Passes the Bechdel test
Transformers
2007. Directed by Michael Bay, written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman and John Rogers.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
12 women characters. 10 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 118. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
High-school student Sam Witwicky buys his first car, who is actually the Autobot Bumblebee. Bumblebee defends Sam and his girlfriend Mikaela Banes from the Decepticon Barricade, before the other Autobots arrive on Earth. They are searching for the Allspark, and the war on Earth heats up as the Decepticons attack a United States military base in Qatar. Sam and Mikaela are taken by the top-secret agency Sector 7 to help stop the Decepticons, but when they learn the agency also intends to destroy the Autobots, they formulate their own plan to save the world.
- Released
- 03 Jul 2007
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 61 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 3 Oscars. 25 wins & 50 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Sam 139 lines, man
- Lennox 57 lines, man
- Maggie 39 lines, woman
- Mikaela 39 lines, woman
- Glen 31 lines, man
- Optimus 31 lines, man
- Keller 29 lines, man
- Simmons 28 lines, man
- Ron 25 lines, man
- Banachek 18 lines
Full cast, 93 people
- Shia LaBeouf as Sam Witwicky
- Megan Fox as Mikaela Banes
- Mark Ryan as Bumblebee (voice)
- Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime (voice)
- Hugo Weaving as Megatron (voice)
- Josh Duhamel as Captain Lennox
- Tyrese Gibson as USAF Tech Sergeant Epps
- Charlie Adler as Starscream (voice)
- Rachael Taylor as Maggie Madsen
- Anthony Anderson as Glen Whitmann
- Jon Voight as Defense Secretary John Keller
- John Turturro as Agent Simmons
- Michael O'Neill as Tom Banacheck
- Kevin Dunn as Ron Witwicky
- Julie White as Judy Witwicky
- Amaury Nolasco as ACWO Jorge 'Fig' Figueroa
- Zack Ward as First Sergeant Donnelly
- Luis Echagarruga as Ranger Team
- Patrick Mulderrig as Ranger Team
- Brian Shehan as Ranger Team
- Michael Trisler as Ranger Team
- Ashkan Kashanchi as Mahfouz
- Rizwan Manji as Akram
- William Morgan Sheppard as Captain Witwicky
- C.J. Thomason as Sailor
- Bernie Mac as Bobby Bolivia
- Carlos Moreno Jr. as Manny
- Johnny Sanchez as Clown
- John Robinson as Miles
- Travis Van Winkle as Trent
- Peter Jacobson as Mr. Hosney
- Glenn Morshower as SOCCENT Sergeant
- Frederic Doss as SOCCENT Op-Centre Tech
- Charlie Bodin as SOCCENT Op-Centre Tech
- Joshua Feinman as USAF Staff Sergeant
- Chris Ellis as Admiral Brigham
- Steven Ford as Four Star General
- Michael Shamus Wiles as Two Star General
- Craig Barnett as Air Force Major General
- Brian Prescott as Keller Aide
- Scott Peat as Pentagon Watch Commander
- Colleen Porch as Enlisted Aide
- Brian Stepanek as Sector Seven Agent
- Jamie McBride as FBI Agent
- Wiley M. Pickett as FBI Agent
- Andy Milder as R&D Team Leader
- Brian Reece as Moustache Man
- Samantha Smith as Sarah Lennox
- Ravi Patel as Telephone Operator
- Rick Gomez as Sheriff
- Andy Dominguez as Deputy
- Mike Fisher as Football Coach
- Colin Fickes as Analyst
- Tom Lenk as Analyst
- Jamison Yang as Analyst
- Esther Scott as Glen's Grandmother
- Madison Mason as CNN Reporter
- Jeremy Jojola as News Reporter
- Jessica Kartalija as News Reporter
- Andrew Altonji as Café Kid
- Andrew Lewis Caldwell as Café Kid
- J.P. Manoux as Witness
- Pete Gardner as Dad
- Sophie Bobal as Little Girl
- Laurel Garner as Mom in Car
- Chip Hormess as Boy in Car
- Ray Toth as Pilot
- Michael Adams as AWACS Controller
- Ron Henry as AWACS Controller
- Benjamin Hoffman as AWACS Controller
- Michael McNabb as AWACS Controller
- Jason White as AWACS Controller
- Adam Ratajczak as Control Tower Tech
- Maja Kljun as Socialite
- Michelle Pierce as Socialite
- Odette Annable as Socialite
- Bob Stephenson as Xbox Guy
- Mason Rock Bay as Mason the Mastiff Dog
- Darius McCrary as Jazz (voice)
- Robert Foxworth as Ratchet (voice)
- Jess Harnell as Ironhide / Barricade (voice)
- Jimmie Wood as Bonecrusher (voice)
- Reno Wilson as Frenzy (voice)
