Passes the Bechdel test
To Catch a Killer
2023. Directed by Damián Szifron, written by Damián Szifron and Jonathan Wakeham.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
19 women characters. 11 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 67. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
New Year's Eve in Baltimore. People are partying on the streets, in the bars and at lofty heights on the rooftops. Suddenly all hell breaks loose. Everything ends in boundless panic. From a high-rise building in the middle of the city, a sniper kills numerous people from ambush. Terror alert. Various US authorities, including the FBI, are hunting the sniper. On the ground at the base, policewoman Eleanor Falco (Shailene Woodley), whose application was rejected by the FBI, investigates. Her boss Lammark (Ben Mendelsohn) firmly believes in her talent, but is himself put under pressure to succeed by the FBI and politicians. The attempt to use the media to put pressure on the perpetrator fails. Instead, there is another, this time unplanned, bloodbath in a mall. But an inconspicuous detail unexpectedly leads Eleanor to the culprit. Lammark wants to catch the culprit alone with Eleanor - a fatal mistake.
- Released
- 19 Aug 2023
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 43 / 100
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Eleanor 185 lines, woman
- Lammark 185 lines, man
- Mckenzie 103 lines, woman
- Jimmy Kittridge 22 lines
- Dean 19 lines, man
- Cctv 18 lines
- Jesse Capleton 13 lines, man
- Rodney Lang 13 lines
- Marquand 12 lines, man
- Irene 11 lines, woman
Full cast, 71 people
- Shailene Woodley as Eleanor Falco
- Ben Mendelsohn as Geoffrey Lammark
- Jovan Adepo as MacKenzie
- Ralph Ineson as Dean Possey
- Richard Zeman as Frank Graber
- Dusan Dukic as Krupp
- Jason Cavalier as Marquand
- Nick Walker as Jesse Capleton
- Darcy Laurie as Ramsey Lang
- Mark Camacho as Chief Karl Jackson
- Frank Schorpion as Nathan Bowen
- Marcello Bezina as SWAT Commander
- Dawn Lambing as Irene Michkin
- Martyne Musau as Samantha
- Adam LeBlanc as Denny's Manager
- Daniel Brochu as Interfering Man
- Sean Tucker as Officer Coleman
- Maurizio Terrazzano as Police Lieutenant
- Arthur Holden as Forensics Chief
- Alain Chanoine as Abraham Haynes
- Patrick Abellard as Landfill Supervisor
- Michael Cram as Gavin
- Chip Chuipka as Jim Lassky
- Heidi Foss as Romona
- Michael Dozier as Russ Adovich
- Mark Antony Krupa as Dimitri Bovrov
- Rosemary Dunsmore as Mrs. Possey
- Lesley Pahl as Katherine Radford
- Dolce Sebareme as Saleswoman #1
- Patrick Labbé as Hicks
- Laura Mitchell as Drunken Woman
- Maxime Afshar as Hasna Rahmani
- Karine Dion as Mrs. Miller
- Ted Pluviose as Mall Head of Security
- Benz Antoine as Ballistic Examiner
- Mark Trafford as Lindenblatt Jr.
- Edith Dandenault as Paramedic #1
- Lilou Roy-Lanouette as Haley
- Nir Guzinski as Line Supervisor SH3
- Daniel Elston as Brad
- Sebree Laurie as FBI Courier
- Matt Langton as Police Officer at the Morgue
- Leyda Aleyli as Rodney Lang's Wife
- Christian Jadah as Hank
- Mark Day as Titch
- Ryan Stick as Chester
- Alex Gravenstein as Sneaky Reporter
- Bobby Brown as Fire Chief
- Jacqueline Smith Barker as Old Lady
- Kelly Lee as Saleswoman #2
- Paul Ash as Heavyset Customer
- Luc Morissette as Old Timer
- Teneisha Collins as Reporter at Press Park
- Joan Hart as Sarah
- Lincoln Ward as Ward Manager
- Christian Paul as Mall Cleaner
- Alexandra Laferrière as African American Police Woman
- Erniel Baez as Surveillance Employee
- Yvan Labranche as Sketch Artist
- Felix Gravel as Lang's Baby
- Paul Batah as Hasnah Rahmani's Father
- Anne-Marie Saheb as Hasnah Rahmani's Mother
- Sheshanti Kurera as Hasnah Rahmani's Sister
- Nabil Khatib as Buff Shopper
- Christine Rodriguez as Woman #1
- Maissa Houri as Woman #2
- Kevin Woodhouse as SWAT Commander
- Alexander Drojjine as Employee Slaughter House #1
- Lucie Chalut as Employee Slaughter House #2
- Michèle Leclerc as Employee Slaughter House #3
- Romuald Crèvecoeur as Employee Slaughter House #4
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 67
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 to 6 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 to 8 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 to 10 | 16 | 4 |
| 11 to 12 | 7 | 20 |
| 13 to 14 | 9 | 24 |
| 15 to 16 | 4 | 4 |
| 17 to 18 | 8 | 18 |
| 19 to 20 | 17 | 27 |
| 21 to 22 | 14 | 13 |
| 23 to 24 | 4 | 25 |
| 25 to 26 | 13 | 21 |
| 27 to 28 | 7 | 4 |
| 29 to 30 | 9 | 9 |
| 31 to 32 | 22 | 25 |
| 33 to 34 | 6 | 11 |
| 35 to 36 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 to 38 | 11 | 13 |
| 39 to 40 | 16 | 7 |
| 41 to 42 | 10 | 16 |
| 43 to 44 | 15 | 11 |
| 45 to 46 | 11 | 7 |
| 47 to 48 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 to 50 | 4 | 15 |
| 51 to 52 | 27 | 11 |
| 53 to 54 | 6 | 1 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 to 58 | 2 | 2 |
| 59 to 60 | 5 | 6 |
| 61 to 62 | 29 | 23 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 1 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 to 67 | 35 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
IRENE: Hey... How are you feeling? ELEANOR: Been worse. Been better. IRENE: You look better. Want some water? ELEANOR: Please.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 49 are women's.
322 lines from women, 332 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
19 women and 41 men in the cast. 11 women and 27 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 6 of 777.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 18 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 45% of the words (4,117), men 55% (5,133). Women have 49% 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
4
Two men
24
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 14 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 26% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Damián Szifron (man)
- Written by
- Damián Szifron (man), Jonathan Wakeham (gender not listed)
- Produced by
- Aaron Ryder (man), Stuart Manashil (man), Shailene Woodley (woman), Damián Szifron (man)
- Shot by
- Javier Julia (man)
- Edited by
- Damián Szifron (man)
- Music by
- Carter Burwell (man)
- Production design by
- Jason Kisvarday (man)
- Cast by
- John Papsidera (man), Bruno Rosato (gender not listed), Kate Yablunovsky (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
5 women, 15 men, 15 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 1 men, 19 not listed
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Other crew
2 women, 5 men, 9 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 5 men, 8 not listed
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Art
1 women, 2 men, 8 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 0 men, 9 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 3 men, 5 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 31 on average. Men: 51 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Shailene Woodley 31
Men
Jovan Adepo 34, Ralph Ineson 53, Ben Mendelsohn 54, Darcy Laurie 57, Mark Camacho 58
Exhibit H: the money
What it cost and made, where TMDB lists it.
- Budget
- Not listed
- Box office
- $3.1 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 67 scenes and 777 lines of dialogue. How the test works
