Passes the Bechdel test
Assassination Nation
2018. Directed by Sam Levinson, written by Sam Levinson.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
30 women characters. 17 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 15 scenes out of 137. -
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
Anger erupts into violence as four teenagers fight for their lives against an armed mob.
- Released
- 21 Sep 2018
- Genres
- Comedy, Horror, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6 / 10
- Metascore
- 54 / 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
- Lily 211 lines, woman
- Bex 103 lines, woman
- Sarah 99 lines, woman
- Em 94 lines, woman
- Nick 58 lines, man
- Mark 41 lines, man
- Principal Turrell 38 lines, man
- Nance 34 lines, woman
- Officer Richter 28 lines
- Marty 27 lines, man
Full cast, 63 people
- Odessa Young as Lily Colson
- Hari Nef as Bex Warren
- ABRA as Em Lacey
- Suki Waterhouse as Sarah Lacey
- Anika Noni Rose as Nancey Lacey
- Colman Domingo as Principal Turrell
- Maude Apatow as Grace
- Bella Thorne as Reagan Hall
- Joel McHale as Nick Mathers
- Bill Skarsgård as Mark
- Cody Christian as Johnny
- Kathryn Erbe as Rebecca Colson
- Susan Misner as Rose Mathers
- Danny Ramirez as Diamond
- Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Mason
- Noah Galvin as Marty
- Joe Chrest as Lawrence
- Jeff Pope as Officer Ritcher
- Jennifer Morrison as Margie Duncan
- J.D. Evermore as Chief Patterson
- Lukas Gage as Eric Lafont
- Cullen Moss as Mayor Bartlett
- Stacie Davis as Langley
- Destiny Reed as Allie
- Liz Elkins Newcomer as Mrs. Bartlett
- Wolfgang Novogratz as Dave
- Isabella Esposito as Nikki
- Lucy Faust as Alexis Turrell
- Geraldine Singer as Lisa Sanders
- Caden Swain as Donny
- Andrene Ward-Hammond as Officer Daniels
- Silas Cooper as Grace's Father
- Toney Chapman Steele as Angry Mob (uncredited)
- Colby Slayter as Red Hat Football Player (uncredited)
- Rey Reynaud as Masked Neighbor / Diamond Body Double (uncredited)
- Austin William Morgan as Student (uncredited)
- Bruce Vincent Logan as Masked Gunman (uncredited)
- Felicity Lartigue as Cheerleader (uncredited)
- Emily LaGroue as Cheerleader (uncredited)
- Stephanie Davis Holmes as Citizen (uncredited)
- Josephine Hennessey as Masked Townsperson (uncredited)
- Paisley Gant as Student (uncredited)
- Sarah-Grace Donnelly as Student (uncredited)
- Kirsten Bazet as A / V Club Student (uncredited)
- Issa Abou-Issa as Masked Person (uncredited)
- Rachel Whitman Groves as Woman in House
- Greg DiLeo as Salem Resident 2
- T.C. Carter as Snap Back
- Ariel Fournier as Salem High Girl
- Christopher Berry as Salem Resident 1
- Kennon Kepper as Teammate 2
- Gabriel Orion McCulloch as Tank Top
- Anthony Marble as Marty's Father
- Charley Vance as Guy in Street
- Daniel Williams-Lopez as Stone-Faced Teen
- Lance E. Nichols as FBI Agent Richard Vernon
- Leticia Jimenez as Diamond's Mom
- Lorelei Gilbert as Carlie
- Tom McCafferty as Some Guy
- Ben Matheny as Passenger
- Ann Mahoney as Mom in Supermarket
- Jacob A. Brown as Teammaye
- April Alsbury as Angry Mob (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 10% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 137
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 to 6 | 16 | 2 |
| 7 to 9 | 44 | 6 |
| 10 to 12 | 28 | 8 |
| 13 to 15 | 13 | 7 |
| 16 to 18 | 18 | 6 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 to 27 | 32 | 4 |
| 28 to 30 | 11 | 12 |
| 31 to 33 | 12 | 5 |
| 34 to 36 | 35 | 5 |
| 37 to 39 | 20 | 27 |
| 40 to 42 | 11 | 9 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 20 |
| 46 to 48 | 32 | 4 |
