Fails the Bechdel test
Training Day
2001. Directed by Antoine Fuqua, written by David Ayer.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
9 women characters. 6 of them speak. -
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 1 out of 3.
The film
In Los Angeles, a city where streets are overrun by drug dealers, those who have sworn to uphold the law are breaking them to clean up the streets. Denzel Washington plays L.A.P.D. detective Alonzo Harris, a veteran narcotics officer whose methods of enforcing the law are questionable, if not corrupt. 'Training Day' follows Harris as he trains rookie Jake Hoyt over a 24-hour period. Ethical dilemmas arise for Hoyt as well as the audience as questions present themselves as to whether or not Harris' methodology for ridding the streets of South Central Los Angeles of drugs is right or wrong.
- Released
- 05 Oct 2001
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 71 / 100
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 18 wins & 23 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Alonzo 409 lines, man
- Jake 271 lines, man
- Smiley 78 lines, man
- Moreno 32 lines, man
- Sniper 32 lines, man
- Roger 31 lines, man
- Lou 18 lines, man
- Jeff 17 lines, man
- Paul 16 lines, man
- Tim 15 lines, man
Full cast, 49 people
- Denzel Washington as Alonzo
- Ethan Hawke as Jake
- Scott Glenn as Roger
- Tom Berenger as Stan Gursky
- Harris Yulin as Doug Rosselli
- Raymond J. Barry as Lou Jacobs
- Cliff Curtis as Smiley
- Dr. Dre as Paul
- Snoop Dogg as Blue
- Macy Gray as Sandman's Wife
- Charlotte Ayanna as Lisa
- Eva Mendes as Sara
- Nick Chinlund as Tim
- Jaime Gomez as Mark
- Raymond Cruz as Sniper
- Noel Gugliemi as Moreno
- Samantha Esteban as Letty
- Richard Browner as Waiter (Dining Car)
- Ronald Ellis as Gangster
- William English as Dice Player #4
- Kyjel N. Jolly as Alonzo's Son
- Fran Kranz as College Driver
- Janeen Krikorian as Waitress (Diner)
- Princera Lee as Wig Store Owner
- Robert Leon as Veterano
- Seidy López as Dreamer
- Kenneth Allen Madden as Dice Player #1
- Sarah Danielle Madison as Female College Passenger
- Chris Patterson as Dice Player #2
- Rudy Perez as PeeWee
- Darrell Sellers as Dice Player #3
- Ben Skorstad as LAPD Pilot
- Cle Sloan as Bone
- Brett Sorenson as Male College Passenger
- Abel Soto as Neto
- Will Stewart as Crackhead #2
- Denzel Whitaker as Dimitri
- Garland Whitt as Crackhead #1
- Peter Greene as Jeff (uncredited)
- Terry Crews as Gang Member (uncredited)
- Greg Bronson as Homeless Man (uncredited)
- Michael Ray Clark as Gang Member (uncredited)
- David Ayer as First Russian Hitman (uncredited)
- Namrata Singh Gujral as Latina Beauty (uncredited)
- Gary Rodriguez as Precision Driver (uncredited)
- Vince Romo as Cholo (uncredited)
- Julie Stranahan as Female Cop (uncredited)
- Nancy Young as Russian Driver (uncredited)
- George Meyers as Cop (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 75
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 to 4 | 6 | 34 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 36 |
| 7 to 8 | 2 | 76 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 44 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 48 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 25 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 61 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 28 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 11 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 21 |
| 23 to 24 | 9 | 29 |
| 25 to 26 | 2 | 26 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 to 34 | 7 | 21 |
| 35 to 36 | 5 | 11 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 17 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 84 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 12 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 28 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 17 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 19 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 85 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 30 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 6 |
| 57 to 58 | 4 | 127 |
| 59 to 60 | 13 | 42 |
| 61 to 62 | 1 | 12 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 2 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 5 |
| 69 to 70 | 1 | 2 |
| 71 to 72 | 1 | 0 |
| 73 to 74 | 0 | 1 |
| 75 to 75 | 0 | 0 |
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, 5 are women's.
52 lines from women, 965 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
9 women and 28 men in the cast. 6 women and 17 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 7 of 1,083.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 330 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 4% of the words (570), men 96% (14,768). Women have 5% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
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
63
Exhibit E: behind the camera
3 of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 10% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Antoine Fuqua (man)
- Written by
- David Ayer (man)
- Produced by
- Jeffrey Silver (man), Robert Newmyer (man)
- Shot by
- Mauro Fiore (man)
- Edited by
- Conrad Buff IV (man)
- Music by
- Mark Mancina (man)
- Production design by
- Naomi Shohan (woman)
- Costumes by
- Michele Michel (woman)
- Cast by
- Mary Vernieu (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
3 women, 37 men, 7 not listed
-
Sound
0 women, 12 men, 2 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 3 men, 9 not listed
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Production
2 women, 10 men
-
Directing
1 women, 3 men, 5 not listed
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Art
2 women, 2 men, 4 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 5 men, 3 not listed
-
Lighting
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 34 on average. Men: 46 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Macy Gray 34
Men
Snoop Dogg 29, Ethan Hawke 30, Cliff Curtis 33, Dr. Dre 36, Denzel Washington 46, Tom Berenger 52, Scott Glenn 62, Raymond J. Barry 62, Harris Yulin 63
Exhibit G: the money
It made 2.3 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $45 million
- Box office
- $105 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 75 scenes and 1,083 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
