Passes the Bechdel test

Crazylove

Name: Crazylove
Released: 2005

2005. Directed by Ellie Kanner, written by Carol Watson.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
18 women characters. 19 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 19 scenes out of 123.
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

An institutionalized woman falls in love with a schizophrenic after having a nervous breakdown.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rated: R
IMDb: 5.9 / 10
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Letty 452 lines, woman
Michael 203 lines, man
Paul 68 lines, man
Ruth 60 lines, woman
Mrs. Mayer 59 lines, woman
Dr. Emlee 44 lines, man
Nurse Gates 35 lines, woman
Mrs. Hallstrom 17 lines, woman
John 15 lines, man
Thomas 12 lines, man

Full cast, 33 people

Reiko Aylesworth as Letty Mayer
Meat Loaf as John (as Meat Loaf Aday)
JoBeth Williams as Mrs. Mayer
Greg Germann as Dr. Emlee
Bruno Campos as Michael
Marla Sokoloff as Ruth Mayer
Paul Schulze as Thomas
David Alan Basche as Paul Lascher
Lizette Carrión as Maria
Michael Hyatt as Nurse Gates
K Callan as Mrs. Hallstrom
Miguel Sandoval as Bill Johansen
Randee Heller as Principal Gail
Alex Rocco as Uncle Cort
John Terry as Mr. Mayer
Diane Robin as Monica
David Groh as Mr. Santalucci
Jeanette O'Connor as Mrs. Santalucci
Randy Crowder as Mr. Anderson
Cheryl White as Mrs. Anderson
Aaron Lipstadt as Judge Milton
Pat Crawford Brown as Old Lady
Tom Kiesche as Market Manager
Kellee Stewart as Market Clerk
Stephanie Paul as Bridal Clerk
Lorna Scott as Mrs. Montes
Jo Ann Dearing as Nurse
Shannon Wilcox as Lady Two
Juliette Goglia as Jenny
Arthur Young as Zach
Ashly Holloway as Chandra
Aidan Marus as Waiter (uncredited)
Nils Allen Stewart as Security Guard (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 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 123

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	3	0
4 to 6	3	0
7 to 9	41	2
10 to 12	31	12
13 to 15	32	17
16 to 18	27	0
19 to 21	19	1
22 to 24	22	7
25 to 27	28	29
28 to 30	20	23
31 to 33	33	5
34 to 36	7	9
37 to 39	11	16
40 to 42	16	22
43 to 45	20	20
46 to 48	25	1
49 to 51	9	5
52 to 54	12	2
55 to 57	4	0
58 to 60	7	3
61 to 63	8	9
64 to 66	16	21
67 to 69	30	9
70 to 72	29	16
73 to 75	2	20
76 to 78	11	12
79 to 81	21	16
82 to 84	15	0
85 to 87	7	6
88 to 90	6	7
91 to 93	8	8
94 to 96	6	7
97 to 99	22	13
100 to 102	8	6
103 to 105	13	7
106 to 108	16	6
109 to 111	5	3
112 to 114	29	21
115 to 117	12	0
118 to 120	12	9
121 to 123	27	21

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.

CHANDRA: Miss Mayer. Miss Mayer. LETTY: Goodness, this is a bad one. Tip your head back. LETTY: Come on. Pinch it, Chandra. Pinch it.

RUTH: Sorry I'm late. MRS. MAYER: Letty was just getting ready to tell me her good news. RUTH: Tell, tell. MRS. MAYER: Letty, dear, is that a cat hair on your blouse?

RUTH: Oh, no thanks, I'm too excited to eat. RUTH: Where's Mommy? LETTY: Do you have to call her Mommy? RUTH: Where's the old bag I sometimes call Mommy?

RUTH: What about this one? LETTY: You look beautiful. RUTH: Really? LETTY: Truly.

RUTH: One's a silk... MRS. MAYER: Not in front of Jake, Ruthie. It's bad luck. MONICA: I remember how hard it was looking for my dress. I must have been to 100 stores. LETTY: You know what I think we need? Martinis. How about martinis to celebrate?

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 63 are women's.

673 lines from women, 391 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

18 women and 15 men in the cast. 19 women and 13 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 18 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 59% of the words (5,309), men 41% (3,701). Women have 63% 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

3 of the 8 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 40% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Ellie Kanner (woman)
Written by: Carol Watson (woman)
Produced by: Hal Schwartz (gender not listed)
Shot by: Matthew Heckerling (man)
Edited by: Adam Stein (man)
Music by: Brad Segal (man)
Production design by: Amy Lee Wheeler (woman)
Costumes by: Glenn Gregory Krah (man)

The crew, department by department

Production

0 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
Art

1 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
Camera

0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
Costume & Make-Up

1 women, 1 men
Other crew

0 women, 1 men
Directing

1 women, 0 men
Editing

0 women, 1 men
Sound

0 women, 1 men

Women
Men
Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit G: how old the stars were

Women: 36 on average. Men: 43 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Marla Sokoloff 24, Reiko Aylesworth 32, Lizette Carrión 33, Michael Hyatt 35, JoBeth Williams 56

Men

Bruno Campos 31, David Alan Basche 37, Paul Schulze 43, Greg Germann 47, Meat Loaf 58

Exhibit H: the money

What it cost and made, where TMDB lists it.

Budget: $450,000
Box office: Not listed

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 123 scenes and 1,094 lines of dialogue. How the test works

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