Passes the Bechdel test
Bride of Chucky
1998. Directed by Ronny Yu, written by Don Mancini.
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 150. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
Chucky hooks up with another murderous doll, the bridal gown-clad Tiffany, for a Route 66 murder spree with their unwitting hosts, two eloping high-school graduates.
- Released
- 16 Oct 1998
- Genres
- Comedy, Horror, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.7 / 10
- Metascore
- 48 / 100
- Awards
- 5 wins & 7 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Tiffany 141 lines, woman
- Chucky 136 lines, man
- Jesse 119 lines, man
- Jade 117 lines, woman
- David 65 lines, man
- Damien 30 lines, woman
- Preston 26 lines, man
- Warren 18 lines, man
- Diane 14 lines, woman
- Norton 12 lines, man
Full cast, 19 people
- Brad Dourif as Chucky (voice)
- Jennifer Tilly as Tiffany
- Katherine Heigl as Jade
- Nick Stabile as Jesse
- Alexis Arquette as Damien
- Gordon Michael Woolvett as David
- John Ritter as Chief Warren Kincaid
- Lawrence Dane as Lt. Preston
- Michael Louis Johnson as Norton
- James Gallanders as Russ
- Janet Kidder as Diane
- Vince Corazza as Bailey
- Kathy Najimy as Motel Maid
- Park Bench as Stoner
- Emily Weedon as Girl at One-Stop
- Ben Bass as Lt. Ellis
- Roger McKeen as Justice of the Peace
- Sandi Stahlbrand as Reporter
- Frank Meschkuleit as Additional Performances (puppeteer)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 150
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 to 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 to 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 to 16 | 9 | 29 |
| 17 to 20 | 68 | 23 |
| 21 to 24 | 12 | 16 |
| 25 to 28 | 20 | 15 |
| 29 to 32 | 11 | 19 |
| 33 to 36 | 4 | 5 |
| 37 to 40 | 0 | 3 |
| 41 to 44 | 4 | 4 |
| 45 to 48 | 7 | 9 |
| 49 to 52 | 3 | 4 |
| 53 to 56 | 1 | 1 |
| 57 to 60 | 1 | 0 |
| 61 to 64 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 to 68 | 4 | 6 |
| 69 to 72 | 14 | 15 |
| 73 to 76 | 9 | 11 |
| 77 to 80 | 1 | 8 |
| 81 to 84 | 16 | 21 |
| 85 to 88 | 9 | 14 |
| 89 to 92 | 0 | 3 |
| 93 to 96 | 12 | 13 |
| 97 to 100 | 12 | 21 |
| 101 to 104 | 10 | 26 |
| 105 to 108 | 3 | 1 |
| 109 to 112 | 15 | 22 |
| 113 to 116 | 17 | 21 |
| 117 to 120 | 1 | 1 |
| 121 to 124 | 0 | 5 |
| 125 to 128 | 7 | 15 |
| 129 to 132 | 17 | 12 |
| 133 to 136 | 8 | 15 |
| 137 to 140 | 0 | 1 |
| 141 to 144 | 1 | 24 |
| 145 to 148 | 16 | 27 |
| 149 to 150 | 0 | 0 |
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.
DAMIEN: I think I've got what you're looking for right here. DAMIEN: We've been going out for a month now. You've kept me waiting long enough. DAMIEN: You know what the French c all an orgasm? 11 Le petit mal" -- "the little death. 11 DAMIEN: Come on, Tiffany, let's die a little.
JADE: I say "I do . 11 TIFFANY: That is so romantic.
DIANE: We'd be happy to. JADE: Thanks.
JADE: That's right. It was a big scandal. They had to recall all the dolls. DIANE: Well, they're just asking for trouble with that kind of talk.
JADE: No, thanks, we're both pretty tired. DIANE: Too .b ad. Holler if you need us.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 42 are women's.
313 lines from women, 432 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
6 women and 12 men in the cast. 6 women and 9 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 23 of 772.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 22 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 39% of the words (2,981), men 61% (4,743). Women have 42% 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
12
Two men
43
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 29% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Ronny Yu (man)
- Written by
- Don Mancini (man)
- Produced by
- David Kirschner (man), Grace Gilroy (woman)
- Shot by
- Peter Pau Tak-hai (man)
- Edited by
- Randy Bricker (man), David Wu (man)
- Music by
- Graeme Revell (man)
- Production design by
- Alicia Keywan (woman)
- Costumes by
- Lynne MacKay (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- Joanna Colbert (woman), Ross Clydesdale (man)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
8 women, 22 men, 1 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 1 men, 11 not listed
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Production
3 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
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Art
2 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 3 men
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Camera
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 2 men
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Writing
0 women, 2 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 29 on average. Men: 40 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Katherine Heigl 19, Alexis Arquette 29, Jennifer Tilly 40
Men
Nick Stabile 27, Gordon Michael Woolvett 28, James Gallanders 28, Brad Dourif 48, John Ritter 50, Lawrence Dane 61
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.0 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $25 million
- Box office
- $50.7 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 150 scenes and 772 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
