Passes the Bechdel test

Don't Worry Darling

Name: Don't Worry Darling
Released: 2022

2022. Directed by Olivia Wilde, written by Katie Silberman and Carey Van Dyke and Shane Van Dyke.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
19 women characters. 9 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 16 scenes out of 110.
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

Alice and her husband Jack are a happily married couple. Jack works in a secretive workplace in a secluded establishment and he tells Alice not to ask for details of the nature of his work. As Alice tries to blend in with the other families of the community in the neighborhood she finds their behavior abnormal in some ways. She also has paranormal experiences in her home. Soon her curiosity gets the better of her and she walks into forbidden areas.

Released: 23 Sep 2022
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.3 / 10
Metascore: 48 / 100
Awards: 12 wins & 19 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Alice 262 lines, woman
Jack 134 lines, man
Bunny 95 lines, woman
Frank 57 lines, man
Violet 27 lines, woman
Shelley 23 lines, woman
Dr. Collins 20 lines, man
Margaret 18 lines, woman
Dean 10 lines, man
Bus Driver 8 lines, man

Full cast, 41 people

Florence Pugh as Alice
Harry Styles as Jack
Chris Pine as Frank
Olivia Wilde as Bunny
KiKi Layne as Margaret
Gemma Chan as Shelley
Nick Kroll as Dean
Sydney Chandler as Violet
Kate Berlant as Peg
Asif Ali as Peter
Douglas Smith as Bill
Timothy Simons as Dr. Collins
Ari'el Stachel as Ted
Steve Berg as Trolley Bus Driver
Daisy Sudeikis as Rosie
Marcello Julian Reyes as Fred
Monroe Cline as Smiling Tennis Model
Angel Mammoliti as Bathing Suit Model
Nataly Santiago as Ball Gown Model
Daniel Nishio as Frank & Shelley's Kid
Kurt Scholler as Attending Physician
Dita Von Teese as Dita Von Teese
Dimitri Dimitrov as Maitre'D
Victoria Acker as Dancer
Oritsetsolaye Akuya as Dancer
Jennifer Mariela Bermeo as Dancer
Taylor May Dean as Dancer
Auriana Ehsani as Dancer
Jessica Hiestand as Dancer
Alexandra Nicole Hulme as Dancer
Angel Inniss as Dancer
Natasha Kalimada as Dancer
Stephanie Kim as Dancer
Charissa Kroeger as Dancer
Toi'ya Leatherwood as Dancer
Sisley Loubet as Dancer
Jasmine Mason as Dancer
Bailey Swift as Dancer
Michelle Ells as Victory School Kid (uncredited)
Brooke deRosa as Ballet Pianist (uncredited)
Kaleigh Krause as Pool Girl / Cigarette Girl (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 110

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	0	3
4 to 6	0	3
7 to 9	0	4
10 to 12	5	13
13 to 15	4	6
16 to 18	14	12
19 to 21	0	0
22 to 24	19	2
25 to 27	2	0
28 to 30	33	19
31 to 33	14	6
34 to 36	54	0
37 to 39	1	1
40 to 42	10	7
43 to 45	14	13
46 to 48	16	0
49 to 51	11	11
52 to 54	0	0
55 to 57	40	13
58 to 60	5	8
61 to 63	1	8
64 to 66	19	11
67 to 69	13	0
70 to 72	9	0
73 to 75	1	1
76 to 78	2	2
79 to 81	10	0
82 to 84	12	12
85 to 87	40	42
88 to 90	8	3
91 to 93	9	5
94 to 96	6	1
97 to 99	14	14
100 to 102	20	17
103 to 105	12	11
106 to 108	25	0
109 to 110	0	2

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.

MARKET CHECKOUT LADY: Eight dollars has been added to Jack’s account. ALICE: Thank you so much.

SHELLEY ALICE: Alice, welcome! You look Are you kidding me? This wonderful. dress-- SHELLEY: Frank, look at her, she’s glowing. SHELLEY: Is this glow due to any particular reason? ALICE: Just general happiness, I think.

BUNNY: Is she awake? BUNNY: Look who decided to join the land of the living. I heard you hit the sauce last night! ALICE: It’s what I get for trying to keep up with y-- ALICE: No...

BUNNY: What?! ALICE: You didn’t see... ALICE: I’m sorry. I had a really weird night. I think it was a migraine, or something. And I thought I saw... Sorry. BUNNY: Don’t lie to us. You’re having an affair with the bus driver.

MARKET CHECKOUT LADY: Anything I can help you with? ALICE: Where does this come from? MARKET CHECKOUT LADY: The produce aisle. ALICE: No, where does it actually come from?

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 64 are women's.

443 lines from women, 250 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

19 women and 10 men in the cast. 9 women and 8 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 15 of 711. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 14 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 (3,955), men 41% (2,753). Women have 64% 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

9 of the 15 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 35% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Olivia Wilde (woman)
Written by: Katie Silberman (woman)
Story by: Carey van Dyke (man), Shane van Dyke (man), Katie Silberman (woman)
Produced by: Miri Yoon (woman), Roy Lee (man), Katie Silberman (woman), Olivia Wilde (woman)
Shot by: Matthew Libatique (man)
Edited by: Affonso Gonçalves (man)
Music by: John Powell (man)
Production design by: Katie Byron (woman)
Costumes by: Arianne Phillips (woman)
Cast by: Allison Jones (woman)