Passes the Bechdel test

Grabbers

Name: Grabbers
Released: 2012

2012. Directed by Jon Wright, written by Kevin Lehane.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
4 women characters. 4 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 8 scenes out of 132.
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

Police officer Lisa Nolan comes to Aran Island, Ireland, to take charge during a colleague's two-week holiday. Simultaneously, blood-thirsty, sea-dwelling aliens arrive at the quiet island to propagate. As dead whales wash up on shore and people start mysteriously disappearing, officers and a few locals slowly discover their peril along with one sure defense - high blood alcohol levels, which the aliens can't stomach. As a storm approaches, enabling hungry hatchlings access to the locals, an open bar kicks off a desperate bid for survival as inebriated police and friends stagger to remain cognizant long enough to thwart the alien invasion.

Released: 10 Aug 2012
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Rated: Not Rated
IMDb: 6.3 / 10
Metascore: 62 / 100
Awards: 4 wins & 11 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

O'Shea 272 lines, man
Lisa 230 lines, woman
Paddy 107 lines, man
Smith 77 lines, man
Brian 72 lines, man
Una 47 lines, woman
Dr Gleeson 30 lines, man
Kenifick 17 lines, man
Tadhg 16 lines, man
Fr Potts 14 lines

Full cast, 19 people

Richard Coyle as Garda Ciarán O'Shea
Ruth Bradley as Garda Lisa Nolan
Russell Tovey as Dr. Adam Smith
Bronagh Gallagher as Una Maher
David Pearse as Brian Maher
Lalor Roddy as Paddy Barrett
Clelia Murphy as Irene Murphy
Louis Dempsey as Tadhg Murphy
Micheál O'Gruagain as Father Potts
Ned Dennehy as Declan Cooney
Roz McCutcheon as Hilda
Stuart Graham as Skipper
Michael Hough as First Mate Roy
Jonathan Ryan as Sergeant Kenefick
Pascal Scott as Dr. Jim Gleeson
Nick Chopping as Daly
Barbara Adair as Mamie
Billy Clarke as Fisherman
Laurence Doherty as Islander (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 4% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 132

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	0	2
4 to 6	0	21
7 to 9	0	6
10 to 12	0	10
13 to 15	0	0
16 to 18	4	3
19 to 21	1	1
22 to 24	18	38
25 to 27	9	24
28 to 30	3	15
31 to 33	0	1
34 to 36	11	39
37 to 39	12	15
40 to 42	0	2
43 to 45	11	11
46 to 48	25	4
49 to 51	8	42
52 to 54	17	18
55 to 57	4	13
58 to 60	17	29
61 to 63	16	46
64 to 66	2	11
67 to 69	18	57
70 to 72	1	11
73 to 75	15	25
76 to 78	0	0
79 to 81	0	2
82 to 84	16	18
85 to 87	4	9
88 to 90	0	3
91 to 93	10	15
94 to 96	9	24
97 to 99	8	32
100 to 102	0	6
103 to 105	1	9
106 to 108	15	31
109 to 111	8	10
112 to 114	2	2
115 to 117	1	4
118 to 120	3	5
121 to 123	11	10
124 to 126	2	2
127 to 129	5	3
130 to 132	8	8

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.

LISA: Oh, right. Well, I have a key so ... see you Monday then. UNA: Sparks flying there, huh.

LISA: If you want to get that close to it, good luck. UNA: What's going on here then? GRABBERS - Production Draft 28/1/2011 57.

LISA: It's a welcome party for me. UNA: A welcome party? But you're leaving in a fortnight. LISA: So it's a goodbye party. Whatever. UNA: You only just got here.

LISA: Grand. UNA: Mother of Jesus!

UNA: Stop fightin! Stop fightin! LISA: Don't worry, we have it all under control. There's nothing trying to kill you.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 32 are women's.

295 lines from women, 637 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

4 women and 13 men in the cast. 4 women and 12 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 46 of 967. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 45 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 32% of the words (2,145), men 68% (4,636).

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

5 of the 15 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 26% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Jon Wright (man)
Written by: Kevin Lehane (gender not listed)
Produced by: Piers Tempest (man), Tracy Brimm (woman), Eduardo Levy (man), Martina Niland (woman), Kate Myers (woman), James Martin (man)
Shot by: Trevor Forrest (man)
Edited by: Matt Platts-Mills (man)
Music by: Christian Henson (man)
Production design by: Tom McCullagh (man)
Costumes by: Hazel Webb-Crozier (woman)
Cast by: Kelly Valentine Hendry (woman), Victor Jenkins (man)