Fails the Bechdel test
The World's End
2013. Directed by Edgar Wright, written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright.
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 2 out of 3.
The film
20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hell bent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King, a 40-year old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their home town and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub, The World's End. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realize the real struggle is for the future, not just theirs but humankind's. Reaching The World's End is the least of their worries.
- Released
- 23 Aug 2013
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.9 / 10
- Metascore
- 81 / 100
- Awards
- 4 wins & 28 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Gary 503 lines, man
- Andy 196 lines, man
- Steven 145 lines, man
- Oliver 123 lines, man
- Peter 105 lines, man
- Sam 75 lines, man
- The Light 29 lines
- Basil 17 lines, man
- The Reverend 16 lines, man
- Collaborator 1 11 lines, man
Full cast, 60 people
- Simon Pegg as Gary King
- Nick Frost as Andrew Knightley
- Paddy Considine as Steven Prince
- Martin Freeman as Oliver Chamberlain
- Eddie Marsan as Peter Page
- Rosamund Pike as Sam Chamberlain
- David Bradley as Basil
- Pierce Brosnan as Guy Shepherd
- Michael Smiley as Reverend Green
- Darren Boyd as Shane Hawkins
- Steve Oram as Motorcycle Policeman
- Reece Shearsmith as Collaborator
- Nicholas Burns as Collaborator
- Bill Nighy as The Network (voice)
- Thomas Law as Young Gary
- Zachary Bailess as Young Andy
- Jasper Levine as Young Steven
- James Tarpey as Young Peter
- Luke Bromley as Young Oliver
- Sophie Evans as Becky Salt
- Samantha White as Erika Leekes
- Rose Reynolds as Tracy Benson
- Richard Hadfield as Young Shane
- Flora Slorach as Young Sam
- Francesca Reidie as Teenage Twins
- Charlotte Reidie as Teenage Twins
- Alex Austin as Pale Young Man
- Jonathan Aris as Group Leader
- Jenny Bede as Fitness Instructor (26)
- Angie Wallis as Peter's Wife
- Paul Bentall as Peter's Dad
- Richard Graham as Head Builder
- Alice Lowe as Young Lady
- Rafe Spall as Young Man
- Leo Thompson as Felicity
- Julia Deakin as B & B Landlady
- Greg Townley as Greg
- Sebastian Zaniesienko as Seb
- Luke Scott as Luke
- Tyler Dobbs as Tyler
- Samuel Mak as Sam
- Teddy Kempner as Publican 1
- Mark Kempner as Publican 2
- Nick Holder as Publican 3
- Paul Kennington as Publican 5
- Michael Sarne as Publican 6
- Mark Heap as Publican 7
- Kelly Franklin as Kelly
- Stacey Franklin as Stacey
- James Granstrom as Adrian Keane
- Gabe Cronnelly as Upstairs Beehive Man
- Patricia Franklin as Upstairs Beehive Lady
- Mark Donovan as Big Ugly Bastard
- Ricky Champ as Big Ugly Bastard
- Ken Bones as Publican 13
- Edgar Wright as Construction Worker (voice) (uncredited)
- Peter Serafinowicz as Knock-a-Door Run Home Owner (uncredited)
- Garth Jennings as Blank at The Good Companions (uncredited)
- Nicola Cunningham as Girl at Group Meeting (uncredited)
- Paul Blackwell as Pub Customer
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 4% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 80
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 29 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 81 |
| 7 to 8 | 2 | 42 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 50 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 27 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 25 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 30 |
| 17 to 18 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 26 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 36 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 67 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 14 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 28 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 134 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 35 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 10 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 79 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 60 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 31 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 14 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 17 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 9 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 4 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 3 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 2 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 7 |
| 61 to 62 | 0 | 40 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 52 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 21 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 100 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 22 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 7 |
| 73 to 74 | 1 | 27 |
| 75 to 76 | 0 | 103 |
| 77 to 78 | 0 | 19 |
| 79 to 80 | 0 | 8 |
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, 0 are women's.
4 lines from women, 1276 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
10 women and 38 men in the cast. 3 women and 30 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 136 of 1,332.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 841 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 0% of the words (23), men 100% (11,286).
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
80
Exhibit E: behind the camera
2 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 21% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Edgar Wright (man)
- Written by
- Simon Pegg (man), Edgar Wright (man)
- Produced by
- Nira Park (woman), Tim Bevan (man), Eric Fellner (man)
- Shot by
- Bill Pope (man)
- Edited by
- Paul Machliss (man)
- Music by
- Steven Price (man)
- Production design by
- Marcus Rowland (man)
- Costumes by
- Guy Speranza (man)
- Cast by
- Nina Gold (woman), Robert Sterne (man)
The crew, department by department
-
Production
5 women, 6 men, 2 not listed
-
Sound
1 women, 6 men
-
Art
0 women, 3 men, 3 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
-
Other crew
1 women, 4 men
-
Visual Effects
0 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
-
Directing
0 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
-
Editing
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 34 on average. Men: 48 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Rosamund Pike 34
Men
Paddy Considine 39, Nick Frost 41, Martin Freeman 41, Darren Boyd 42, Simon Pegg 43, Eddie Marsan 45, Michael Smiley 50, Pierce Brosnan 60, David Bradley 71
Exhibit G: the money
It made 2.3 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $20 million
- Box office
- $46.1 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 80 scenes and 1,332 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
