Fails the Bechdel test
The Surfer King
2006. Directed by Bernard Murray Jr., written by Bernard Murray Jr..
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
3 women characters. 3 of them speak. -
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
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Seventeen-year old Robbie Zirpollo has a problem. As the film opens, his mother is driving him to his new summer job. We learn that Robbie has grown up in Oceanside, California, but now he and his mother have moved to Colorado for a fresh start, as his father has taken the family's savings and his secretary to Mexico. Robbie's mom has, through an uncle, gotten him a summer job at Water World on the grounds crew. The adventure begins when Robbie meets Alex and gets moved to Aokee's Surf & Snack shack to work. Alex convinces Robbie to enter the park's "Employee Olympics" to bring the Surfer King trophy to it's rightful place among the concessions crew. Tiffany, the park owner's daughter, has other ideas for Robbie.
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 3.8 / 10
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Robbie 162 lines, man
- Alex 155 lines, man
- Aokee 78 lines, man
- Katie 31 lines, woman
- Pipeman 29 lines, man
- Tiffany 25 lines, woman
- The Colonel 22 lines
- Lead Marcher 17 lines
- Amy 14 lines
- Richard 14 lines, man
Full cast, 10 people
- Randy Wayne as Robbie Zirpollo
- Ben Ziff as Alex
- Keri Lynn Pratt as Katie
- Cerina Vincent as Tiffany
- Gabriel Iglesias as Aokee
- Alan Thicke as Pipeman
- Lindsay Wagner as Connie Zirpollo
- Rebecca Borash as Amy
- Travis Perkins as Cowboy
- Brian Timothy Murray as Richard Thompson
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 16% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 74
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 to 8 | 6 | 28 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 24 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 21 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 9 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 25 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 5 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 4 |
| 25 to 26 | 4 | 10 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 14 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 13 |
| 31 to 32 | 6 | 21 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 31 |
| 35 to 36 | 5 | 8 |
| 37 to 38 | 11 | 23 |
| 39 to 40 | 1 | 5 |
| 41 to 42 | 6 | 8 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 42 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 26 |
| 55 to 56 | 10 | 17 |
| 57 to 58 | 2 | 8 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 2 |
| 61 to 62 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 to 66 | 5 | 10 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 42 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 10 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 31 |
| 73 to 74 | 7 | 9 |
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, 12 are women's.
63 lines from women, 476 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
3 women and 4 men in the cast. 3 women and 5 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 5 of 644.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 188 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 11% of the words (697), men 89% (5,541). Women have 12% of the lines, so their lines run shorter 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
45
Exhibit E: behind the camera
None of the 1 people in these jobs are women.
- Directed by
- Bernard Murray Jr. (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
-
Directing
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 38 on average. Men: 35 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Keri Lynn Pratt 28, Cerina Vincent 28, Lindsay Wagner 58
Men
Ben Ziff 24, Randy Wayne 26, Gabriel Iglesias 31, Alan Thicke 60
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 74 scenes and 644 lines of dialogue. How the test works
