Passes the Bechdel test

Blink Twice

Name: Blink Twice
Released: 2024

2024. Directed by Zoë Kravitz, written by Zoë Kravitz and E.T. Feigenbaum.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
12 women characters. 15 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 25 scenes out of 139.
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

When tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum) meets cocktail waitress Frida (Naomi Ackie) at his fundraising gala, sparks fly. He invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. It's paradise. Wild nights blend into sun-soaked days and everyone's having a great time. Nobody wants this trip to end, but as strange things start to happen, Frida begins to question her reality. Something is wrong with this place. She'll have to uncover the truth if she wants to make it out of this party alive.

Released: 23 Aug 2024
Genres: Mystery, Thriller
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.5 / 10
Metascore: 66 / 100
Awards: 5 wins & 22 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Frida 206 lines, woman
Slater King 85 lines, man
Slater 78 lines, man
Sarah 76 lines, woman
Jess 56 lines, woman
Cody 44 lines, man
Heather 28 lines, woman
Vic 25 lines, man
Camilla 24 lines, woman
Lucas 22 lines, man

Full cast, 32 people

Naomi Ackie as Frida
Channing Tatum as Slater
Alia Shawkat as Jess
Christian Slater as Vic
Simon Rex as Cody
Adria Arjona as Sarah
Haley Joel Osment as Tom
Liz Caribel Sierra as Camilla
Levon Hawke as Lucas
Trew Mullen as Heather
Geena Davis as Stacy
Kyle MacLachlan as Rich
Cris Costa as Stan
María Elena Olivares as Badass Maid
Saul Williams as Emcee
Tiffany Persons as Interviewer
Aaron Himelstein as Asshole Manager
Ben Jacobson as Ben
Caroline Forsythe as Caroline
Garret Levitz as Guy Who Needs A Light
Regina Guerrero as Blonde Woman
Kerry Ardra as Woman
Julian Sedgwick as Husband
Mika Kubo as Cocktail Waitress
Carlotta Kohl as Young Woman
Tanya Windman as Young Woman
Nuria Bages as Beautiful Woman Gala
Eduardo Lopez Morton as Auctioneer
Benjamin Jacobson as Bartender
Emiré Arellano as Hannah Marshall
Zoë Kravitz as Swanky Stewardess
Lenny Kravitz as Man at the Gym (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 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 139

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	1	1
4 to 6	18	11
7 to 9	26	11
10 to 12	4	1
13 to 15	4	0
16 to 18	17	19
19 to 21	12	10
22 to 24	7	2
25 to 27	10	3
28 to 30	2	5
31 to 33	29	26
34 to 36	3	1
37 to 39	13	20
40 to 42	56	36
43 to 45	13	12
46 to 48	5	2
49 to 51	9	3
52 to 54	22	10
55 to 57	4	4
58 to 60	1	0
61 to 63	1	0
64 to 66	29	20
67 to 69	7	0
70 to 72	47	0
73 to 75	15	0
76 to 78	6	1
79 to 81	2	2
82 to 84	6	1
85 to 87	5	3
88 to 90	0	1
91 to 93	2	11
94 to 96	25	11
97 to 99	9	10
100 to 102	1	1
103 to 105	1	1
106 to 108	2	4
109 to 111	2	19
112 to 114	3	8
115 to 117	7	1
118 to 120	9	0
121 to 123	2	7
124 to 126	2	2
127 to 129	1	5
130 to 132	0	4
133 to 135	0	0
136 to 138	5	2
139 to 139	5	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.

JESS: Anyway. It's tonight. You must be dying. FRIDA: I'm dead.

JESS: Careful, you're gonna sprain your neck. FRIDA: I don't care if I break it. FRIDA: Sorry. Shit. I'm sorry.

FRIDA: Red or blue? JESS: Uhhhh--

FRIDA/JESS: Hi... Hello....How are you?...Hello, Ladies... JESS: Oh, she's gorgeous. I have one of those in my summer house, but I need more. FRIDA: Oh, shit, sorry. I just don't know how to walk in these fuckin' things. JESS: Ok, do this thing my aunt taught me. It's easy. East. West. East. West.

JESS/FRIDA: South. South. South. JESS: How much do you think that little head costs? Like, a million dollars? I wonder if an alarm would go off if I stole it. JESS: Frida! What are you doing??

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 60 are women's.

450 lines from women, 295 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

12 women and 13 men in the cast. 15 women and 11 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 3 of 776. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 26 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 56% of the words (3,524), men 44% (2,785). Women have 60% 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

8 of the 14 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 36% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Zoë Kravitz (woman)
Written by: E.T. Feigenbaum (man), Zoë Kravitz (woman)
Produced by: Bruce Cohen (man), Zoë Kravitz (woman), Garret Levitz (man), Tiffany Persons (woman), Channing Tatum (man)
Shot by: Adam Newport-Berra (man)
Edited by: Kathryn J. Schubert (woman)
Music by: Chanda Dancy (woman)
Production design by: Roberto Bonelli (gender not listed)
Costumes by: Kiersten Hargroder (woman)
Cast by: Carmen Cuba (woman)