4 | 4 |
| 106 to 112 | 2 | 4 |
| 113 to 119 | 4 | 6 |
| 120 to 126 | 3 | 13 |
| 127 to 133 | 9 | 4 |
| 134 to 140 | 3 | 15 |
| 141 to 147 | 0 | 6 |
| 148 to 154 | 12 | 20 |
| 155 to 161 | 12 | 22 |
| 162 to 168 | 3 | 13 |
| 169 to 175 | 5 | 4 |
| 176 to 182 | 0 | 14 |
| 183 to 189 | 0 | 3 |
| 190 to 196 | 0 | 3 |
| 197 to 203 | 2 | 3 |
| 204 to 210 | 4 | 1 |
| 211 to 217 | 12 | 21 |
| 218 to 224 | 9 | 17 |
| 225 to 231 | 0 | 1 |
| 232 to 238 | 1 | 12 |
| 239 to 245 | 1 | 2 |
| 246 to 252 | 7 | 1 |
| 253 to 259 | 7 | 11 |
| 260 to 266 | 2 | 14 |
| 267 to 273 | 7 | 14 |
| 274 to 280 | 5 | 6 |
| 281 to 287 | 1 | 0 |
| 288 to 294 | 3 | 5 |
| 295 to 301 | 3 | 1 |
| 302 to 308 | 4 | 9 |
| 309 to 315 | 2 | 7 |
| 316 to 322 | 1 | 8 |
| 323 to 329 | 0 | 2 |
| 330 to 332 | 5 | 5 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
SUYIN: Tell me about it. Saying no to her is almost impossible. MEIYING: This is for you...
SUYIN: Meiying wants me to ask you to join us for tea. It’s another family tradition. We share tea every time I’m back from a dive. MEIYING: Only she missed it last time because she was in that stupid Decompression Tank.
SUYIN: Fan... SUYIN: Fan... SUYIN: Fan? Are you going to be okay? Because we need you. FAN: I’m good.
FAN: WE’VE GOT BREACHES! TAKING ON WATER AT D-LEVEL, F-LEVEL, J-LEVEL-- SUYIN: Meiying!
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 30 are women's.
194 lines from women, 450 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
6 women and 21 men in the cast. 2 women and 10 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
A woman speaks the first line.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 72 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 23% of the words (1,574), men 77% (5,181). Women have 30% 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
9
Two men
67
Exhibit F: behind the camera
5 of the 17 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 26% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Jon Turteltaub (man)
- Written by
- Erich Hoeber (man), Jon Hoeber (man), Dean Georgaris (man)
- From the novel by
- Steve Alten (man)
- Produced by
- Belle Avery (woman), Lorenzo di Bonaventura (man), Colin Wilson (man)
- Shot by
- Tom Stern (man)
- Edited by
- Steven Kemper (man)
- Music by
- Harry Gregson-Williams (man)
- Production design by
- Grant Major (man)
- Costumes by
- Amanda Neale (woman), Natalija Kucija (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- Mindy Marin (woman), Liz Mullane (woman), Rachel Bullock (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
3 women, 17 men, 16 not listed
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Production
11 women, 10 men, 8 not listed
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Art
2 women, 8 men, 16 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 7 men, 14 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 2 men, 6 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 4 men, 5 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 2 men, 7 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 2 men, 6 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 29 on average. Men: 49 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Shuya Sophia Cai 10, Jessica McNamee 32, Li Bingbing 45
Men
Page Kennedy 41, Masi Oka 43, Cliff Curtis 50, Jason Statham 51, Rainn Wilson 52, Winston Chao Wen-hsuan 58
Exhibit H: the money
It made 3.5 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $150 million
- Box office
- $531 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 332 scenes and 704 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