- Michael Bay as Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited)
- Colton Haynes as Cafe Kid (uncredited)
- Omar Benson Miller as Glen's Cousin (uncredited)
- Robert Gerrits as Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
- Chester the Chihuahua as Mojo (uncredited)
- James Hunter as Cop (uncredited)
- Ron Mitchell as Car Lot Security Guard (uncredited)
- Cade Courtley as Sector 7 commander (uncredited)
- Kyle Saylors as NY Pedestrian (uncredited)
- Kevin Carvell as USAF Captain (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 20% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 118
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 to 12 | 5 | 10 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 to 18 | 1 | 17 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 4 |
| 22 to 24 | 8 | 23 |
| 25 to 27 | 4 | 6 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 16 |
| 31 to 33 | 8 | 25 |
| 34 to 36 | 6 | 9 |
| 37 to 39 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 to 42 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 to 45 | 3 | 2 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 5 |
| 49 to 51 | 6 | 10 |
| 52 to 54 | 0 | 8 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 21 |
| 58 to 60 | 2 | 6 |
| 61 to 63 | 11 | 19 |
| 64 to 66 | 3 | 10 |
| 67 to 69 | 9 | 16 |
| 70 to 72 | 3 | 4 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 1 |
| 76 to 78 | 3 | 30 |
| 79 to 81 | 4 | 17 |
| 82 to 84 | 9 | 33 |
| 85 to 87 | 6 | 51 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 3 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 14 |
| 94 to 96 | 2 | 10 |
| 97 to 99 | 3 | 6 |
| 100 to 102 | 1 | 7 |
| 103 to 105 | 2 | 5 |
| 106 to 108 | 4 | 17 |
| 109 to 111 | 1 | 20 |
| 112 to 114 | 3 | 10 |
| 115 to 117 | 0 | 3 |
| 118 to 118 | 0 | 5 |
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.
JUDY: Oh... @catening on, smiles) Oh, Sarimyy was MIKAELA: Sqwty Yo scare you.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 19 are women's.
110 lines from women, 468 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
12 women and 68 men in the cast. 10 women and 55 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 36 of 727.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 47 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 17% of the words (1,369), men 83% (6,606). 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
2
Two men
64
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 20 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 35% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Michael Bay (man)
- Written by
- Alex Kurtzman (man), Roberto Orci (man)
- Story by
- John Rogers (man), Alex Kurtzman (man), Roberto Orci (man)
- Produced by
- Tom DeSanto (man), Don Murphy (man), Lorenzo di Bonaventura (man), Ian Bryce (man)
- Shot by
- Mitchell Amundsen (man)
- Edited by
- Tom Muldoon (man), Paul Rubell (man), Glen Scantlebury (man)
- Music by
- Steve Jablonsky (man)
- Production design by
- Jeff Mann (man)
- Costumes by
- Deborah L. Scott (woman)
- Cast by
- Janet Hirshenson (woman), Michelle Lewitt (woman), Jane Jenkins (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
23 women, 18 men
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Production
6 women, 9 men, 1 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 4 men, 4 not listed
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Art
2 women, 6 men, 2 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 9 men
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Visual Effects
0 women, 7 men, 3 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 5 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 22 on average. Men: 42 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Megan Fox 21, Rachael Taylor 22
Men
Shia LaBeouf 21, Tyrese Gibson 28, Josh Duhamel 34, Anthony Anderson 36, Hugo Weaving 47, Charlie Adler 50, Mark Ryan 51, Peter Cullen 65
Exhibit H: the money
It made 4.7 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $150 million
- Box office
- $710 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 118 scenes and 727 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
