Fails the Bechdel test
The Rover
2014. Directed by David Michôd, written by David Michôd and Joel Edgerton.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
0 / 3
Fails
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No
1. At least two women
Fewer than two women characters. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 0 out of 3.
The film
Ten years after a global economic collapse, a cold-blooded drifter traverses the scorched Australian outback on a mission to track down the men who stole his last remaining possession - his car. When he crosses paths with a badly wounded member of the gang, he takes the vulnerable, naïve young man along as his unwitting accomplice.
- Released
- 20 Jun 2014
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 64 / 100
- Awards
- 3 wins & 19 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Eric 184 lines, man
- Reynolds 99 lines, man
- Doc 47 lines
- Henry 40 lines, man
- Archie 22 lines, man
- Caleb 22 lines, man
- Old Guy 20 lines, man
- Grandma 18 lines, woman
- Midget 14 lines
- Cop 1 12 lines
Full cast, 15 people
- Guy Pearce as Eric
- Robert Pattinson as Rey
- Scoot McNairy as Henry
- David Field as Archie
- Susan Prior as Dorothy Peeples
- Anthony Hayes as Sgt. Rickofferson
- Tawanda Manyimo as Caleb
- Nash Edgerton as Town Soldier
- Gillian Jones as Grandma
- Richard Green as Storekeeper
- Chan Kien as Karaoke
- Tek Kong Lim as Karaoke
- Samuel F. Lee as Acrobat
- Mark Duncan as Soldier
- Jack Mayo as Fuel Seller
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 19% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 133
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 24 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 12 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 7 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 3 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 11 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 to 54 | 7 | 30 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 5 |
| 58 to 60 | 11 | 21 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 26 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 12 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 4 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 4 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 23 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 7 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 59 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 6 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 6 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 10 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 20 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 25 |
| 103 to 105 | 0 | 8 |
| 106 to 108 | 0 | 4 |
| 109 to 111 | 0 | 0 |
| 112 to 114 | 0 | 5 |
| 115 to 117 | 0 | 6 |
| 118 to 120 | 0 | 17 |
| 121 to 123 | 0 | 15 |
| 124 to 126 | 0 | 14 |
| 127 to 129 | 0 | 0 |
| 130 to 132 | 0 | 0 |
| 133 to 133 | 0 | 0 |
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, 4 are women's.
18 lines from women, 395 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
2 women and 10 men in the cast. 1 women and 4 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 95 of 511.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 369 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 7% of the words (250), men 93% (3,473). Women have 4% 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
Two women
0
Two men
33
Exhibit E: behind the camera
4 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 29% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- David Michôd (man)
- Written by
- David Michôd (man)
- Story by
- David Michôd (man), Joel Edgerton (man)
- Produced by
- David Linde (man), David Michôd (man), Liz Watts (woman)
- Shot by
- Natasha Braier (woman)
- Edited by
- Peter Sciberras (man)
- Music by
- Antony Partos (man)
- Production design by
- Josephine Ford (gender not listed)
- Costumes by
- Cappi Ireland (woman)
- Cast by
- Kirsty McGregor (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Production
5 women, 5 men, 17 not listed
-
Sound
2 women, 4 men, 16 not listed
-
Other crew
0 women, 4 men, 12 not listed
-
Camera
1 women, 4 men, 9 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 0 men, 5 not listed
-
Editing
0 women, 1 men, 5 not listed
-
Visual Effects
0 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
-
Art
0 women, 0 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 67 on average. Men: 40 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Gillian Jones 67
Men
Robert Pattinson 28, Scoot McNairy 36, Anthony Hayes 36, Nash Edgerton 41, Guy Pearce 46, David Field 52
Exhibit G: the money
It made 20% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $12.3 million
- Box office
- $2.5 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 133 scenes and 511 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
