Passes the Bechdel test
Faults
2014. Directed by Riley Stearns, written by Riley Stearns.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
4 women characters. 3 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 76. -
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
Washed-up and broke, an author whose books on mind control were once respected reluctantly helps a couple in deprogramming their daughter from the control of a cult named "Faults." But this assignment turns out to be more complicated than he had expected.
- Released
- 06 Mar 2015
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- Not Rated
- IMDb
- 6.7 / 10
- Metascore
- 70 / 100
- Awards
- 6 nominations
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Ansel 344 lines, man
- Claire 167 lines, woman
- Paul 83 lines, man
- Terry 38 lines, man
- Evelyn 27 lines, woman
- Man In The Audience 14 lines, man
- Raymond 12 lines, man
- Manager 11 lines, man
- Concierge 9 lines, man
- Intimidating Man 9 lines, man
Full cast, 16 people
- Leland Orser as Ansel
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Claire
- Chris Ellis as Dad
- Jon Gries as Terry
- Lance Reddick as Mick
- Beth Grant as Evelyn
- Cruz Flores as Hotel Staff
- AJ Bowen as Angry Patron
- Nicholas Tucci as James
- Suzan Averitt as Photo Studio Customer
- Leonard Earl Howze as Raymond
- Davey Johnson as Concierge
- Kellie Matteson as Jennifer
- Amanda Saunders as Receptionist
- Shira Weitz as Perky Waitress
- David Zellner as Restaurant Manager
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 1% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 76
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 22 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 26 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 to 10 | 5 | 38 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 to 14 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 to 16 | 10 | 37 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 11 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 to 28 | 3 | 16 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 9 |
| 31 to 32 | 18 | 33 |
| 33 to 34 | 14 | 30 |
| 35 to 36 | 14 | 15 |
| 37 to 38 | 9 | 31 |
| 39 to 40 | 9 | 13 |
| 41 to 42 | 1 | 33 |
| 43 to 44 | 2 | 2 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 to 50 | 1 | 9 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 21 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 3 |
| 57 to 58 | 17 | 22 |
| 59 to 60 | 14 | 28 |
| 61 to 62 | 5 | 3 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 2 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 to 68 | 57 | 51 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 3 |
| 71 to 72 | 1 | 21 |
| 73 to 74 | 1 | 1 |
| 75 to 76 | 15 | 6 |
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.
CLAIRE: I don’t want to wear any of these. EVELYN: Sweetie, these are your clothes. CLAIRE: I don’t wear stuff like this anymore.
EVELYN: But I still don’t understand what it is we did. CLAIRE: You didn’t do anything. That’s the point.
CLAIRE: I’m here because I thought you’d see that I’m happy. I’ve never been this happy in all my life. EVELYN: We need you home with us. CLAIRE: But I’m afraid.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 27 are women's.
197 lines from women, 531 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
4 women and 9 men in the cast. 3 women and 7 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 94 of 736.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 93 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 24% of the words (1,734), men 76% (5,631). Women have 27% 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
6
Two men
38
Exhibit F: behind the camera
6 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 50% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Riley Stearns (man)
- Written by
- Riley Stearns (man)
- Produced by
- Keith Calder (man), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (woman)
- Shot by
- Michael Ragen (man)
- Edited by
- Sarah Beth Shapiro (woman)
- Music by
- Heather McIntosh (woman)
- Production design by
- James Connelly (man)
- Costumes by
- Emily Batson (woman)
- Cast by
- Nicole Daniels (woman), Courtney Bright (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
4 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
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Other crew
0 women, 3 men
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Art
1 women, 1 men
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Camera
0 women, 1 men
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Directing
0 women, 1 men
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Editing
1 women, 0 men
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Sound
1 women, 0 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 47 on average. Men: 48 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Mary Elizabeth Winstead 29, Beth Grant 64
Men
Nicholas Tucci 32, AJ Bowen 36, Lance Reddick 51, Leland Orser 53, Jon Gries 56, Chris Ellis 57
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 76 scenes and 736 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
