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The Mighty Ducks

1992. Directed by Stephen Herek, written by Steven Brill.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

1 / 3

Fails

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    3 women characters. 1 of them speak.
  2. No 2. Who talk to each other
    Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other.
  3. No 3. About something besides a man
    Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.

Poster for The Mighty Ducks

The film

Hotshot lawyer Gordon Bombay is haunted by memories of his childhood, when, as the star player in his champion hockey team, he lost the winning goal in a shootout, thereby losing the game and the approval of his coach. After being charged for drunk driving, the court orders him to coach a peewee hockey team, the worst in the league, Though at first very reluctant, Gordon eventually gains the respect of the kids and teaches them how to win, gaining a sponsor on the way and giving the team the name of The Ducks. In the finals, they face Gordon's old team, coached by Gordon's old coach, giving Gordon a chance to face old ghosts.

Released
02 Oct 1992
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Family
Rated
PG
IMDb
6.6 / 10
Metascore
46 / 100
Awards
2 nominations total
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Gordon 302 lines, man
  2. Casey 45 lines, woman
  3. Charlie 27 lines, man
  4. Jesse 27 lines, man
  5. Mather 25 lines, man
  6. Peter 25 lines, man
  7. Hans 23 lines, man
  8. Karp 23 lines, man
  9. Fulton 18 lines, man
  10. Terry 18 lines, man
Full cast, 30 people
  • Emilio Estevez as Gordon Bombay
  • Joss Ackland as Hans
  • Lane Smith as Jack Reilly
  • Heidi Kling as Casey Conway
  • Josef Sommer as Mr. Ducksworth
  • Joshua Jackson as Charlie Conway
  • Shaun Weiss as Greg Goldberg
  • Vincent Larusso as Adam Banks
  • Elden Henson as Fulton Reed
  • Danny Tamberelli as Tommy Duncan
  • Marguerite Moreau as Connie Moreau
  • Brandon Quintin Adams as Jesse Hall
  • Jussie Smollett as Terry Hall
  • Matt Doherty as Les Averman
  • Garette Ratliff Henson as Guy Germaine
  • Steven Brill as Frank Huddy
  • George Coe as Judge Weathers
  • Ryan J. Gilmer as Mighty Ducks Fan Scenes
  • Claudia Wilkens as Principal
  • Brock Pierce as Gordon at 10 Years Old
  • Robert Pall as Gordon's Father
  • M.C. Gainey as Lewis
  • J.D. Daniels as Peter
  • Aaron Schwartz as Dave Karp
  • Jane Plank as Tammy
  • Michael Ooms as McGill
  • Casey Garven as Larson
  • Mark Bradley as Science Teacher
  • Peter Syvertsen as Paramedic
  • Hal Fort Atkinson as Philip Banks

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 14% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 88

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 202
3 to 401
5 to 605
7 to 8020
9 to 1003
11 to 1201
13 to 1400
15 to 1602
17 to 1802
19 to 20016
21 to 22027
23 to 2405
25 to 2604
27 to 28016
29 to 30065
31 to 32033
33 to 341220
35 to 36636
37 to 3806
39 to 40019
41 to 4203
43 to 44026
45 to 4600
47 to 48020
49 to 5089
51 to 5204
53 to 5404
55 to 5617
57 to 58311
59 to 6035
61 to 62237
63 to 64035
65 to 66017
67 to 68010
69 to 7000
71 to 7207
73 to 7418
75 to 76030
77 to 7801
79 to 80813
81 to 82231
83 to 8412
85 to 86251
87 to 8800

The evidence

  • Straight from the script
  • Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 7 are women's.

49 lines from women, 614 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

3 women and 22 men in the cast. 1 women and 24 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 246 of 767. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 245 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

  • First line by a woman
  • Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 8% of the words (567), men 92% (6,823). Women have 7% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.

Exhibit D: 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

Exhibit E: behind the camera

2 of the 11 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 27% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
Stephen Herek (man)
Written by
Steven Brill (man)
Produced by
Jordan Kerner (man), Jon Avnet (man)
Shot by
Thomas Del Ruth (man)
Edited by
John F. Link (man), Larry Bock (man)
Music by
David Newman (man)
Production design by
Randy Ser (man)
Costumes by
Grania Preston (woman)
Cast by
Renee Rousselot (woman)

The crew, department by department

  • Other crew

    2 women, 3 men, 1 not listed

  • Production

    1 women, 2 men, 2 not listed

  • Art

    1 women, 3 men

  • Costume & Make-Up

    3 women, 0 men, 1 not listed

  • Directing

    0 women, 4 men

  • Camera

    0 women, 2 men

  • Editing

    0 women, 2 men

  • Lighting

    0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit F: how old the stars were

Women: 30 on average. Men: 31 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Heidi Kling 30

Men

Danny Tamberelli 10, Joshua Jackson 14, Shaun Weiss 14, Vincent Larusso 14, Elden Henson 15, Emilio Estevez 30, Lane Smith 56, Josef Sommer 58, Joss Ackland 64

Exhibit G: the money

It made 5.1 times what it cost.

Budget
$10 million
Box office
$50.8 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 88 scenes and 767 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works

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