Fails the Bechdel test
Disturbia
2007. Directed by D.J. Caruso, written by Christopher Landon and Carl Ellsworth.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
8 women characters. 4 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
After his father is killed in a car accident, things unravel for Kale Brecht and he is placed under house-arrest for punching his Spanish teacher. Having nothing better to do, Kale occupies himself by spying on his neighbors. But one night, he witnesses what appears to be a murder going on in Mr. Turner's house. Kale becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind these murders but, after a few unsettling run-ins with Mr. Turner, it becomes a matter of life and death. And the ominous question: Who is watching whom?
- Released
- 13 Apr 2007
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 6.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 62 / 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
- Kale 334 lines, man
- Ashley 134 lines, woman
- Ronnie 132 lines, man
- Julie 44 lines, woman
- Giles 39 lines
- Jeff 19 lines, man
- Parker 10 lines, woman
- Uniform #1 7 lines
- Senor Gutierrez 6 lines, man
- Uniform #2 5 lines
Full cast, 22 people
- Shia LaBeouf as Kale
- Sarah Roemer as Ashley
- Carrie-Anne Moss as Julie
- David Morse as Mr. Turner
- Aaron Yoo as Ronnie
- Jose Pablo Cantillo as Officer Gutierrez
- Matt Craven as Daniel Brecht
- Viola Davis as Detective Parker
- Brandon Caruso as Greenwood Boy
- Luciano Rauso as Greenwood Boy
- Daniel Caruso as Greenwood Boy
- Kevin Quinn as Mr. Carlson
- Elyse Mirto as Mrs. Carlson
- Suzanne Rico as News Anchor
- Kent Shocknek as News Anchor
- Rene Rivera as Senor Gutierrez
- Amanda Walsh as Minnie Tyco
- Charles Carroll as Judge
- Gillian Shure as Turner's Club Girl
- Dominic Daniel as Policeman
- Lisa Tobin as Big Wheel Mom
- Cindy Lou Adkins as Mrs. Greenwood
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 122
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 18 |
| 4 to 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 to 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 10 to 12 | 8 | 3 |
| 13 to 15 | 7 | 3 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 to 21 | 8 | 7 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 4 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 5 |
| 34 to 36 | 2 | 4 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 2 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 27 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 10 |
| 46 to 48 | 10 | 14 |
| 49 to 51 | 4 | 28 |
| 52 to 54 | 24 | 40 |
| 55 to 57 | 34 | 28 |
| 58 to 60 | 4 | 32 |
| 61 to 63 | 11 | 12 |
| 64 to 66 | 16 | 23 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 to 72 | 1 | 1 |
| 73 to 75 | 11 | 10 |
| 76 to 78 | 18 | 75 |
| 79 to 81 | 9 | 17 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 31 |
| 85 to 87 | 6 | 11 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 30 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 2 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 1 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 to 102 | 4 | 6 |
| 103 to 105 | 5 | 4 |
| 106 to 108 | 0 | 0 |
| 109 to 111 | 2 | 3 |
| 112 to 114 | 2 | 3 |
| 115 to 117 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 to 120 | 1 | 2 |
| 121 to 122 | 3 | 6 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 28 are women's.
192 lines from women, 497 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
8 women and 11 men in the cast. 4 women and 6 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 20 of 756.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 68 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 32% of the words (1,870), men 68% (4,030). Women have 28% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.
Exhibit D: 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
3
Two men
32
Exhibit E: behind the camera
4 of the 16 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 25% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- D.J. Caruso (man)
- Written by
- Christopher Landon (man), Carl Ellsworth (man)
- Story by
- Christopher Landon (man)
- Produced by
- Jackie Marcus Schaffer (woman), Kwame Parker (gender not listed), Tom Pollock (man), E. Bennett Walsh (man), Joe Medjuck (man)
- Shot by
- Rogier Stoffers (man)
- Edited by
- Jim Page (man)
- Music by
- Geoff Zanelli (man)
- Production design by
- Tom Southwell (man)
- Costumes by
- Marie-Sylvie Deveau (woman)
- Cast by
- Deborah Aquila (woman), Tricia Wood (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
3 women, 21 men, 8 not listed
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Sound
3 women, 16 men, 4 not listed
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Production
6 women, 8 men, 7 not listed
-
Art
3 women, 4 men, 5 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
5 women, 1 men, 3 not listed
-
Camera
1 women, 5 men, 2 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 4 men, 4 not listed
-
Directing
2 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 34 on average. Men: 31 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Sarah Roemer 22, Carrie-Anne Moss 39, Viola Davis 41
Men
Luciano Rauso 11, Shia LaBeouf 20, Aaron Yoo 27, Jose Pablo Cantillo 27, Matt Craven 50, David Morse 53
Exhibit G: the money
It made 5.9 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $20 million
- Box office
- $118 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 122 scenes and 756 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
