Fails the Bechdel test
Warrior
2011. Directed by Gavin O'Connor, written by Gavin O'Connor and Anthony Tambakis and Cliff Dorfman.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
5 women characters. 4 of them speak. -
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
Two brothers face the fight of a lifetime - and the wreckage of their broken family - within the brutal, high-stakes world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighting in Lionsgate's action/drama, WARRIOR. A former Marine, haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Riordan returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father, a recovered alcoholic and his former coach, to train him for an MMA tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. As Tommy blazes a violent path towards the title prize, his brother, Brendan, a former MMA fighter unable to make ends meet as a public school teacher, returns to the amateur ring to provide for his family. Even though years have passed, recriminations and past betrayals keep Brendan bitterly estranged from both Tommy and his father. But when Brendan's unlikely rise as an underdog sets him on a collision course with Tommy, the two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense, winner-takes-all battle of their lives.
- Released
- 09 Sep 2011
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Sport
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 8.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 71 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 22 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Brendan 143 lines, man
- Paddy 83 lines, man
- Tommy 70 lines, man
- Frank 52 lines, man
- Tess 30 lines, woman
- On Tv Screen 28 lines, man
- Colt Boyd 15 lines, man
- Josh Rosenthal 13 lines, man
- Dan Taylor 10 lines, man
- Joe Zito 10 lines, man
Full cast, 63 people
- Joel Edgerton as Brendan Conlon
- Tom Hardy as Tommy Conlon
- Nick Nolte as Paddy Conlon
- Jennifer Morrison as Tess Conlon
- Frank Grillo as Frank Campana
- Kevin Dunn as Principal Zito
- Maximiliano Hernández as Colt Boyd
- Bryan Callen as Bryan Callen
- Sam Sheridan as Sam Sheridan
- Fernando Chien as Fenroy
- Jake McLaughlin as Mark Bradford
- Vanessa Martinez as Pilar Fernandez
- Denzel Whitaker as Stephon
- Carlos Miranda as Tito
- Nick Lehane as Nash
- Laura Chinn as KC
- Capri Thomas as Emily Conlon
- Lexi Cowan as Rosie Conlon
- Noah Emmerich as Dan Taylor
- Dan Caldwell as Dan Caldwell
- Timothy "Skyskrape" Katz as Timothy "Skyskrape" Katz
- Julia Stockstad as J.J. Riley's Assistant
- Josh Rosenthal as Referee Josh Rosenthal
- Kurt Angle as Koba
- Erik Apple as Pete "Mad Dog" Grimes
- Anthony Johnson as Orlando "Midnight" Le
- Nate Marquardt as Karl Kruller
- Roan Carneiro as Marcos Santos
- Daniel Stevens as Francisco Barbosa
- Anthony N. as Sun Chu
- Hans Marrero as Diego Santana
- Yves Edwards as Houston Greggs
- Amir Perets as Yosi
- Anthony Tambakis as Sparta Official
- Jimmy Cvetic as Tender Trap Promoter
- Jace Jeanes as Mike "The Mutilator" Moore
- Jake Digman as Tender Trap Announcer
- Richard Fike as Tender Trap Referee
- Andre' Mason as Midnight Corner Man
- James Houk as State Official
- Aaron Kleiber as Koba Entourage #1
- Raymond Rowe as Koba Entourage #2
- Lambert R. Strayer as Koba Entourage #3
- Roman Vasylyshyn as Koba Entourage #4
- Jonathan Matthew Anik as Jonathan Matthew Anik
- Rashad Evans as Rashad Evans
- Stephan Bonnar as Stephan Bonnar
- Michelle Dawn Mooney as Michelle Dawn Mooney
- Tim Bickel as A.V. Simers
- Jack Fisher as Platoon Sergeant
