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Passes the Bechdel test

Fresh

2022. Directed by Mimi Cave, written by Lauryn Kahn.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    8 women characters. 6 of them speak.
  2. Yes 2. Who talk to each other
    In 6 scenes out of 93.
  3. 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.

Poster for Fresh

The film

FRESH follows Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones), who meets the alluring Steve (Sebastian Stan) at a grocery store and - given her frustration with dating apps - takes a chance and gives him her number. After their first date, Noa is smitten and accepts Steve's invitation to a romantic weekend getaway, only to find that her new paramour has been hiding some unusual appetites.

Released
04 Mar 2022
Genres
Comedy, Horror, Romance
Rated
R
IMDb
6.7 / 10
Metascore
67 / 100
Awards
2 wins & 17 nominations total
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Noa 260 lines, woman
  2. Steve 241 lines, man
  3. Mollie 77 lines, woman
  4. Penny 46 lines, woman
  5. Ann 26 lines, woman
  6. Chad 11 lines, man
  7. Text 8 lines
  8. Woman 6 lines, woman
  9. Older Woman 5 lines, woman
  10. Song 5 lines
Full cast, 19 people
  • Daisy Edgar-Jones as Noa
  • Sebastian Stan as Steve
  • Jojo T. Gibbs as Mollie
  • Charlotte Le Bon as Ann
  • Dayo Okeniyi as Paul
  • Andrea Bang as Penny
  • Brett Dier as Chad
  • Alina Maris as Melissa
  • William Belleau as Man
  • Lachlan Quarmby as Instructor
  • Sunghee Lapell as Waitress
  • Arghavan Jenati as Cashier
  • Anthony Ingram as Grocery Man
  • Frances Leigh as Mannequin Woman
  • Lance Birley as Shirtless Guy
  • Joe Costa as Hunter
  • Larry Hoe as Business Man
  • Scott McGrath as Politician
  • Robert Corness as Older Man

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 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 93

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 240
3 to 41011
5 to 6102
7 to 8290
9 to 101015
11 to 12140
13 to 141315
15 to 1622
17 to 18216
19 to 201010
21 to 22100
23 to 2445
25 to 2644
27 to 281822
29 to 3079
31 to 32250
33 to 3400
35 to 3600
37 to 3800
39 to 4020
41 to 42210
43 to 441114
45 to 46160
47 to 4810
49 to 5033
51 to 5298
53 to 5470
55 to 562211
57 to 582410
59 to 6069
61 to 62113
63 to 6400
65 to 6601
67 to 6800
69 to 702030
71 to 7234
73 to 7481
75 to 76310
77 to 781322
79 to 80710
81 to 8291
83 to 8400
85 to 86101
87 to 88234
89 to 90151
91 to 92110
93 to 9370

The evidence

  • Straight from the script
  • Counted from the script and the credits

Tap an exhibit to open it.

Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
MOLLIE: You’re right. I’m sorry. ANN: You really shouldn’t have done that.
NOA: Penny! PENNY: Yeah I heard it. Sounds like someone new. NOA: We’re getting out of here soon. PENNY: Oh cool. Let’s see; I got my iPad, phone charger, all my cute going out dresses, some bathing suits. Am I packing for the snow? For the sun?
NOA: You got this you got this you got this. Stay fucking focused. NOA: I’M HERE I’M HERE! NOA: Let’s fucking go! PENNY: Fuck! It’s gonna be kinda hard to run!
PENNY: My turn you piece of shit! NOA: Over here! MOLLIE: What are you doing we gotta get the fuck out of here! PENNY: My leg!
NOA: Fuck! MOLLIE: Split up! We gotta zig zag and shit I saw it on Dateline! PENNY: What about me?!

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 62 are women's.

424 lines from women, 264 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

8 women and 11 men in the cast. 6 women and 5 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 3 of 710. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 10 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

  • First line by a woman
  • Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 56% of the words (3,530), men 44% (2,818). Women have 62% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Run the other way, for men, the film scores 1 out of 3.

Conversations between two named characters

Exhibit F: behind the camera

6 of the 12 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 33% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
Mimi Cave (woman)
Written by
Lauryn Kahn (woman)
Produced by
Kevin J. Messick (man), Adam McKay (man)
Shot by
Pawel Pogorzelski (man)
Edited by
Martin Pensa (man)
Music by
Alex Somers (man)
Production design by
Jennifer Morden (woman)
Costumes by
Athena Theny (gender not listed), Christina Flannery (woman)
Cast by
Francine Maisler (woman), Molly Rose (woman)

The crew, department by department

  • Sound

    0 women, 14 men, 8 not listed

  • Art

    1 women, 3 men, 13 not listed

  • Other crew

    4 women, 4 men, 3 not listed

  • Production

    6 women, 4 men, 1 not listed

  • Costume & Make-Up

    1 women, 0 men, 6 not listed

  • Directing

    1 women, 1 men, 2 not listed

  • Visual Effects

    1 women, 2 men, 1 not listed

  • Camera

    0 women, 1 men, 2 not listed

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit G: how old the stars were

Women: 31 on average. Men: 36 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Daisy Edgar-Jones 23, Jojo T. Gibbs 32, Andrea Bang 32, Charlotte Le Bon 35

Men

Brett Dier 32, Dayo Okeniyi 33, Sebastian Stan 39, William Belleau 39

Exhibit H: the money

What it cost and made, where TMDB lists it.

Budget
$1.5 million
Box office
Not listed

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 93 scenes and 710 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works

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