Fails the Bechdel test
Victor Frankenstein
2015. Directed by Paul McGuigan, written by Max Landis and Mary Shelley.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
0 / 3
Fails
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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 0 out of 3.
The film
James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe star in a dynamic and thrilling twist on a legendary tale. Radical scientist Victor Frankenstein (McAvoy) and his equally brilliant protégé Igor Strausman (Radcliffe) share a noble vision of aiding humanity through their groundbreaking research into immortality. But Victor's experiments go too far, and his obsession has horrifying consequences. Only Igor can bring his friend back from the brink of madness and save him from his monstrous creation.
- Released
- 25 Nov 2015
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 6 / 10
- Metascore
- 36 / 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
- Victor 289 lines, man
- Igor 215 lines, man
- Turpin 83 lines, man
- Hunchback 67 lines, man
- Finnegan 66 lines, man
- Lorelei 43 lines, woman
- Barnaby 38 lines, man
- Alistair 28 lines, man
- Frankenstein 20 lines, man
- Rafferty 17 lines, man
Full cast, 23 people
- Daniel Radcliffe as Igor
- James McAvoy as Victor Frankenstein
- Jessica Brown Findlay as Lorelei
- Andrew Scott as Inspector Turpin
- Freddie Fox as Finnegan
- Charles Dance as Frankenstein
- Daniel Mays as Barnaby
- Callum Turner as Alistair
- Bronson Webb as Rafferty
- Spencer Wilding as Nathaniel / Prometheus 2
- Robin Pearce as Baron Bomine
- Di Botcher as Older Nun
- Eve Ponsonby as Orderly
- Will Keen as Surgeon
- Louise Brealey as Sexy Society Girl
- Nicola Sloane as Housekeeper
- Alistair Petrie as Chief Inspector
- Neil Bell as Huntsman
- Mark Gatiss as Dettweiler
- Guillaume Delaunay as Prometheus 1
- Robert J. Fraser as Livery Man (uncredited)
- Valene Kane as Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)
- Adrian Schiller as Dr. Clive (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 7% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 90
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 51 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 19 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 25 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 41 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 22 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 30 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 22 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 18 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 32 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 17 |
| 29 to 30 | 14 | 21 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 25 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 38 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 42 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 to 40 | 13 | 16 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 35 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 30 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 25 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 17 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 1 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 34 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 16 |
| 61 to 62 | 0 | 12 |
| 63 to 64 | 5 | 8 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 25 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 49 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 2 |
| 73 to 74 | 0 | 21 |
| 75 to 76 | 4 | 4 |
| 77 to 78 | 0 | 5 |
| 79 to 80 | 0 | 50 |
| 81 to 82 | 0 | 30 |
| 83 to 84 | 1 | 2 |
| 85 to 86 | 0 | 16 |
| 87 to 88 | 0 | 20 |
| 89 to 90 | 0 | 1 |
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.
46 lines from women, 857 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
6 women and 17 men in the cast. 3 women and 15 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 14 of 972.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 317 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 6% of the words (608), men 94% (10,390). Women have 5% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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
64
Exhibit E: behind the camera
4 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 27% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Paul McGuigan (man)
- Written by
- Max Landis (man)
- Story by
- Max Landis (man)
- From the novel by
- Mary Shelley (woman)
- Produced by
- John Davis (man)
- Shot by
- Fabian Wagner (man)
- Edited by
- Charlie Phillips (gender not listed), Andrew Hulme (man)
- Music by
- Craig Armstrong (man)
- Production design by
- Eve Stewart (woman)
- Costumes by
- Jany Temime (woman)
- Cast by
- Jina Jay (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Costume & Make-Up
8 women, 1 men, 13 not listed
-
Visual Effects
1 women, 3 men, 14 not listed
-
Art
1 women, 8 men, 5 not listed
-
Other crew
0 women, 6 men, 8 not listed
-
Sound
1 women, 7 men, 5 not listed
-
Production
3 women, 5 men, 2 not listed
-
Editing
0 women, 1 men, 7 not listed
-
Camera
0 women, 4 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 26 on average. Men: 37 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Jessica Brown Findlay 26
Men
Callum Turner 25, Daniel Radcliffe 26, Freddie Fox 26, Bronson Webb 32, James McAvoy 36, Daniel Mays 37, Andrew Scott 39, Spencer Wilding 43, Charles Dance 69
Exhibit G: the money
It made 86% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $40 million
- Box office
- $34.2 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 90 scenes and 972 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
