Passes the Bechdel test

Alien: Resurrection

Name: Alien: Resurrection
Released: 1997

1997. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, written by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett and Joss Whedon.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
7 women characters. 3 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 10 scenes out of 42.
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

The saga continues 200 years after Ripley sacrificed herself for the sake of humanity. Her erstwhile employers long gone, this time it is the military that resurrects the one-woman killing machine through genetic cloning to extract the alien from within her, but during the process her DNA is fused with the queen and then the aliens escape. Now Ripley must decide where her allegiance lies.

Released: 26 Nov 1997
Genres: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.2 / 10
Metascore: 62 / 100
Awards: 7 wins & 21 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Call 125 lines, woman
Ripley 118 lines, woman
Johner 87 lines, man
Wren 83 lines, man
Vriess 62 lines, man
Christie 41 lines, man
Gediman 35 lines, man
Elgyn 32 lines, man
Perez 29 lines, man
St Just 28 lines, man

Full cast, 38 people

Sigourney Weaver as Ripley
Winona Ryder as Call
Dominique Pinon as Vriess
Ron Perlman as Johner
Gary Dourdan as Christie
Michael Wincott as Elgyn
Kim Flowers as Hillard
Dan Hedaya as General Perez
J.E. Freeman as Dr. Wren
Brad Dourif as Gediman
Raymond Cruz as Distephano
Leland Orser as Purvis
Carolyn Campbell as Anesthesiologist
Marlene Bush as Scientist
David St. James as Surgeon
Rodney Mitchell as Soldier with Glove
Robert Faltisco as Soldier Shot Through Helmet
David Rowe as Frozen Soldier
Garrett House as Soldier
Rod Damer as Soldier
Mark Mansfield as Soldier
Daniel Raymont as Soldier
Cris D'Annunzio as Soldier
Steven Gilborn as Father (voice)
Robert Bastens as Sleeper
Rico Bueno as Sleeper
Alex Lorre as Sleeper
Ronald Ramessar as Sleeper
Nicole Fellows as Young Ripley
Tom Woodruff Jr. as Lead Alien
Joan La Barbara as Newborn Vocal (voice)
Archie Hahn as Newborn Vocal (voice)
Eddie Yansick as Soldier Who Stuns Ripley (uncredited)
Nito Larioza as Sleeper (uncredited)
David Prior as Alien (uncredited)
Nicholas Talone as Soldier in Cocoon (uncredited)
Brad Martin as Soldier Shot by Johner (uncredited)
Alec Gillis as Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 1 scene, 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 42

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 1	0	0
2 to 2	0	0
3 to 3	0	0
4 to 4	0	0
5 to 5	0	0
6 to 6	0	0
7 to 7	0	8
8 to 8	0	0
9 to 9	1	11
10 to 10	0	6
11 to 11	0	9
12 to 12	0	13
13 to 13	8	9
14 to 14	0	0
15 to 15	0	0
16 to 16	1	4
17 to 17	5	24
18 to 18	0	0
19 to 19	2	23
20 to 20	40	54
21 to 21	1	5
22 to 22	0	13
23 to 23	25	72
24 to 24	11	19
25 to 25	106	112
26 to 26	8	5
27 to 27	1	3
28 to 28	11	3
29 to 29	4	9
30 to 30	3	11
31 to 31	2	3
32 to 32	1	0
33 to 33	1	0
34 to 34	0	2
35 to 35	3	3
36 to 36	1	0
37 to 37	1	0
38 to 38	0	0
39 to 39	1	1
40 to 40	4	7
41 to 41	13	12
42 to 42	7	4

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

CALL: I don't like army. HILLARD: Yeah, join the fucking club.

RIPLEY: Well? RIPLEY: You gonna kill me or what? CALL: There's no point, is there? CALL: It's already out of you. Christ... Is it here? Is it on board?

RIPLEY: They won't. RIPLEY: They're breeding. They've got new bodies to work on. They'll stay close. If they send anybody out, it'll be here. Where the... meat is. CALL: 'The meat' . Jesus.

CALL: We've got to help them! RIPLEY: Can't. CALL: You bitch, let go of me!

RIPLEY: Yep. HILLARD: Fine by me ...

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 37 are women's.

261 lines from women, 445 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

7 women and 28 men in the cast. 3 women and 11 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 18 of 718. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 31 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 32% of the words (1,449), men 68% (3,092). Women have 37% 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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

None of the 12 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 18% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Jean-Pierre Jeunet (man)
Written by: Joss Whedon (man)
Produced by: Walter Hill (man), Gordon Carroll (man), Bill Badalato (man), David Giler (man)
Shot by: Darius Khondji (man)
Edited by: Hervé Schneid (man)
Music by: John Frizzell (man)
Production design by: Nigel Phelps (man)
Costumes by: Bob Ringwood (man)
Cast by: Richard Pagano (man)