| 49 to 51 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 to 54 | 0 | 6 |
| 55 to 57 | 17 | 15 |
| 58 to 60 | 23 | 6 |
| 61 to 63 | 9 | 13 |
| 64 to 66 | 10 | 10 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 to 75 | 4 | 1 |
| 76 to 78 | 15 | 2 |
| 79 to 81 | 32 | 12 |
| 82 to 84 | 20 | 0 |
| 85 to 87 | 4 | 1 |
| 88 to 90 | 4 | 0 |
| 91 to 93 | 25 | 3 |
| 94 to 96 | 10 | 13 |
| 97 to 99 | 2 | 19 |
| 100 to 102 | 29 | 15 |
| 103 to 105 | 0 | 5 |
| 106 to 108 | 0 | 35 |
| 109 to 111 | 36 | 2 |
| 112 to 114 | 31 | 0 |
| 115 to 117 | 6 | 2 |
| 118 to 120 | 19 | 18 |
| 121 to 123 | 16 | 16 |
| 124 to 126 | 7 | 8 |
| 127 to 129 | 0 | 0 |
| 130 to 132 | 8 | 2 |
| 133 to 135 | 49 | 20 |
| 136 to 137 | 0 | 4 |
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.
ROSE: Look who it is! CARLY: Lily! Lily! LILY: Carly, you have to be careful!
ROSE: It’s so good to see you, Lily. We wish you’d come back, the kids really miss you. LILY: I know, it’s just a lot with school and stuff, college applications... CARLY: But I miss you! LILY: I know, I miss you, too.
BEX: Why is it always the people who are like against LGBTQIAA rights that are - trigger warning - the gayest? EM: One thousand percent. SARAH: But on the real, face swap Barlett for Ryan Gosling... Soaked. LILY: [heart eyes emoji] unfffff that made me so wet why isnt
REAGAN: Hey whore. LILY: Sup cunt. REAGAN: That was definitely an escalation.
BEX: Don’t look but Diamond is eye fucking me so hard right now. BEX: Right? SARAH: Slay queen slay.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 65 are women's.
655 lines from women, 350 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
30 women and 31 men in the cast. 17 women and 23 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 5 of 1,111.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 51 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 65% of the words (6,889), men 35% (3,786).
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
52
Two men
16
Exhibit F: behind the camera
5 of the 19 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 29% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Sam Levinson (man)
- Written by
- Sam Levinson (man)
- Produced by
- Phoebe Fisher (woman), Manu Gargi (man), Aaron L. Gilbert (man), David S. Goyer (man), Matthew J. Malek (man), Kevin Turen (man) and 3 more
- Shot by
- Marcell Rév (man)
- Edited by
- Ron Patane (man)
- Music by
- Ian Hultquist (man)
- Production design by
- Michael Grasley (man)
- Costumes by
- Rachel Dainer-Best (woman)
- Cast by
- Mary Vernieu (woman), Jessica Kelly (woman), Meagan Lewis (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
3 women, 20 men, 11 not listed
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Production
9 women, 10 men, 9 not listed
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Sound
5 women, 9 men, 11 not listed
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Art
2 women, 2 men, 14 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 0 men, 14 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 5 men, 8 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 3 men, 4 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 27 on average. Men: 41 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Odessa Young 20, Maude Apatow 20, Bella Thorne 20, Hari Nef 25, Suki Waterhouse 26, ABRA 29, Anika Noni Rose 46
Men
Bill Skarsgård 28, Joel McHale 46, Colman Domingo 48
Exhibit H: the money
It made 41% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $7 million
- Box office
- $2.9 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 137 scenes and 1,111 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
