Passes the Bechdel test
Tony
2026. Directed by Matt Johnson, written by Todd Bartels and Lou Howe and Matt Johnson.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
5 women characters. 3 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 195. -
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, though someone marked that rating as dubious.
The film
A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life.
- Released
- 21 Aug 2026
- Genres
- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 75 / 100
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Tony 268 lines, man
- Dimitri 126 lines, man
- Nancy 96 lines, woman
- Ciro 37 lines, man
- Lydia 33 lines
- Tyrone 27 lines, man
- Robin 21 lines, woman
- Sal 17 lines, man
- Howard 8 lines, man
- Mike 7 lines, man
Full cast, 28 people
- Dominic Sessa as Anthony 'Tony' Bourdain
- Antonio Banderas as 'Chef' José Vatel
- Emilia Jones as Nancy Putkoski
- Stavros Halkias as Stavros
- Leo Woodall as Sal
- Monica Raymund as Mary
- Michael Jibrin as Tyrone
- Rich Sommer as Pierre Bourdain
- Dagmara Dominczyk as Gladys Sacksman Bourdain
- Liam Fitch as Christopher
- Caroline Portu as Robin
- Ava Davey-Bissett as Vicki
- Allyn Burrows as Professor Dobson
- Joe Burns as Pizza Guy
- Eric Ripert as Cooking Instructor
- Reece Grover as Flip
- Henry Lynch as Young Man
- Derek K. Moore as Manny
- Zele Avradopoulos as CIA Secretary
- Joel Alves as Portuguese Musician
- Michael Owen as Gerry
- Francesca Baker as Bride
- Luke Crory as Bartender
- Emanuel Gomes as Portuguese Priest
- Paul Shields as Farmer
- Susan Shields as Milk Maid
- Elle Shaheen as Mysterious Woman
- Pete Dancy as Fireman Pete
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 5 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 195
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 to 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 to 15 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 to 20 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 to 25 | 18 | 26 |
| 26 to 30 | 10 | 9 |
| 31 to 35 | 6 | 16 |
| 36 to 40 | 1 | 44 |
| 41 to 45 | 13 | 19 |
| 46 to 50 | 3 | 14 |
| 51 to 55 | 10 | 20 |
| 56 to 60 | 1 | 6 |
| 61 to 65 | 0 | 6 |
| 66 to 70 | 0 | 19 |
| 71 to 75 | 0 | 17 |
| 76 to 80 | 0 | 1 |
| 81 to 85 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 to 90 | 0 | 5 |
| 91 to 95 | 0 | 26 |
| 96 to 100 | 5 | 10 |
| 101 to 105 | 15 | 12 |
| 106 to 110 | 7 | 13 |
| 111 to 115 | 0 | 0 |
| 116 to 120 | 0 | 2 |
| 121 to 125 | 0 | 8 |
| 126 to 130 | 9 | 22 |
| 131 to 135 | 0 | 26 |
| 136 to 140 | 0 | 35 |
| 141 to 145 | 3 | 18 |
| 146 to 150 | 2 | 29 |
| 151 to 155 | 1 | 5 |
| 156 to 160 | 0 | 2 |
| 161 to 165 | 0 | 2 |
| 166 to 170 | 0 | 12 |
| 171 to 175 | 0 | 6 |
| 176 to 180 | 0 | 8 |
| 181 to 185 | 6 | 4 |
| 186 to 190 | 5 | 44 |
| 191 to 195 | 0 | 4 |
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.
ROBIN: Anyone wanna see Jaws this weekend? NANCY: What? You have a problem with Jaws?
NANCY: I loved it. ROBIN: So good! Except now I can never go in the ocean.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 19 are women's.
120 lines from women, 501 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
5 women and 11 men in the cast. 3 women and 5 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 3 of 679.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 90 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 18% of the words (1,157), men 82% (5,320). Women have 19% 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
6
Two men
62
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 17 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 25% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Matt Johnson (man)
- Written by
- Matt Johnson (man), Matthew Miller (man), Todd Bartels (man), Lou Howe (man)
- Produced by
- Trevor White (man), Tim White (man), Matt Johnson (man), Matthew Miller (man)
- Shot by
- Michael Bauman (man)
- Edited by
- Curt Lobb (man), Robert Upchurch (man)
- Music by
- Jay McCarrol (man)
- Production design by
- Ryan Warren Smith (man)
- Costumes by
- Chloe Karmin (woman)
- Cast by
- Chelsea Ellis Bloch (woman), Marisol Roncali (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
2 women, 13 men, 6 not listed
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Production
6 women, 8 men, 3 not listed
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Sound
2 women, 6 men, 5 not listed
-
Art
3 women, 3 men, 5 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 0 men, 6 not listed
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Writing
0 women, 5 men
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Camera
0 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 38 on average. Men: 40 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Emilia Jones 24, Monica Raymund 40, Dagmara Dominczyk 50
Men
Dominic Sessa 23, Leo Woodall 29, Stavros Halkias 37, Rich Sommer 48, Antonio Banderas 65
Exhibit H: the money
It made 1.2 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $15 million
- Box office
- $18.1 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 195 scenes and 679 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
