Passes the Bechdel test
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
2018. Directed by Susan Johnson, written by Sofia Alvarez and Jenny Han.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
11 women characters. 6 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 14 scenes out of 103. -
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
Lara Jean Covey writes letters to all of her past loves, the letters are meant for her eyes only. Until one day when all the love letters are sent out to her previous loves. Her life is soon thrown into chaos when her foregoing loves confront her one by one.
- Released
- 17 Aug 2018
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- TV-14
- IMDb
- 7 / 10
- Metascore
- 64 / 100
- Awards
- 5 wins & 11 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Lara Jean 417 lines, woman
- Peter 168 lines, man
- Kitty 73 lines, woman
- Margot 63 lines, woman
- Josh 39 lines, man
- Christine 37 lines, woman
- Gen 31 lines
- Lucas 29 lines, man
- Dr. Covey 26 lines, man
- Emily 6 lines, woman
Full cast, 24 people
- Lana Condor as Lara Jean Song Covey
- Noah Centineo as Peter Kavinsky
- Israel Broussard as Josh Sanderson
- Janel Parrish as Margot Song Covey
- Anna Cathcart as Katherine "Kitty" Song Covey
- Andrew Bachelor as Greg Rivera
- Trezzo Mahoro as Lucas James
- Emilija Baranac as Genevieve
- Madeleine Arthur as Christine
- John Corbett as Daniel Covey
- Kelcey Mawema as Emily Nussbaum
- Julia Benson as Mrs. Kavinsky
- Joey Pacheco as Owen Kavinsky
- Edward Kewin as Kenny
- Jordan Burtchett as John Ambrose McClaren
- June B. Wilde as Joan
- Isabelle Beech as Young Lara Jean
- Hunter Dillon as Young Peter
- Christian Michael Cooper as Young Josh
- Rhys Fleming as Young Genevieve
- Pavel Piddocke as Young John Ambrose
- Jeb Beach as Coach
- Cameron Crosby as Guy
- Yael Yurman as Tiny Freshman
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 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 103
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 18 | 10 |
| 4 to 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 to 9 | 9 | 5 |
| 10 to 12 | 25 | 0 |
| 13 to 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 to 18 | 21 | 2 |
| 19 to 21 | 12 | 3 |
| 22 to 24 | 21 | 6 |
| 25 to 27 | 43 | 8 |
| 28 to 30 | 11 | 5 |
| 31 to 33 | 20 | 14 |
| 34 to 36 | 18 | 6 |
| 37 to 39 | 16 | 16 |
| 40 to 42 | 13 | 15 |
| 43 to 45 | 35 | 28 |
| 46 to 48 | 12 | 5 |
| 49 to 51 | 17 | 3 |
| 52 to 54 | 35 | 10 |
| 55 to 57 | 19 | 15 |
| 58 to 60 | 21 | 23 |
| 61 to 63 | 4 | 3 |
| 64 to 66 | 15 | 6 |
| 67 to 69 | 18 | 6 |
| 70 to 72 | 3 | 4 |
| 73 to 75 | 19 | 16 |
| 76 to 78 | 13 | 8 |
| 79 to 81 | 28 | 18 |
| 82 to 84 | 5 | 3 |
| 85 to 87 | 29 | 2 |
| 88 to 90 | 11 | 9 |
| 91 to 93 | 35 | 0 |
| 94 to 96 | 12 | 9 |
| 97 to 99 | 21 | 0 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 to 103 | 14 | 14 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
KITTY: I can’t believe we’re not gonna see you until Thanksgiving. MARGOT: Christmas, actually. Scotland is too far to come back for Thanksgiving. LARA JEAN: Wait. Are you kidding? We won’t see you til Christmas! That’s so long! LARA JEAN: Rude. I’m passable now. Ish.
KITTY: Think she’ll turn back around?? LARA JEAN: No. LARA JEAN: That’s not Margot.
LARA JEAN: You ready to go, Kitty? KITTY: One sec. KITTY: All set. LARA JEAN: Very funny.
CHRISTINE: Actually, they’re amazing. LARA JEAN: Christine. Chris. Gen’s cousin. My best friend. My only friend, really.
LARA JEAN: First day was good? KITTY: Great. Alison wanted to sit next to me at lunch but so did Brianna and so did Katy and Megan so I ended up rotating so everyone had time to … LARA JEAN: Yeah. Totally know what’s that’s like. And how was swim practice? KITTY: That was amazing too. Did you see how fast I was going?
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 69 are women's.
599 lines from women, 272 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
11 women and 13 men in the cast. 6 women and 4 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 9 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 69% of the words (6,513), men 31% (2,940).
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
38
Two men
5
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 50% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Susan Johnson (woman)
- Written by
- Sofia Alvarez (woman)
- From the novel by
- Jenny Han (woman)
- Produced by
- Matt Kaplan (man), Jordan Levin (gender not listed), Dougie Cash (gender not listed)
- Shot by
- Michael Fimognari (man)
- Edited by
- Phillip J. Bartell (man), Joe Klotz (man)
- Music by
- Joe Wong (man)
- Production design by
- Paul Joyal (man)
- Costumes by
- Rafaella Rabinovich (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- Tamara-Lee Notcutt (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
9 women, 3 men, 20 not listed
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Camera
2 women, 8 men, 12 not listed
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Other crew
3 women, 2 men, 16 not listed
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Art
0 women, 1 men, 13 not listed
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Sound
3 women, 7 men, 4 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
0 women, 0 men, 12 not listed
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Directing
4 women, 0 men, 4 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 3 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 22 on average. Men: 31 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Anna Cathcart 15, Lana Condor 21, Madeleine Arthur 21, Emilija Baranac 24, Janel Parrish 29
Men
Noah Centineo 22, Trezzo Mahoro 22, Israel Broussard 23, Andrew Bachelor 30, John Corbett 57
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 103 scenes and 910 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
