Passes the Bechdel test
Cherry Falls
2000. Directed by Geoffrey Wright, written by Ken Selden.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
10 women characters. 7 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 3 scenes out of 293. -
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
A psychotic serial slasher starts a bloodthirsty murder rampage at Cherry Falls high school that only kills the local high school virgins. This leads to the local teenage population organising a sex party in order to lose their virginity and thus no longer be targets...
- Released
- 25 Aug 2000
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.3 / 10
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Jody 177 lines, woman
- Brent 85 lines, man
- Kenny 53 lines, man
- Sandy 52 lines, woman
- Leonard 41 lines, man
- Marge 35 lines, woman
- Cindy 19 lines, woman
- Stacy 19 lines, woman
- Ben 16 lines, man
- Caretaker 15 lines, man
Full cast, 23 people
- Brittany Murphy as Jody Marken
- Jay Mohr as Leonard Marliston
- Michael Biehn as Sherrif Brent Marken
- Jesse Bradford as Rod Harper
- Candy Clark as Marge Marken
- Gabriel Mann as Kenny Ascott
- Amanda Anka as Deputy Mina
- Joannah Portman as Sharon
- Kristen Miller as Cindy
- Bre Blair as Stacy Twelfmann
- Natalie Ramsey as Sandy
- Joe Inscoe as Tom Sisler, Principal
- Douglas Spain as Mark
- Michael Weston as Ben
- Keram Malicki-Sánchez as Timmy
- Vicki Davis as Heather
- Bret McKee as Dylan Roley
- Clementine Ford as Annette Duwald
- Michael Goodwin as Mr. Duwald
- Colin Fickes as Dino
- DJ Qualls as Wally
- Zachary Knighton as Mr. Rolly
- Ashly Covington as Student (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 7 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 8% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 293
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 7 | 11 | 10 |
| 8 to 14 | 5 | 2 |
| 15 to 21 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 to 28 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 to 35 | 5 | 5 |
| 36 to 42 | 5 | 8 |
| 43 to 49 | 9 | 29 |
| 50 to 56 | 56 | 11 |
| 57 to 63 | 5 | 0 |
| 64 to 70 | 1 | 0 |
| 71 to 77 | 2 | 0 |
| 78 to 84 | 14 | 13 |
| 85 to 91 | 7 | 27 |
| 92 to 98 | 10 | 0 |
| 99 to 105 | 5 | 0 |
| 106 to 112 | 0 | 0 |
| 113 to 119 | 0 | 0 |
| 120 to 126 | 1 | 0 |
| 127 to 133 | 6 | 3 |
| 134 to 140 | 12 | 9 |
| 141 to 147 | 14 | 10 |
| 148 to 154 | 41 | 21 |
| 155 to 161 | 22 | 7 |
| 162 to 168 | 58 | 3 |
| 169 to 175 | 0 | 17 |
| 176 to 182 | 4 | 17 |
| 183 to 189 | 10 | 13 |
| 190 to 196 | 0 | 1 |
| 197 to 203 | 10 | 5 |
| 204 to 210 | 10 | 11 |
| 211 to 217 | 10 | 10 |
| 218 to 224 | 0 | 6 |
| 225 to 231 | 0 | 7 |
| 232 to 238 | 5 | 6 |
| 239 to 245 | 2 | 1 |
| 246 to 252 | 1 | 7 |
| 253 to 259 | 3 | 6 |
| 260 to 266 | 5 | 16 |
| 267 to 273 | 2 | 1 |
| 274 to 280 | 1 | 2 |
| 281 to 287 | 2 | 6 |
| 288 to 293 | 1 | 1 |
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.
SANDY: That's horrible. CINDY: I think it's funny.
JODY: Not that many. SANDY: You watch. There's going to be a hymen holocaust tomorrow. Maybe I'll finally talk to Mark Shale. JODY: NO?! SANDY: Andy! I'm on the phone!
SANDY: Oh my god. ARE YOU OK? JODY: Someone tried to kill me. SANDY: The phone just went dead. I called the police and ran right over as fast as I could.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 55 are women's.
357 lines from women, 293 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
10 women and 13 men in the cast. 7 women and 9 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
A woman speaks the first line.
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 49% of the words (2,527), men 51% (2,670). Women have 55% 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
15
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 27% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Geoffrey Wright (man)
- Written by
- Ken Selden (man)
- Produced by
- Marshall Persinger (man), Eli Selden (gender not listed)
- Shot by
- Anthony B. Richmond (man)
- Edited by
- John F. Link (man)
- Music by
- Walter Werzowa (man)
- Production design by
- Marek Dobrowolski (man)
- Costumes by
- Louise Frogley (woman)
- Cast by
- Johanna Ray (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
5 women, 11 men, 6 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 7 men, 3 not listed
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Art
1 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
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Production
3 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 0 men, 4 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 2 men
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Editing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 30 on average. Men: 31 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Bre Blair 20, Brittany Murphy 22, Kristen Miller 24, Amanda Anka 31, Candy Clark 53
Men
Jesse Bradford 21, Gabriel Mann 28, Jay Mohr 30, Michael Biehn 44
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 293 scenes and 704 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
