Passes the Bechdel test

Freaked

Name: Freaked
Released: 1994

1994. Directed by Tom Stern and Alex Winter, written by Tim Burns and Tom Stern and Alex Winter.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
5 women characters. 3 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 74.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

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The film

A company that produces a toxic chemical tries to improve its image via a popular spokesperson, Ricky Coogan. Ricky travels to South America to get a first-hand look at the chemical's effects and finds himself at a mutant freak farm. Elijah, who runs the farm, is only too happy to have new subjects on which to try his freak machine. The very chemical that Ricky is supposed to promote is the one responsible for creating the great variety of freaks.

Released: 31 Mar 1994
Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 6.4 / 10
Metascore: 58 / 100
Awards: 2 wins & 8 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Rick 203 lines, man
Elijah 107 lines, man
Julie 66 lines, woman
Ernie 60 lines, man
Hertz 30 lines, man
Juan 30 lines, man
Stuey 29 lines, man
Worm 25 lines, man
Nosey 16 lines, man
Sockhead 12 lines, man

Full cast, 51 people

Alex Winter as Ricky Coogan
Michael Stoyanov as Ernie
William Sadler as Dick Brian
Megan Ward as Julie
Mr. T as The Bearded Lady
Brooke Shields as Skye Daley
Alex Zuckerman as Stuey Gluck
Ray Baker as Bill Blazer
Morgan Fairchild as Stewardess
Patti Tippo as Rosie the Pinhead
Lee Arenberg as The Eternal Flame
John Hawkes as Cowboy
Derek McGrath as Worm
Jeff Kahn as Nosey
Randy Quaid as Elijah C. Skuggs
Eduardo Ricard as George Ramirez
Henry Carbo as George Ramirez
Deep Roy as George Ramirez
Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros as George Ramirez
Brian Brophy as Kevin
Jaime Cardriche as Toad
Nicholas Cohn as Bob Vila Look-A-Like
Karyn Malchus as Sockhead
Tim Burns as Frogman
Bobcat Goldthwait as Sockhead
Don Stark as Editor
Arturo Gil as Clown
Tom Stern as Man / Milkman
Gibby Haynes as Cheese Wart
Pamela Mant as Nun
Joe Baker as Professor Nigel Crump
L.S. Kruse as Peasant Woman
Marilyn Garcia as Peasant Woman
Rick Le Clair as Screaming Hippie
Georgina Valdez as Screaming Woman
Calvert DeForest as Larry "Bud" Melman
Michael Gilden as Eye
Joseph S. Griffo as N. Eye
Jack Yates as Security Guy
J.D. Silvester as Biker
Jon M. Chu as Giant Stuey Monster
Vincent Hammond as Giant Rick Monster
David Bowe as EES Assistant
Chuck Bulot as FBI Chief
David Roberson as FBI Guy
J.B. Rogers as Another FBI Guy
Sean Clark as Popcorn Biker (uncredited)
Rob Hampton as Cretin (uncredited)
Sam Raimi as Crooked Cop (uncredited)
Keanu Reeves as Ortiz the Dog Boy (uncredited)
Robert Tapert as Crooked Cop (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 8% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 74

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	0	2
3 to 4	0	41
5 to 6	0	7
7 to 8	10	29
9 to 10	6	5
11 to 12	12	48
13 to 14	0	0
15 to 16	0	12
17 to 18	0	4
19 to 20	10	46
21 to 22	1	1
23 to 24	0	0
25 to 26	0	0
27 to 28	0	17
29 to 30	0	2
31 to 32	0	6
33 to 34	4	39
35 to 36	3	33
37 to 38	2	35
39 to 40	2	3
41 to 42	7	29
43 to 44	2	10
45 to 46	2	3
47 to 48	3	17
49 to 50	5	18
51 to 52	0	1
53 to 54	0	1
55 to 56	0	4
57 to 58	2	8
59 to 60	0	11
61 to 62	0	17
63 to 64	0	10
65 to 66	0	20
67 to 68	1	19
69 to 70	0	37
71 to 72	0	3
73 to 74	3	39

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.

JULIE: Oaf! BEARDED LADY: If your coloring is in the autumn range, like Maria's, try an earth tone eye makeup. Now I've done a lovely French braid on Maria, but I enc…

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 12 are women's.

75 lines from women, 577 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

5 women and 36 men in the cast. 3 women and 26 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 72 of 712. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 94 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 10% of the words (723), men 90% (6,388). Women have 12% 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 15 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 18% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Alex Winter (man), Tom Stern (man)
Written by: Alex Winter (man), Tim Burns (man), Tom Stern (man)
Produced by: Stephen Chiodo (man), Harry J. Ufland (man), Mary Jane Ufland (gender not listed)
Shot by: Jamie Thompson (gender not listed), Jene Omens (gender not listed)
Edited by: Malcolm Campbell (man)
Music by: Kevin Kiner (man)
Production design by: Catherine Hardwicke (woman)
Costumes by: Malissa Daniel (woman)
Cast by: Mary Hidalgo (woman)