Passes the Bechdel test

Four Rooms

Name: Four Rooms
Released: 1995

1995. Directed by Allison Anders and Alexandre Rockwell and Robert Rodriguez, written by Allison Anders and Alexandre Rockwell and Robert Rodriguez.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
15 women characters. 12 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 37.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3, though someone marked that rating as dubious.

The film

This movie features the collaborative directorial efforts of four new filmmakers, each of whom directs a segment of this comedy. It's New Year's Eve at the Mon Signor Hotel, a former grand old Hollywood hotel, now fallen upon hard times. Often using physical comedy and sight gags, this movie chronicles the slapstick misadventures of Ted, the Bellhop. He's on his first night on the job, when he's asked to help out a coven of witches in the Honeymoon Suite. Things only get worse when he delivers ice to the wrong room and ends up in a domestic argument at a really bad time. Next, he foolishly agrees to watch a gangster's kids for him while he's away. Finally, he finishes off the night refereeing a ghastly wager.

Released: 25 Dec 1995
Genres: Comedy
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.7 / 10
Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Ted 315 lines, man
Sigfried 72 lines, man
Chester 70 lines, man
Betty 50 lines, woman
Angela 46 lines, woman
Athena 45 lines, woman
Man 44 lines, man
Sarah 44 lines, woman
Elspeth 41 lines, woman
Eva 36 lines, woman

Full cast, 28 people

Tim Roth as Ted the Bellhop
Jennifer Beals as Angela
David Proval as Siegfried
Ione Skye as Eva
Madonna as Elspeth
Antonio Banderas as Man
Quentin Tarantino as Chester
Paul Calderon as Norman
Bruce Willis as Leo (uncredited)
Lana McKissack as Sarah
Danny Verduzco as Juancho
Marisa Tomei as Margaret
Kathy Griffin as Betty
Tamlyn Tomita as Wife
Valeria Golino as Athena
Alicia Witt as Kiva
Sammi Davis as Jezebel
Amanda de Cadenet as Diana
Lili Taylor as Raven
Patricia Vonne as Corpse
Salma Hayek Pinault as TV Dancing Girl
Lawrence Bender as Long Hair Yuppy Scum
Kimberly Blair as Hooker
Quinn Hellerman as Baby Bellhop
Marc Lawrence as Sam the Bellhop
Paul Skemp as Real Theodore
Laura Rush as Right Redhead
Julie McLean as Left Redhead

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 1 scene, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 37

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 1	0	18
2 to 2	8	8
3 to 3	29	26
4 to 4	5	2
5 to 5	3	2
6 to 6	6	3
7 to 7	50	6
8 to 8	64	8
9 to 9	20	25
10 to 10	26	1
11 to 11	0	3
12 to 12	0	1
13 to 13	0	16
14 to 14	0	0
15 to 15	0	60
16 to 16	13	11
17 to 17	0	23
18 to 18	0	1
19 to 19	0	0
20 to 20	0	0
21 to 21	0	3
22 to 22	15	52
23 to 23	6	23
24 to 24	7	40
25 to 25	3	6
26 to 26	0	0
27 to 27	3	4
28 to 28	8	7
29 to 29	28	42
30 to 30	0	1
31 to 31	0	0
32 to 32	40	36
33 to 33	3	2
34 to 34	11	140
35 to 35	0	11
36 to 36	1	1
37 to 37	4	1

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scene

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

ELSPETH: I... we... have a reservation. ELSPETH: Kiva! KIVA: Wait up, gawd! I had to get supplies for this boring ass night. ELSPETH: We have a reservation in the Honeymoon Suite.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 38 are women's.

353 lines from women, 583 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

15 women and 9 men in the cast. 12 women and 8 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 20 of 954. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 90 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 37% of the words (4,309), men 63% (7,218). Women have 38% 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

7 of the 22 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 38% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Allison Anders (woman), Alexandre Rockwell (man), Quentin Tarantino (man), Robert Rodriguez (man)
Written by: Allison Anders (woman), Alexandre Rockwell (man), Robert Rodriguez (man), Quentin Tarantino (man)
Produced by: Lawrence Bender (man)
Shot by: Rodrigo García (man), Andrzej Sekula (man), Guillermo Navarro (man), Phil Parmet (man)
Edited by: Elena Maganini (woman), Margaret Goodspeed (woman), Robert Rodriguez (man), Sally Menke (woman)
Music by: Combustible Edison (gender not listed)
Production design by: Gary Frutkoff (man)
Costumes by: Susan L. Bertram (woman), Mary Claire Hannan (woman)
Cast by: Russell Gray (man)