Passes the Bechdel test

Gothika

Name: Gothika
Released: 2003

2003. Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz, written by Sebastian Gutierrez.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
9 women characters. 3 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 9 scenes out of 159.
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

Dr. Miranda Grey is a psychiatrist who works in a penitentiary, in the mental institution sector. She is married with Dr. Douglas Grey, the chief of department where Dr. Pete Graham also works. Chloe Sava, a patient of Dr. Miranda formerly abused by her stepfather, claims that she is frequently raped by the devil in her cell. After leaving the asylum in a stormy night, Dr. Miranda has a car accident, and when she wakes up, she is an inmate of the institution, being accused of an horrible crime and having no memory of the incident.

Released: 21 Nov 2003
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Rated: R
IMDb: 5.9 / 10
Metascore: 38 / 100
Awards: 3 wins & 7 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Miranda 274 lines, woman
Pete 125 lines, man
Sheriff Ryan 61 lines, man
Parsons 42 lines
Chloe 38 lines, woman
Irene 29 lines, woman
Shelley 22 lines, woman
Officer Turlington 21 lines, man
Consuelo 16 lines, woman
Jenna 14 lines, woman

Full cast, 25 people

Halle Berry as Miranda Grey
Robert Downey Jr. as Pete Graham
Charles S. Dutton as Douglas Grey
John Carroll Lynch as Sheriff Ryan
Bernard Hill as Phil Parsons
Penélope Cruz as Chloe Sava
Dorian Harewood as Teddy Howard
Bronwen Mantel as Irene
Kathleen Mackey as Rachel Parsons
Matthew G. Taylor as Turlington
Michel Perron as Joe
Andrea Sheldon as Tracey Seavers
Anana Rydvald as Glass Cell Nurse
Laura Mitchell as Inmate
Amy Sloan as Inmate
Noel Burton as Prison Doctor
Benz Antoine as Guard
Andy Bradshaw as Guard
Jason Cavalier as Guard
Jasson Finney as Guard
Terry Simpson as Guard
Kwasi Songui as Guard
Al Vandecruys as Reporter
Caroline Van Vlaardingen as Reporter
Noah Bernett as Tim

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 159

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 4	0	0
5 to 8	19	0
9 to 12	13	12
13 to 16	10	0
17 to 20	0	0
21 to 24	27	25
25 to 28	10	9
29 to 32	1	1
33 to 36	6	5
37 to 40	40	0
41 to 44	19	0
45 to 48	44	10
49 to 52	26	21
53 to 56	1	2
57 to 60	0	0
61 to 64	2	5
65 to 68	11	5
69 to 72	1	0
73 to 76	0	0
77 to 80	13	15
81 to 84	29	0
85 to 88	4	0
89 to 92	1	0
93 to 96	0	0
97 to 100	8	0
101 to 104	7	0
105 to 108	3	25
109 to 112	25	15
113 to 116	4	0
117 to 120	25	0
121 to 124	0	14
125 to 128	6	1
129 to 132	2	1
133 to 136	8	5
137 to 140	21	14
141 to 144	14	15
145 to 148	1	5
149 to 152	2	10
153 to 156	0	9
157 to 159	8	2

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.

MIRANDA: Can I get some assistance here? Hello?! MIRANDA: Irene?! Anybody!? MIRANDA: Wake up, wake up... You're dreaming. It's not real. An anxiety dream, that's all. That's all. This is dream logic. If it was real, they woul… MIRANDA: I'm just dreaming.

MIRANDA: I don't -- I think I'm alright. IRENE: You go in last because you're special. It's not a Mexican prison, toots. Everybody here minds their own business. MIRANDA: If it's all the same, I'd rather -- IRENE: State law says we keep you ladies clean. And I'm a stickler for the law. Now come on. If you go downtown, you gotta dance.

MIRANDA: Shelley? SHELLEY: And pick up those damn cigarette butts. Jesus, TV is dumb -- MIRANDA: Shelley, can you do me a favor?? SHELLEY: The housewives will find something better to do.

IRENE: Hey! Chloe! CHLOE: You fucking cow giving me the evil eye, huh? Fuck you, you fuckin' voodoo witch -- ! CONSUELO: Is okay, she's okay -- she don't mean nothing. CHLOE: You bet your goddamn fat ass I mean it, you're a witch -- !!

IRENE: How are we feeling today? MIRANDA: 'We'? IRENE: Sorry I asked. MIRANDA: Doesn't seem like the best choice of words when treating schizophrenics.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 65 are women's.

411 lines from women, 226 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

9 women and 16 men in the cast. 3 women and 5 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 2 of 703. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 23 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 65% of the words (5,332), men 35% (2,836).

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 12 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 32% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Mathieu Kassovitz (man)
Written by: Sebastian Gutierrez (man)
Produced by: Susan Downey (woman), Joel Silver (man), Robert Zemeckis (man), L. Levin (man)
Shot by: Matthew Libatique (man)
Edited by: Yannick Kergoat (man)
Music by: John Ottman (man)
Production design by: Graham "Grace" Walker (man)
Costumes by: Kym Barrett (woman)
Cast by: Marci Liroff (woman)