Passes the Bechdel test
Thor
2011. Directed by Kenneth Branagh, written by Ashley E. Miller and Zack Stentz and Don Payne.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
13 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 5 scenes out of 191. -
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
The warrior Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard by his father Odin (Sir Anthony Hopkins) for his arrogance and sent to Earth to live amongst humans. Falling in love with scientist Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) teaches Thor much-needed lessons, and his new-found strength comes into play as a villain from his homeland sends dark forces toward Earth.
- Released
- 06 May 2011
- Genres
- Action, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7 / 10
- Metascore
- 57 / 100
- Awards
- 5 wins & 30 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Thor 165 lines, man
- Jane 117 lines, woman
- Loki 89 lines, man
- Selvig 65 lines, man
- Volstagg 56 lines, man
- Fandral 48 lines, man
- Odin 47 lines, man
- Sif 45 lines, woman
- Darcy 37 lines, woman
- Coulson 27 lines, man
Full cast, 56 people
- Chris Hemsworth as Thor
- Natalie Portman as Jane Foster
- Tom Hiddleston as Loki
- Anthony Hopkins as Odin
- Stellan Skarsgård as Erik Selvig
- Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis
- Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson
- Colm Feore as King Laufey
- Idris Elba as Heimdall
- Ray Stevenson as Volstagg
- Tadanobu Asano as Hogun
- Josh Dallas as Fandral
- Jaimie Alexander as Sif
- Rene Russo as Frigga
- Adriana Barraza as Isabela Alvarez
- Maximiliano Hernández as Agent Sitwell
- Richard Cetrone as Frost Giant Captain
- Darren Kendrick as Frost Giant Sentry
- Josh Coxx as Frost Giant Hailstrum
- Justice J. Smith Jr. as Frost Giant Brute
- Joseph Gatt as Frost Giant Grundroth
- Luke Massy as Frost Giant Raze
- Matthew Ducey as Einherjar Guard
- Jason Camp as Einherjar Guard
- Buddy Sosthand as Agent Delancey
- Blake Silver as Techie
- Jamie McShane as Agent Jackson
- Dale Godboldo as Agent Garrett
- Patrick O'Brien Demsey as Agent Cale
- Jim Palmer as SHIELD Guard
- Seth Coltan as Townie
- J. Michael Straczynski as Townie
- Ryan Schaefer as Townie
- Matt Battaglia as Pete
- Stan Lee as Stan the Man
- Joel McCrary as Drunk Townie
- Isaac Kappy as Pet Store Clerk
- Juliet Lopez as Admission Nurse
- Rob Mars as Orderly
- Carrie Lazar as Viking Mother
- Harley Graham as Viking Child
- Alexander Wright as Viking Elder
- Hilary Pingle as Viking
- Shawn-Caulin Young as Viking
- Kinsey McLean as Viking
- Kelly Hawthorne as Viking
- Dakota Goyo as Young Thor
- Ted Allpress as Young Loki
- Douglas Tait as Frost Giant (uncredited)
- Walt Simonson as Guest (uncredited)
- Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton / Hawkeye (uncredited)
- Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury (uncredited)
- Vanessa Bednar as Viking Villager (uncredited)
- Michelle Csitos as Viking Village Wife (uncredited)
- Stephen Oyoung as Einherjar Guard (uncredited)
- Rachel de la Torre as Nurse #1 (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 191
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 14 | 4 |
| 5 to 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 to 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 to 16 | 5 | 3 |
| 17 to 20 | 8 | 28 |
| 21 to 24 | 6 | 9 |
| 25 to 28 | 2 | 27 |
| 29 to 32 | 5 | 46 |
| 33 to 36 | 1 | 19 |
| 37 to 40 | 8 | 76 |
| 41 to 44 | 7 | 10 |
| 45 to 48 | 19 | 15 |
| 49 to 52 | 5 | 5 |
| 53 to 56 | 6 | 2 |
| 57 to 60 | 8 | 39 |
| 61 to 64 | 22 | 18 |
| 65 to 68 | 15 | 20 |
| 69 to 72 | 14 | 13 |
| 73 to 76 | 8 | 7 |
| 77 to 80 | 4 | 7 |
| 81 to 84 | 0 | 2 |
| 85 to 88 | 1 | 1 |
| 89 to 92 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 to 96 | 0 | 1 |
| 97 to 100 | 0 | 0 |
| 101 to 104 | 0 | 2 |
| 105 to 108 | 1 | 0 |
| 109 to 112 | 0 | 1 |
| 113 to 116 | 11 | 8 |
| 117 to 120 | 0 | 29 |
| 121 to 124 | 0 | 5 |
| 125 to 128 | 0 | 45 |
| 129 to 132 | 10 | 11 |
| 133 to 136 | 2 | 8 |
| 137 to 140 | 4 | 14 |
| 141 to 144 | 2 | 8 |
| 145 to 148 | 0 | 8 |
| 149 to 152 | 4 | 9 |
| 153 to 156 | 2 | 5 |
| 157 to 160 | 4 | 8 |
| 161 to 164 | 2 | 6 |
| 165 to 168 | 3 | 7 |
| 169 to 172 | 0 | 6 |
| 173 to 176 | 3 | 7 |
| 177 to 180 | 0 | 0 |
| 181 to 184 | 0 | 14 |
| 185 to 188 | 7 | 14 |
| 189 to 191 | 4 | 6 |
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.
JANE: You've gotta get us closer so I can take a magnetic reading. Darcy laughs. DARCY: Yeah, right! Good one! Oh God, you're serious... JANE: You want those college credits or not?
JANE: I think the lensing around the edges is characteristic of an Einstein-Rosen Bridge. DARCY: A what?
JANE: Excuse me, did you say there was a satellite crash? DARCY: Oh my God, this is going on Facebook. Darcy whips out her cellphone.
JANE: Years of research, gone. DARCY: They even took my iPod.
JANE: Look around! They took our back- ups. They took the back-ups of our back-ups. DARCY: I just downloaded, like, thirty songs on there.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 28 are women's.
224 lines from women, 574 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
13 women and 43 men in the cast. 5 women and 26 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 80 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 26% of the words (3,321), men 74% (9,602). Women have 28% of the lines, so their lines run shorter 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
22
Two men
66
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 14 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 21% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Kenneth Branagh (man)
- Written by
- Don Payne (man), Ashley Miller (man), Zack Stentz (man)
- Story by
- J. Michael Straczynski (man), Mark Protosevich (man)
- Produced by
- Kevin Feige (man)
- Shot by
- Haris Zambarloukos (man)
- Edited by
- Paul Rubell (man)
- Music by
- Patrick Doyle (man)
- Production design by
- Bo Welch (man)
- Costumes by
- Alexandra Byrne (woman)
- Cast by
- Sarah Halley Finn (woman), Randi Hiller (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
10 women, 60 men, 34 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
9 women, 12 men, 46 not listed
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Visual Effects
5 women, 15 men, 43 not listed
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Art
6 women, 24 men, 12 not listed
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Production
9 women, 7 men, 5 not listed
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Lighting
1 women, 6 men, 12 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 11 men, 4 not listed
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Sound
2 women, 12 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 27 on average. Men: 47 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Kat Dennings 24, Natalie Portman 29
Men
Chris Hemsworth 27, Tom Hiddleston 30, Idris Elba 38, Ray Stevenson 46, Clark Gregg 49, Colm Feore 52, Stellan Skarsgård 59, Anthony Hopkins 73
Exhibit H: the money
It made 3.0 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $150 million
- Box office
- $449 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 191 scenes and 811 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
