Passes the Bechdel test

Wild Hogs

Name: Wild Hogs
Released: 2007

2007. Directed by Walt Becker, written by Brad Copeland.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
14 women characters. 7 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 90.
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

Four middle-aged men decide to take a road trip from Cincinnati to the Pacific in order to get away from their lives which are leading them nowhere. Taking their motorcycles, these "Wild Hogs" tear up the road and eventually stop in New Mexico for a drink not knowing that the bar belongs to the "Del Fuegos", a mean biker gang. When the Del Fuegos steal a bike that belongs to the Wild Hogs, the four men form a plan to steal their bike back.

Released: 02 Mar 2007
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 5.9 / 10
Metascore: 27 / 100
Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Doug 242 lines, man
Woody 136 lines, man
Bob 97 lines, man
Dudley 95 lines, man
Jack 51 lines, man
Charley 47 lines, man
Kelly 30 lines, woman
Maggie 19 lines, woman
Bud 16 lines, man
Buck 11 lines, man

Full cast, 54 people

Tim Allen as Doug Madsen
John Travolta as Woody Stevens
Martin Lawrence as Bobby Davis
William H. Macy as Dudley Frank
Ray Liotta as Jack
Kevin Durand as Red
M.C. Gainey as Murdock
Marisa Tomei as Maggie
Jill Hennessy as Kelly Madsen
Tichina Arnold as Karen Davis
Dominic Janes as Billy Madsen
John C. McGinley as Highway Patrolman
Stephen Tobolowsky as Charley
Jason Sklar as Earl Dooble
Randy Sklar as Buck Dooble
Drew Sidora as Haley Davis
Cymfenee as Claire Davis
Margaret Travolta as Dana
Victor Izay as Mr. Putnam
Paul Teutul Sr. as Paul
Paul Teutul, Jr. as Mike
Michael Hitchcock as Kent
Drew Pinsky as Doctor
Bebe Drake as Mother-in-Law
Patrick O'Neal as Family Dad
Jessica Tuck as Family Mom
Art Aitken as Huge Tattooed Biker
Cynthia Frost as Mrs. Putnam
Héctor Jiménez as Clerk
Stephanie Skewes as Selma
Kyle Gass as Kyle
Shane Baumel as Toby
Peter Fonda as Damien Blade
Ty Pennington as Self
Liezl Carstens as Del Fuegos Biker Chick
James Johnstone as Diner Patron
Nick Loren as Chili Pepper
Marcel Becker as Softball Booth Vendor
Sam Travolta as Festival Goer
Jonathan Rau as Diner Patron #2
Sterling Rice as Chili Booth Vendor
Steve Landesberg as Accountant
Arnold Chon as Really Tiny Biker
Anthony G. Schmidt as Truck Driver
Marina Anderson as Beach Gal (uncredited)
James Blackburn as Townsperson (uncredited)
Dave Colon as Townsperson (uncredited)
Elise Eberle as Family Kid (uncredited)
Rox Ann Gonzalez as Beach Girl (uncredited)
Billy Lockwood as Del Fuego (uncredited)
Mike McKenny as Del Fuego (uncredited)
Mike Miller as Cook (uncredited)
Margaret Newborn as Townsperson (uncredited)
Natalie Nicole as Beach Girl (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 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 90

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	4	7
3 to 4	0	6
5 to 6	11	9
7 to 8	0	1
9 to 10	0	5
11 to 12	4	14
13 to 14	3	6
15 to 16	1	1
17 to 18	0	0
19 to 20	0	0
21 to 22	0	0
23 to 24	0	6
25 to 26	8	54
27 to 28	10	45
29 to 30	0	0
31 to 32	0	51
33 to 34	0	8
35 to 36	0	0
37 to 38	1	28
39 to 40	0	26
41 to 42	0	14
43 to 44	0	10
45 to 46	0	2
47 to 48	0	4
49 to 50	0	18
51 to 52	1	6
53 to 54	4	52
55 to 56	0	25
57 to 58	5	51
59 to 60	0	42
61 to 62	0	2
63 to 64	0	1
65 to 66	0	1
67 to 68	0	17
69 to 70	0	3
71 to 72	0	23
73 to 74	0	14
75 to 76	0	29
77 to 78	6	14
79 to 80	2	20
81 to 82	0	1
83 to 84	0	6
85 to 86	1	19
87 to 88	0	73
89 to 90	6	23

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.

INTERCUT WITH KELLY: On the phone at home. KELLY: You busy?

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 8 are women's.

67 lines from women, 737 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

14 women and 32 men in the cast. 7 women and 18 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 171 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 (1,210), men 92% (13,347).

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

2 of the 13 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 37% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Walt Becker (man)
Written by: Brad Copeland (man)
Produced by: Todd Lieberman (man), Brian Robbins (man), Michael Tollin (man)
Shot by: Robbie Greenberg (man)
Edited by: Christopher Greenbury (man), Stuart H. Pappé (man)
Music by: Teddy Castellucci (man)
Production design by: Michael Corenblith (man)
Costumes by: Penny Rose (woman)
Cast by: Jay Scully (man), Anne McCarthy (woman)