Passes the Bechdel test
Wedding Crashers
2005. Directed by David Dobkin, written by Steve Faber and Bob Fisher.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
26 women characters. 11 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 91. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
Two friends, John (played by Owen Wilson) and Jeremy (Vince Vaughn), crash weddings to pick up women. One day they crash the wedding of the daughter of the Treasury Secretary, Secretary Cleary (Christopher Walken). Instead of short-term flings they end up being invited to the Clearys' island estate, and potentially meet the loves of their lives...
- Released
- 15 Jul 2005
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7 / 10
- Metascore
- 64 / 100
- Awards
- 11 wins & 11 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- John 269 lines, man
- Jeremy 252 lines, man
- Claire 68 lines, woman
- Sec. Cleary 56 lines, man
- Sack 46 lines, man
- Gloria 40 lines, woman
- Kathleen 19 lines, woman
- Todd 19 lines, man
- Grandma Mary 14 lines, woman
- Woman 11 lines, woman
Full cast, 63 people
- Owen Wilson as John Beckwith
- Vince Vaughn as Jeremy Grey
- Christopher Walken as Secretary Cleary
- Rachel McAdams as Claire Cleary
- Isla Fisher as Gloria Cleary
- Jane Seymour as Kathleen Cleary
- Ellen Albertini Dow as Grandma Mary Cleary
- Keir O'Donnell as Todd Cleary
- Bradley Cooper as Sack Lodge
- Ron Canada as Randolph
- Henry Gibson as Father O'Neil
- Dwight Yoakam as Mr. Kroeger
- Rebecca De Mornay as Mrs. Kroeger
- David Conrad as Trap
- Jennifer Alden as Christina Cleary
- Geoff Stults as Craig
- James McDonnell as Attorney
- Jesse Henecke as Attorney
- Lou Cutell as Old Jewish Man
- Sparkle as Old Jewish Woman
- Frank Ray Perilli as Old Italian Man
- Patricia Place as Old Italian Woman
- Chao Li Chi as Old Chinese Man
- Norma Michaels as Old Irish Woman
- Noel De Souza as Old Indian Man
- Ivana Bozilovic as Ivana
- Camille Anderson as Camille
- Rachel Sterling as Brunette
- Diora Baird as Vivian
- Ned Schmidtke as Frank Meyers
- Jennifer Massey as Woman
- Dylan James Turner as Bratty Kid
- Sophia Blouin as Flower Girl
- Stephen J. Downs as Franklin
- Larry Joe Campbell as Best Man
- Mark Duane Anderson as Secret Service Agent
- Irene Roseen as Elderly Woman
- Jules Mandel as Rabbi
- Betsy Ames as Betty
- Carson Elrod as Flip
- Joshua Wheeler as Kip
- John G. Pavelec as Ken
- Charles Kahlenberg as Priest
- Kathryn Joosten as Chazz's Mom
- Karen Miller as Chazz's Girlfriend
- Tanaya Nicole as Woman at Jewish Reception
- Naureen Zaim as Hindu Woman
- Cindy Taylor as Girl at Irish Wedding
- Melanie Hawkins as Girl Who Cries
- Summer Altice as Girl Who Cries
- Lisa Beach as Wedding Planner
- Lovelynn Vanderhorst as Wedding Planner
- Phyllis Samhaber as Woman at Table
- O.J. Watson as Man at Table
- Al Cerullo as Helicopter Pilot
- Will Ferrell as Chazz Reinhold (uncredited)
- James Carville as James Carville (uncredited)
- John McCain as John McCain (uncredited)
- Lindsay Schoneweis as Woman in Hat (uncredited)
- Kelsey Wedeen as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
- Brian T. Lynch as Funeral Mourner (uncredited)
- Joe Koons as Irish Waiter (uncredited)
- Brie Garcia as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 4% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 91
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 to 4 | 5 | 34 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 to 14 | 4 | 2 |
| 15 to 16 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 to 18 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 38 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 18 |
| 29 to 30 | 3 | 32 |
| 31 to 32 | 20 | 42 |
| 33 to 34 | 4 | 10 |
| 35 to 36 | 1 | 10 |
| 37 to 38 | 25 | 17 |
| 39 to 40 | 10 | 41 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 1 |
| 43 to 44 | 6 | 14 |
| 45 to 46 | 43 | 97 |
| 47 to 48 | 8 | 17 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 1 |
| 51 to 52 | 3 | 5 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 to 58 | 1 | 16 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 35 |
| 61 to 62 | 1 | 20 |
| 63 to 64 | 8 | 23 |
| 65 to 66 | 2 | 15 |
| 67 to 68 | 1 | 10 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 3 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 to 74 | 2 | 2 |
| 75 to 76 | 12 | 60 |
| 77 to 78 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 to 80 | 0 | 28 |
| 81 to 82 | 4 | 10 |
| 83 to 84 | 0 | 1 |
| 85 to 86 | 0 | 21 |
| 87 to 88 | 0 | 23 |
| 89 to 90 | 2 | 34 |
| 91 to 91 | 4 | 21 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
CLAIRE: Weil, l o o k , i f one day, t h e p o l i c e need someone t o f i n d a m i s s i n g B e l g i a n w a f f l e maker, y o u ' r e t h e r… KATHLEEN: C l a i r e , w e need you ' f o r p i c t u r e s . Who's your f r i e n d ?
KATHLEEN: H e s t i l l c a l l s h i s mother "Mommy." I s n ' t t h a t cute? GRANDMA MARY: The P r e s i d e n t i s s o proud of my Willy. GLORIA: I ' m so proud of your w i l l y . GRANDMA MARY: You know, ! @ i l l y ' s p r e d e c e s s o r was a Jew.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 19 are women's.
172 lines from women, 714 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
26 women and 26 men in the cast. 11 women and 15 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
A woman speaks the first line.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 85 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 17% of the words (3,477), men 83% (16,471). Women have 19% 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
6
Two men
79
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 24% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- David Dobkin (man)
- Written by
- Bob Fisher (man), Steve Faber (man)
- Produced by
- Peter Abrams (man), Andrew Panay (man), Robert L. Levy (man)
- Shot by
- Julio Macat (man)
- Edited by
- Mark Livolsi (man)
- Music by
- Rolfe Kent (man)
- Production design by
- Barry Robison (man)
- Costumes by
- Denise Wingate (woman)
- Cast by
- Sarah Katzman (woman), Lisa Beach (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
7 women, 9 men, 12 not listed
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Other crew
1 women, 9 men, 17 not listed
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Sound
2 women, 12 men, 7 not listed
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Art
1 women, 6 men, 7 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
5 women, 3 men, 6 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 8 men, 4 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 3 men, 4 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 3 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 50 on average. Men: 41 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Rachel McAdams 26, Isla Fisher 29, Jane Seymour 54, Ellen Albertini Dow 91
Men
Keir O'Donnell 26, Bradley Cooper 30, Vince Vaughn 35, Owen Wilson 36, Ron Canada 56, Christopher Walken 62
Exhibit H: the money
It made 7.2 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $40 million
- Box office
- $289 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 91 scenes and 919 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
