Passes the Bechdel test
Ginger Snaps
2001. Directed by John Fawcett, written by Karen Walton and John Fawcett.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
7 women characters. 10 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 35 scenes out of 116. -
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
Is becoming a woman analogous, in some deep psychological way, to becoming a werewolf? Ginger is 15, edgy, tough, and, with her younger sister, into staging and photographing scenes of death. They've made a pact about dying together. In early October, on the night she has her first period, which is also the night of a full moon, a werewolf bites Ginger. Within a few days, some serious changes happen to her body and her temperament. Her sister Brigitte, 15, tries to find a cure with the help of Sam, a local doper. As Brigitte races against the clock, Halloween and another full moon approach, Ginger gets scarier, and it isn't just local dogs that begin to die.
- Released
- 11 May 2001
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Rated
- Not Rated
- IMDb
- 6.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 70 / 100
- Awards
- 10 wins & 9 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Brigitte 234 lines, woman
- Ginger 230 lines, woman
- Sam 44 lines, man
- Jason 39 lines, man
- Pamela 39 lines, woman
- Brigit'Ie 19 lines
- Henry 18 lines, man
- Mr. Wayne 9 lines, man
- Ferry 8 lines, woman
- Trina 7 lines, woman
Full cast, 20 people
- Katharine Isabelle as Ginger Fitzgerald
- Emily Perkins as Brigitte Fitzgerald
- Kris Lemche as Sam
- Mimi Rogers as Pamela Fitzgerald
- Jesse Moss as Jason McCardy
- Danielle Hampton as Trina Sinclair
- John Bourgeois as Henry Fitzgerald
- Peter Keleghan as Mr. Wayne
- Christopher Redman as Ben
- Jimmy MacInnis as Tim
- Lucy Lawless as Announcer on School's PA System (Uncredited)
- Lindsay Leese as Nurse Ferry
- Wendii Fulford as Ms. Sykes
- Ho Pak-Kwong as Janitor
- Nick Nolan as Creature / Gingerwolf
- Bryon Bully as Hockey Kid
- Steven Taylor as Puppy Kid
- Ann Baggley as Mother
- Graeme Robertson as Toddler
- Maxwell Robertson as Toddler
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 10% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 116
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 29 | 0 |
| 4 to 6 | 30 | 1 |
| 7 to 9 | 35 | 0 |
| 10 to 12 | 29 | 10 |
| 13 to 15 | 26 | 0 |
| 16 to 18 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 to 21 | 41 | 0 |
| 22 to 24 | 16 | 17 |
| 25 to 27 | 27 | 0 |
| 28 to 30 | 6 | 0 |
| 31 to 33 | 25 | 0 |
| 34 to 36 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 to 39 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 to 42 | 13 | 0 |
| 43 to 45 | 15 | 14 |
| 46 to 48 | 14 | 3 |
| 49 to 51 | 3 | 5 |
| 52 to 54 | 26 | 2 |
| 55 to 57 | 21 | 0 |
| 58 to 60 | 8 | 14 |
| 61 to 63 | 3 | 0 |
| 64 to 66 | 3 | 3 |
| 67 to 69 | 1 | 1 |
| 70 to 72 | 16 | 0 |
| 73 to 75 | 2 | 0 |
| 76 to 78 | 11 | 13 |
| 79 to 81 | 25 | 0 |
| 82 to 84 | 3 | 6 |
| 85 to 87 | 10 | 9 |
| 88 to 90 | 11 | 1 |
| 91 to 93 | 15 | 4 |
| 94 to 96 | 10 | 2 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 to 102 | 14 | 9 |
| 103 to 105 | 6 | 7 |
| 106 to 108 | 19 | 3 |
| 109 to 111 | 2 | 0 |
| 112 to 114 | 10 | 0 |
| 115 to 116 | 1 | 0 |
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.
GINGER: Brigitte. Quit dickin' around. Jus' do it. BRIGITTE: Ginger's ten months older than me. We're seriously tight. share everything. Everything. BRIGITTE: Ready? GINGER: Uh-huh.
BRIGITTE: Don't get me wrong. It's not like we were all happy or nothin' to begin with. BRIGITTE: The subnrb of Bailey Downs? Basically a well lit black hole. The Kingdom of cul du sac. That's French for Dead End. BRIGITTE: You had a gram of personality out here? Life bit the big one. BRIGITTE: Of course I'm generalizing.
GINGER: Means there's more to life than - well, life. BRIGITTE: Attempts at communication were futile. BRIGITTE: some of Them did seem to wanna reach Ginger? BRIGITTE: Uut noOOdy wanned to reach me.
GINGER: Gawd, People! They hurt my brain! BRIGITTE: They didn't even get it. GINGER: They' re retards. BRIGITTE: They're cretins.
MZ.SYKES: shake a leg, Fitzgeralds. An' butt out, you gotta death wish!? GINGER: Feel really sick, Mz. Sykes. MZ. SYKES: cigarettes'll do that for you! Move! BRIGITTE: Phys. Ed. is not optional at Bailey High.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 81 are women's.
531 lines from women, 124 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
7 women and 8 men in the cast. 10 women and 6 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
A woman speaks the first line.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 5 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 80% of the words (4,719), men 20% (1,163). Women have 81% 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
66
Two men
2
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 33% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- John Fawcett (man)
- Written by
- Karen Walton (woman)
- Story by
- John Fawcett (man), Karen Walton (woman)
- Produced by
- Steven Hoban (man), Karen Lee Hall (gender not listed)
- Shot by
- Thom Best (man)
- Edited by
- Brett Sullivan (man)
- Music by
- Mike Shields (man)
- Production design by
- Todd Cherniawsky (man)
- Costumes by
- Lea Carlson (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
3 women, 8 men, 8 not listed
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Camera
2 women, 4 men, 6 not listed
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Production
2 women, 2 men, 8 not listed
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Art
0 women, 3 men, 6 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 3 men, 5 not listed
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Other crew
3 women, 1 men, 5 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 0 men, 5 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 27 on average. Men: 29 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Katharine Isabelle 19, Danielle Hampton 22, Emily Perkins 23, Mimi Rogers 44
Men
Jesse Moss 17, Christopher Redman 20, Kris Lemche 22, Peter Keleghan 41, John Bourgeois 44
Exhibit H: the money
What it cost and made, where TMDB lists it.
- Budget
- $5 million
- Box office
- Not listed
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 116 scenes and 727 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