- Jeff Hochendoner as Marine MP #1
- Armon York Williams as Marine MP #2
- Adam Christian Stanley as Marine #1
- James Dreussi as Marine #2
- Kevin P. Hanley as Inspector
- Tammy Townsend as Zito's Wife
- Etta Cox as Zito's Secretary
- Sandy Notaro as Diner Waitress
- Francesca Ortenzio as Concierge
- Jaime Sinue Aguirre as Manny
- Tracy Campbell as Desk Girl
- Thomas McCue as Taxi Cab Driver
- Gavin O'Connor as J. J. Riley (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 169
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 to 8 | 4 | 36 |
| 9 to 12 | 6 | 26 |
| 13 to 16 | 0 | 51 |
| 17 to 20 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 to 24 | 6 | 25 |
| 25 to 28 | 8 | 35 |
| 29 to 32 | 0 | 12 |
| 33 to 36 | 1 | 88 |
| 37 to 40 | 6 | 7 |
| 41 to 44 | 0 | 1 |
| 45 to 48 | 0 | 2 |
| 49 to 52 | 0 | 1 |
| 53 to 56 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 to 60 | 0 | 1 |
| 61 to 64 | 6 | 22 |
| 65 to 68 | 0 | 47 |
| 69 to 72 | 1 | 10 |
| 73 to 76 | 0 | 6 |
| 77 to 80 | 0 | 7 |
| 81 to 84 | 0 | 9 |
| 85 to 88 | 0 | 5 |
| 89 to 92 | 0 | 4 |
| 93 to 96 | 1 | 3 |
| 97 to 100 | 0 | 5 |
| 101 to 104 | 0 | 1 |
| 105 to 108 | 0 | 2 |
| 109 to 112 | 0 | 6 |
| 113 to 116 | 0 | 16 |
| 117 to 120 | 0 | 8 |
| 121 to 124 | 0 | 8 |
| 125 to 128 | 0 | 10 |
| 129 to 132 | 0 | 2 |
| 133 to 136 | 0 | 2 |
| 137 to 140 | 1 | 2 |
| 141 to 144 | 0 | 1 |
| 145 to 148 | 0 | 5 |
| 149 to 152 | 1 | 8 |
| 153 to 156 | 0 | 5 |
| 157 to 160 | 0 | 12 |
| 161 to 164 | 0 | 4 |
| 165 to 168 | 0 | 5 |
| 169 to 169 | 0 | 0 |
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, 8 are women's.
41 lines from women, 502 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
5 women and 31 men in the cast. 4 women and 18 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 40 of 555.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 108 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 8% of the words (529), men 92% (6,211).
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
41
Exhibit E: behind the camera
3 of the 18 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 22% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Gavin O'Connor (man)
- Written by
- Anthony Tambakis (man), Gavin O'Connor (man), Cliff Dorfman (man)
- Story by
- Gavin O'Connor (man), Cliff Dorfman (man)
- Produced by
- Gavin O'Connor (man), Greg O'Connor (man)
- Shot by
- Masanobu Takayanagi (man)
- Edited by
- Matt Chessé (man), Aaron Marshall (man), Sean Albertson (man), John Gilroy (man)
- Music by
- Mark Isham (man)
- Production design by
- Dan Leigh (man)
- Costumes by
- Abigail Murray (woman)
- Cast by
- Randi Hiller (woman), Donna Belajac (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Production
4 women, 9 men, 2 not listed
-
Other crew
0 women, 5 men, 6 not listed
-
Sound
1 women, 6 men, 1 not listed
-
Directing
2 women, 4 men
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Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 0 men, 2 not listed
-
Writing
0 women, 5 men
-
Editing
0 women, 4 men
-
Art
0 women, 3 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 32 on average. Men: 45 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Jennifer Morrison 32
Men
Tom Hardy 33, Fernando Chien 36, Joel Edgerton 37, Maximiliano Hernández 37, Bryan Callen 44, Frank Grillo 46, Kevin Dunn 55, Nick Nolte 70
Exhibit G: the money
It made 93% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $25 million
- Box office
- $23.3 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 169 scenes and 555 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
