Fails the Bechdel test

Tron: Legacy

Name: Tron: Legacy
Released: 2010

2010. Directed by Joseph Kosinski, written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz and Brian Klugman.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

0 / 3

Fails

No 1. At least two women
Fewer than two women characters.
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

Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn, looks into his father's disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 20 years. Along with Kevin's loyal confidant Quorra, father and son embark on a life-and-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous. Meanwhile, the malevolent program CLU, who dominates the digital world, plans to invade the real world and will stop at nothing to prevent their escape.

Released: 17 Dec 2010
Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Rated: PG
IMDb: 6.8 / 10
Metascore: 49 / 100
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 10 wins & 52 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Rush 239 lines, man
Flynn 97 lines, man
Krod 97 lines, man
Mega 92 lines, woman
Plexor 83 lines, man
Sinclair 53 lines, man
Meg 30 lines
I-Beem 29 lines, man
Boole 11 lines, man
Code Monk J2r 8 lines, man

Full cast, 57 people

Garrett Hedlund as Sam Flynn
Olivia Wilde as Quorra
Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn / Clu
Bruce Boxleitner as Alan Bradley / Tron
James Frain as Jarvis
Beau Garrett as Gem
Michael Sheen as Castor / Zuse
Anis Cheurfa as Rinzler
Serinda Swan as Siren #2
Yaya DaCosta as Siren #3
Elizabeth Mathis as Siren #4
Kis Yurij as Half Faced Man
Conrad Coates as Bartik
Thomas Bangalter as Masked DJ
Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo as Masked DJ
Ron Selmour as Chattering Homeless Man
Dan Joffre as Key Security Guard #1 - Ernie
Darren Dolynski as Young Man on Recognizer
Kofi Yiadom as Disc Opponent #2 / Black Guard
Steven Lisberger as Shaddix
Donnelly Rhodes as Grandpa Flynn
Belinda Montgomery as Grandma Flynn
Owen Best as 7 Year Old Sam Flynn
Matt Ward as Iso Boy
Zoe Fryklund as Iso Girl
Dean Redman as Light Jet Sentry
Mi-Jung Lee as Debra Chung
Christopher Logan as Nervous Program
Sheldon Yamkovy as Destitute Program
Dale Wolfe as Irv Culpepper
Joanne Wilson as Reporter #1
Catherine Lough Haggquist as Reporter #2
Thomas Bradshaw as Security Guard #2
Shafin Karim as East Indian Taxi Driver
Rob Daly as Lead Sentry
Mike Ching as Blue Gaming Program
Michael Teigen as Green Gaming Program
Brent Stait as Purple Gaming Program
Shaw Madson as Reporter #3
Amy Esterle as Young Mrs. Flynn
Cody Laudan as End of the Line Club Bouncer
Jeffrey Nordling as Richard Mackey
Christine Adams as Claire Atkinson
Kate Gajdosik as News Anchor
Jack McGee as Police Photographer
Dawn Mander as Crying Program
Michael Logie as Kevin Flynn Performance Double
John Reardon as Young Kevin Flynn / Clu Performance Double
Edie Mirman as Computer Voice (voice)
Allen Jo as Black Guard / Disc Opponent #1
Aaron Toney as Black Guard
Kim Do Nguyen as Black Guard
Patrick Sabongui as Gaming Program 1 - S
Will Erichson as Gaming Program 2 - S
Cillian Murphy as Edward Dillinger (uncredited)
Brandon Jay McLaren as Sobel (uncredited)
Hugo Steele as End of Line Club Bouncer (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 10% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 136

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	0	0
4 to 6	0	2
7 to 9	0	6
10 to 12	0	0
13 to 15	0	11
16 to 18	0	2
19 to 21	0	5
22 to 24	0	17
25 to 27	0	24
28 to 30	11	27
31 to 33	6	8
34 to 36	4	31
37 to 39	0	2
40 to 42	4	16
43 to 45	7	33
46 to 48	1	6
49 to 51	5	16
52 to 54	10	67
55 to 57	0	0
58 to 60	1	7
61 to 63	0	4
64 to 66	6	26
67 to 69	0	18
70 to 72	0	22
73 to 75	1	6
76 to 78	0	3
79 to 81	0	17
82 to 84	0	3
85 to 87	0	5
88 to 90	6	18
91 to 93	0	22
94 to 96	0	0
97 to 99	0	0
100 to 102	0	1
103 to 105	12	13
106 to 108	0	49
109 to 111	0	46
112 to 114	0	14
115 to 117	5	12
118 to 120	1	18
121 to 123	0	1
124 to 126	2	16
127 to 129	3	17
130 to 132	5	8
133 to 135	2	10
136 to 136	0	19

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, 12 are women's.

92 lines from women, 648 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

14 women and 38 men in the cast. 0 women and 3 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 115 of 819. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 119 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 10% of the words (630), men 90% (5,805). Women have 12% 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

Two men

Exhibit E: behind the camera

1 of the 17 people in these jobs is a woman. Across the whole crew, 26% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Joseph Kosinski (man)
Written by: Edward Kitsis (man), Adam Horowitz (man), Brian Klugman (man), Lee Sternthal (man)
Story by: Adam Horowitz (man), Edward Kitsis (man)
Produced by: Sean Bailey (man), Steven Lisberger (man), Jeffrey Silver (man)
Shot by: Claudio Miranda (man)
Edited by: James Haygood (man)
Music by: Thomas Bangalter (man), Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (man)
Production design by: Darren Gilford (man)
Costumes by: Michael Wilkinson (man)
Cast by: Sarah Halley Finn (woman)