Passes the Bechdel test

Twins

Name: Twins
Released: 1988

1988. Directed by Ivan Reitman, written by William Davies and William Osborne and Timothy Harris.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
13 women characters. 11 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 100.
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

Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage while Julius is taken to a South Seas island and raised by philosophers. Vincent becomes the ultimate lowlife and is about to be killed by loan sharks when Julius discovers that he has a brother and begins looking for him.

Released: 09 Dec 1988
Genres: Comedy, Crime
Rated: PG
IMDb: 6.2 / 10
Metascore: 50 / 100
Awards: 4 wins & 1 nomination total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Vince 276 lines, man
Julius 237 lines, man
Linda 54 lines, woman
Marnie 53 lines, woman
Webster 43 lines, man
Burt Klane 19 lines, man
Al 16 lines, man
Werner 16 lines, man
Carla 15 lines, man
Gardener 14 lines

Full cast, 53 people

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Julius Benedict
Danny DeVito as Vincent Benedict
Kelly Preston as Marnie Mason
Chloe Webb as Linda Mason
Bonnie Bartlett as Mary Ann Benedict
Marshall Bell as Webster
Trey Wilson as Beetroot McKinley
David Caruso as Al Greco
Hugh O'Brian as Granger
Tony Jay as Werner
Nehemiah Persoff as Mitchell Traven
Maury Chaykin as Burt Klane
Tom McCleister as Bob Klane
David Efron as Morris Klane
Peter Dvorsky as Peter Garfield
Robert Harper as Gilbert Larsen
Rosemary Dunsmore as Miss Busby
Lora Milligan as Stewardess
Richard deFaut as Custodian
Richard Portnow as Chop Shop Owner
S.A. Griffin as Hollywood Biker #1
Billy D. Lucas as Hollywood Biker #2
Lew Hopson as Cop
Frances Bay as Mother Superior
Marvin J. McIntyre as McKinley's Man
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Oriental Man
Wayne Grace as Cell Guard
Thomas Wagner as Visiting Room Guard
Jay Arlen Jones as Mover #1
Ty Granderson Jones as Mover #2
Elizabeth Kaitan as Secretary
Tom Platz as Granger Son #1
Roger Callard as Granger Son #2
Jason Reitman as Granger Grandson
Catherine Reitman as Granger Granddaughter
Dendrie Taylor as Female Neighbor
Sven-Ole Thorsen as Sam Klane
Gus Rethwisch as Dave Klane
Linda Porter as Painter
Bruce McBroom as Handsome Father
Joe Medjuck as Photographer
Frank Davis as Security Guard
John Michael Bolger as Security Guard
Steve Reevis as Indian
Jeff Beck as Lead Guitarist
Terry Bozzio as Drums
Tony Hymas as Keyboards
Nicolette Larson as Singer
Jill Avery as Bass Player
Dustin Amy as Picture Taker #2 (uncredited)
Heather Graham as Young Mary Ann Benedict (uncredited)
Peter Kent as Man in Jail (uncredited)
Raymond Storti as Bar Patron (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 5% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 100

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	0	5
4 to 6	0	4
7 to 9	0	9
10 to 12	1	25
13 to 15	0	18
16 to 18	0	11
19 to 21	4	7
22 to 24	14	18
25 to 27	2	15
28 to 30	2	8
31 to 33	5	11
34 to 36	0	32
37 to 39	0	20
40 to 42	4	6
43 to 45	0	42
46 to 48	12	30
49 to 51	0	4
52 to 54	0	19
55 to 57	2	37
58 to 60	0	6
61 to 63	0	11
64 to 66	10	50
67 to 69	5	5
70 to 72	0	14
73 to 75	7	13
76 to 78	0	16
79 to 81	0	33
82 to 84	2	15
85 to 87	10	55
88 to 90	30	35
91 to 93	13	36
94 to 96	1	11
97 to 99	13	82
100 to 100	0	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.

LINDA: Did you tell anybody we were coming to Santa Fe? MARNIE: Well, I phoned work and told them we wouldn't be coming in for a few days... Oh, I forgot to tell you -- we've been fired. LINDA: Let's go to the ladies' room. MARNIE: But we just went.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 16 are women's.

137 lines from women, 703 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

13 women and 37 men in the cast. 11 women and 21 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 25 of 887. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 78 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 14% of the words (1,341), men 86% (8,083). Women have 16% 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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

1 of the 14 people in these jobs is a woman. Across the whole crew, 22% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Ivan Reitman (man)
Written by: William Davies (man), William Osborne (man), Timothy Harris (man), Herschel Weingrod (man)
Produced by: Ivan Reitman (man)
Shot by: Andrzej Bartkowiak (man)
Edited by: Donn Cambern (man), Sheldon Kahn (man)
Music by: Georges Delerue (man), Randy Edelman (man)
Production design by: James D. Bissell (man)
Costumes by: Gloria Gresham (woman)
Cast by: Michael Chinich (man)