Passes the Bechdel test
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
2013. Directed by Jonathan Levine, written by Jacob Forman.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
6 women characters. 6 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 7 scenes out of 158. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
After a tragic incident changes her high school standing, the formerly shy Mandy Lane finds herself invited to a weekend party at a remote ranch by a group of classmates who are infatuated with her. As the group settles in for a night of drinking and partying, the atmosphere quickly turns deadly when students begin to vanish one by one. Trapped in an isolated location, Mandy must navigate a terrifying series of events to survive the night.
- Released
- 06 Sep 2013
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 44 / 100
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Mandy 156 lines, woman
- Red 128 lines, man
- Chloe 97 lines, woman
- Tyrone 82 lines, man
- Garth 80 lines, man
- Emmet 53 lines, man
- Jake 44 lines, man
- Marlin 44 lines, woman
- Aunt Jo 10 lines, woman
- Lyle 10 lines
Full cast, 13 people
- Amber Heard as Mandy Lane
- Michael Welch as Emmet
- Whitney Able as Chloe
- Anson Mount as Garth
- Edwin Hodge as Bird
- Aaron Himelstein as Red
- Luke Grimes as Jake
- Melissa Price as Marlin
- Adam Powell as Dylan
- Peyton Hayslip as Aunt Jo
- Brooke Bloom as Cousin Jen
- Robert Earl Keen as Keg Trucker
- Amber Bartlett as Girl at pool party (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 158
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 to 8 | 8 | 9 |
| 9 to 12 | 3 | 9 |
| 13 to 16 | 40 | 13 |
| 17 to 20 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 to 24 | 5 | 2 |
| 25 to 28 | 17 | 12 |
| 29 to 32 | 1 | 6 |
| 33 to 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 to 40 | 4 | 8 |
| 41 to 44 | 12 | 13 |
| 45 to 48 | 7 | 10 |
| 49 to 52 | 5 | 15 |
| 53 to 56 | 4 | 18 |
| 57 to 60 | 19 | 27 |
| 61 to 64 | 21 | 12 |
| 65 to 68 | 8 | 7 |
| 69 to 72 | 0 | 3 |
| 73 to 76 | 4 | 12 |
| 77 to 80 | 22 | 16 |
| 81 to 84 | 5 | 10 |
| 85 to 88 | 15 | 34 |
| 89 to 92 | 5 | 21 |
| 93 to 96 | 3 | 0 |
| 97 to 100 | 2 | 0 |
| 101 to 104 | 2 | 3 |
| 105 to 108 | 2 | 14 |
| 109 to 112 | 6 | 17 |
| 113 to 116 | 3 | 5 |
| 117 to 120 | 17 | 21 |
| 121 to 124 | 11 | 24 |
| 125 to 128 | 2 | 1 |
| 129 to 132 | 6 | 5 |
| 133 to 136 | 9 | 5 |
| 137 to 140 | 2 | 0 |
| 141 to 144 | 25 | 23 |
| 145 to 148 | 8 | 11 |
| 149 to 152 | 10 | 9 |
| 153 to 156 | 0 | 1 |
| 157 to 158 | 0 | 2 |
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.
JEN: Y'all have fun. AUNT JO: Go on. Have a great time.
CHLOE: Finally some peace... Beer, ladies? MARLIN: Hell, yes.
CHLOE: Oh, my god! What's that? MANDY: Eww... CHLOE: You're bleeding!
MANDY: I have no idea. CHLOE: Your face. MANDY: What? MANDY: I'm not bleeding!
CHLOE: If you're fucking with us, you have to stop, like right now. MANDY: I wouldn't joke. Not like this. You know I wouldn't.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 44 are women's.
315 lines from women, 399 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
6 women and 7 men in the cast. 6 women and 4 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 4 of 731.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 19 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 41% of the words (1,803), men 59% (2,564). Women have 44% 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
28
Two men
46
Exhibit F: behind the camera
1 of the 13 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 10% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Jonathan Levine (man)
- Written by
- Jacob Forman (man)
- Produced by
- Felipe Marino (gender not listed), Joe Neurauter (man), Brian Udovich (gender not listed), Chad Feehan (man)
- Shot by
- Darren Genet (man)
- Edited by
- Josh Noyes (man)
- Music by
- Mark Schulz (gender not listed)
- Production design by
- Tom Hammock (man)
- Costumes by
- Michelle Lynette Bush (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- Deanna Brigidi (woman), Nicholas Schutt (man)
The crew, department by department
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Production
1 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
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Art
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 1 men
-
Costume & Make-Up
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 1 men
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Editing
0 women, 1 men
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Sound
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
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Writing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 28 on average. Men: 23 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Amber Heard 20, Whitney Able 24, Peyton Hayslip 40
Men
Michael Welch 19, Aaron Himelstein 20, Edwin Hodge 21, Luke Grimes 22, Anson Mount 33
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.3 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $750,000
- Box office
- $1.8 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 158 scenes and 731 lines of dialogue. How the test works
