Passes the Bechdel test
War for the Planet of the Apes
2017. Directed by Matt Reeves, written by Mark Bomback and Matt Reeves and Rick Jaffa.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
7 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 68. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.
- Released
- 14 Jul 2017
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 82 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 28 wins & 66 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Caesar 111 lines, man
- The Colonel 73 lines, man
- Bad Ape 58 lines, man
- Maurice 37 lines, woman
- Rocket 34 lines, man
- Preacher 25 lines, man
- Luca 18 lines, man
- Blue Eyes 10 lines, man
- Lake 10 lines, woman
- Winter 10 lines, man
Full cast, 42 people
- Andy Serkis as Caesar
- Woody Harrelson as The Colonel
- Karin Konoval as Maurice
- Terry Notary as Rocket
- Steve Zahn as Bad Ape
- Amiah Miller as Nova
- Ty Olsson as Red Donkey
- Michael Adamthwaite as Luca
- Toby Kebbell as Koba
- Gabriel Chavarria as Preacher
- Sara Canning as Lake
- Judy Greer as Cornelia
- Devyn Dalton as Cornelius
- Aleks Paunovic as Winter
- Alessandro Juliani as Spear
- Max Lloyd-Jones as Blue Eyes
- Timothy Webber as Ape Elder
- Lauro David Chartrand-DelValle as Look Out Ape
- Shaun Omaid as Soldier Who Sees Ape
- Roger Cross as Captain
- Mercedes de la Zerda as Lang
- Doug Chapman as AΩ Deserter
- James Pizzinato as Captured Soldier
- Chad Rook as Boyle
- Dean Redman as Commanding Officer
- Steve Baran as Tanker Guard
- Sandy Robson as Gunner
- Levi Meaden as Soldier
- Billy Wickman as Gasping Soldier
- Albert Nicholas as Tower Guard #1
- Kyle Horton as Tower Guard #2
- Paul Luongo as Ukulele Playing Soldier
- Thomas Potter as Platoon Leader
- Mathew Yanagiya as Executive Officer's Man
- Skye Notary as Ape Kid #1
- Willow Notary as Ape Kid #2
- Finn Notary as Ape Kid #3
- Phoenix Notary as Ape Kid #4
- Sadie Aperlo as Ape Kid #5
- Matilda Aperlo as Ape Kid #6
- Andrew Alexander Reeves as Ape Kid #7
- Richard David Lecoin as Soldier (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 1% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 68
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 4 | 36 |
| 3 to 4 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 to 10 | 6 | 10 |
| 11 to 12 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 to 14 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 to 16 | 4 | 5 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 14 |
| 19 to 20 | 2 | 5 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 5 |
| 23 to 24 | 3 | 6 |
| 25 to 26 | 1 | 47 |
| 27 to 28 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 to 32 | 4 | 10 |
| 33 to 34 | 3 | 29 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 7 |
| 37 to 38 | 2 | 24 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 48 |
| 41 to 42 | 2 | 2 |
| 43 to 44 | 2 | 5 |
| 45 to 46 | 2 | 4 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 4 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 7 |
| 51 to 52 | 2 | 9 |
| 53 to 54 | 1 | 9 |
| 55 to 56 | 7 | 10 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 5 |
| 59 to 60 | 2 | 4 |
| 61 to 62 | 0 | 19 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 11 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 7 |
| 67 to 68 | 1 | 10 |
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.
LANG: Means we're the beginning and end. Humanity's survival depends on us. MAURICE: [Twenty-two dead. Many more injured.]
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 13 are women's.
58 lines from women, 401 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
7 women and 29 men in the cast. 5 women and 21 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 22 of 463.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 57 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 9% of the words (363), men 91% (3,853). Women have 13% 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
45
Exhibit F: behind the camera
5 of the 16 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 23% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Matt Reeves (man)
- Written by
- Mark Bomback (man), Matt Reeves (man)
- Produced by
- Amanda Silver (woman), Peter Chernin (man), Dylan Clark (man), Rick Jaffa (man)
- Shot by
- Michael Seresin (man)
- Edited by
- William Hoy (man), Stan Salfas (man)
- Music by
- Michael Giacchino (man)
- Production design by
- James Chinlund (man)
- Costumes by
- Melissa Bruning (woman)
- Cast by
- Heike Brandstatter (woman), Coreen Mayrs (woman), Debra Zane (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Visual Effects
1 women, 16 men, 31 not listed
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Other crew
4 women, 20 men, 7 not listed
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Sound
2 women, 16 men
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Art
4 women, 9 men, 4 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 0 men, 10 not listed
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Production
5 women, 5 men, 2 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 7 men, 4 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 4 men, 3 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 34 on average. Men: 43 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Amiah Miller 12, Karin Konoval 56
Men
Gabriel Chavarria 28, Michael Adamthwaite 35, Toby Kebbell 35, Ty Olsson 43, Terry Notary 48, Steve Zahn 49, Andy Serkis 53, Woody Harrelson 55
Exhibit H: the money
It made 3.3 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $150 million
- Box office
- $491 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 68 scenes and 463 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
