Passes the Bechdel test
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
2021. Directed by Michael Rianda and Jeff Rowe, written by Michael Rianda and Jeff Rowe and Peter Szilagyi.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
19 women characters. 14 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 27 scenes out of 108. -
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
An animated action-comedy about an ordinary family who find themselves in the middle of their biggest family challenge yet...saving the world from the robot apocalypse. No big deal, right? It all starts when creative outsider Katie Mitchell is accepted into the film school of her dreams and is eager to leave home and find "her people," when her nature-loving dad insists on having the whole family drive her to school and bond during one last totally-not-awkward-or-forced road trip. But just when the trip can't get any worse, the family suddenly finds itself in the middle of the robot uprising. Everything from smart phones, to roombas, to evil Furbys are employed to capture every human on the planet. Now it's up to the Mitchells, including upbeat mom Linda, quirky little brother Aaron, their squishy pug, Monchi, and two friendly, but simple-minded robots to save humanity.
- Released
- 30 Apr 2021
- Genres
- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 7.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 81 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 46 wins & 65 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Katie 284 lines, woman
- Rick 279 lines, man
- Linda 118 lines, woman
- Aaron 100 lines, man
- Mark 62 lines, man
- Pal 60 lines, woman
- Robot 39 lines, woman
- Eric 35 lines, man
- Deborahbot 5000 17 lines, man
- On Screen 14 lines
Full cast, 49 people
- Abbi Jacobson as Katie / Dog Cop (voice)
- Danny McBride as Rick (voice)
- Maya Rudolph as Linda (voice)
- Mike Rianda as Aaron / Furbies / Talking Dog / Wifi Enthusiast (voice)
- Eric André as Mark (voice)
- Olivia Colman as PAL (voice)
- Fred Armisen as Deborahbot 5000 (voice)
- Beck Bennett as Eric / PAL Max Robots (voice)
- Chrissy Teigen as Hailey Posey (voice)
- John Legend as Jim Posey (voice)
- Lo Mutuc as Abbey Posey (voice)
- Blake Griffin as PAL Max Prime (voice)
- Conan O'Brien as Glaxxon 5000 (voice)
- Doug the Pug as Monchi (voice)
- Melissa Sturm as Sarge / Melissa (Woman In Pod) (voice)
- Doug Nicholas as Hamburger Boy / Smart-Racket 5000-S Series (voice)
- Madeleine McGraw as Young Katie (voice)
- Ellen Wightman as Baby Katie (voice)
- Sasheer Zamata as Jade (voice)
- Elle Mills as Hanna (voice)
- Alex Hirsch as Dirk (voice)
- Jay Pharoah as Noah (voice)
- Natalie Canizares as Catherine (Food Blogger) (voice)
- Jeff Rowe as Man Who Loves Fun (voice)
- Zeno Robinson as Sean (Unboxer) (voice)
- Grey DeLisle as Stagehand (voice)
- Will Allegra as Water Fountain Man (voice)
- Alison Rich as Jill (Woman In Pod) (voice)
- Natalia del Riego as Additional Voices (voice)
- Libby Thomas Dickey as Additional Voices (voice)
- Kerry Gutierrez as Additional Voices (voice)
- Todd Hansen as Additional Voices (voice)
- Lex Lang as Additional Voices (voice)
- Greg Levitan as Additional Voices (voice)
- Griffin McElroy as Additional Voices (voice)
- Caitlin McKenna as Additional Voices (voice)
- Andrew Morgado as Additional Voices (voice)
- Illya Owens as Additional Voices (voice)
- Juan Pacheco as Additional Voices (voice)
- Ashley Peldon as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jim Pirri as Additional Voices (voice)
- Michelle Ruff as Additional Voices (voice)
- Justin Shenkarow as Additional Voices (voice)
- Shane Sweet as Additional Voices (voice)
- Brittanny Tuerpe as Additional Voices (voice)
- Alana Webster as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jason Linere-White as Additional Voices (voice)
- Lisa Wilhoit as Additional Voices (voice)
- Adam Wylie 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. 9% 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 | 14 | 5 |
| 4 to 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 to 9 | 10 | 6 |
| 10 to 12 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 to 15 | 13 | 1 |
| 16 to 18 | 29 | 35 |
| 19 to 21 | 6 | 8 |
| 22 to 24 | 12 | 9 |
| 25 to 27 | 12 | 18 |
| 28 to 30 | 11 | 9 |
| 31 to 33 | 11 | 33 |
| 34 to 36 | 6 | 11 |
| 37 to 39 | 27 | 31 |
| 40 to 42 | 22 | 11 |
| 43 to 45 | 1 | 5 |
| 46 to 48 | 18 | 15 |
| 49 to 51 | 3 | 2 |
| 52 to 54 | 48 | 76 |
| 55 to 57 | 16 | 32 |
| 58 to 60 | 15 | 21 |
| 61 to 63 | 21 | 29 |
| 64 to 66 | 21 | 33 |
| 67 to 69 | 2 | 1 |
| 70 to 72 | 8 | 2 |
| 73 to 75 | 26 | 16 |
| 76 to 78 | 45 | 22 |
| 79 to 81 | 13 | 11 |
| 82 to 84 | 9 | 1 |
| 85 to 87 | 2 | 9 |
| 88 to 90 | 3 | 14 |
| 91 to 93 | 12 | 20 |
| 94 to 96 | 7 | 12 |
| 97 to 99 | 39 | 25 |
| 100 to 102 | 15 | 12 |
| 103 to 105 | 19 | 10 |
| 106 to 108 | 15 | 9 |
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.
LINDA: I told you to get a lid! KATIE: The dog is biting my hair!
KATIE: So I did what any outsider would do; made weird art. YOUNG KATIE: Behold! Cinema!
DOG COP: I’m here to bust criminals and lick my own butt... and I’m all out of criminals. KATIE: My parents haven’t figured me out yet. To be fair, it took me a while to figure myself out.
KATIE: My mom says she believes in me... LINDA: You can do this, hon. KATIE: But she says that to everyone. LINDA: You can look straight! Follow this pen.
KATIE: After all these years, I’m finally gonna meet my people. LINDA: Kids... dinner. KATIE: Coming!
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 49 are women's.
543 lines from women, 558 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
19 women and 26 men in the cast. 14 women and 24 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 11 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 51% of the words (4,836), men 49% (4,711). Women have 49% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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
66
Two men
60
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 24% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Mike Rianda (man)
- Written by
- Jeff Rowe (man), Mike Rianda (man)
- Produced by
- Phil Lord (man), Christopher Miller (man), Kurt Albrecht (man)
- Edited by
- Greg Levitan (man), Arthur D. Noda (man)
- Music by
- Mark Mothersbaugh (man)
- Production design by
- Lindsey Olivares (woman)
- Cast by
- Brittany N. Grooms (woman), Tamara Hunter (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Visual Effects
4 women, 25 men, 1 non-binary, 36 not listed
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Other crew
5 women, 6 men, 5 not listed
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Writing
2 women, 5 men, 9 not listed
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Production
5 women, 6 men, 1 not listed
-
Editing
0 women, 7 men, 2 not listed
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Art
2 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 4 men
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Directing
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Non-binary
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 42 on average. Men: 42 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Chrissy Teigen 35, Abbi Jacobson 37, Olivia Colman 47, Maya Rudolph 48
Men
Mike Rianda 36, Beck Bennett 36, Eric André 38, John Legend 42, Danny McBride 44, Fred Armisen 54
Exhibit H: the money
What it cost and made, where TMDB lists it.
- Budget
- $75 million
- Box office
- Not listed
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 108 scenes and 1,204 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
