Passes the Bechdel test

Green Room

Name: Green Room
Released: 2016

2016. Directed by Jeremy Saulnier, written by Jeremy Saulnier.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
4 women characters. 2 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 8 scenes out of 133.
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

A band straying into a secluded part of the Pacific Northwest stumbles onto a horrific act of violence. Because they are the only witnesses, they become the targets of a terrifying gang of skinheads who want to make sure all the evidence is eliminated.

Released: 13 May 2016
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.9 / 10
Metascore: 79 / 100
Awards: 8 wins & 25 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Pat 152 lines, man
Darcy 116 lines, man
Sam 113 lines, woman
Amber 84 lines, woman
Reece 82 lines, man
Gabe 72 lines, man
Tiger 72 lines, man
Big Justin 46 lines, man
Clark 36 lines, man
Tad 32 lines, man

Full cast, 25 people

Anton Yelchin as Pat
Imogen Poots as Amber
Patrick Stewart as Darcy
Alia Shawkat as Sam
Joe Cole as Reece
Callum Turner as Tiger
Macon Blair as Gabe
Mark Webber as Daniel
Eric Edelstein as Big Justin
Kai Lennox as Clark
David Thompson as Tad
Michael Draper as Stagehand
Andy Copeland as Stage Manager
Brent Werzner as Werm
Lj Klink as Guitarist
Kasey Brown as Drummer
Taylor Tunes as Emily
Jake Love as Twin #1
Kyle Love as Twin #2
October Moore as Cop #1
Joseph Bertót as Cop #2
Jacob Kasch as Bartender
Samuel Summer as Jonathan
Mason Knight as Kyle
Colton Ruscheinsky as Alan

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 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 133

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	0	1
4 to 6	7	12
7 to 9	13	4
10 to 12	0	0
13 to 15	7	9
16 to 18	8	34
19 to 21	7	32
22 to 24	0	0
25 to 27	3	8
28 to 30	2	20
31 to 33	5	12
34 to 36	2	13
37 to 39	0	24
40 to 42	9	40
43 to 45	5	70
46 to 48	6	23
49 to 51	0	10
52 to 54	21	44
55 to 57	0	9
58 to 60	25	99
61 to 63	1	11
64 to 66	20	29
67 to 69	3	8
70 to 72	0	6
73 to 75	6	3
76 to 78	7	25
79 to 81	0	12
82 to 84	5	12
85 to 87	7	10
88 to 90	6	13
91 to 93	7	8
94 to 96	0	17
97 to 99	0	4
100 to 102	0	9
103 to 105	0	10
106 to 108	1	7
109 to 111	1	2
112 to 114	5	11
115 to 117	0	2
118 to 120	5	12
121 to 123	4	19
124 to 126	3	6
127 to 129	0	1
130 to 132	0	0
133 to 133	2	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.

SAM: We haven’t done anything. AMBER: Doesn’t matter.

AMBER: I can. SAM: Not you. AMBER: Then fucking keep it.

SAM: Is it the cops? A raid? AMBER: Are you serious?

AMBER: Get comfortable. SAM: Pretty smart for a Nazi. AMBER: I’m not a Nazi.

AMBER: They have guns. No question. SAM: SHHH. We’re going to trust you?

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 22 are women's.

203 lines from women, 703 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

4 women and 20 men in the cast. 2 women and 24 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 4 of 934. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 48 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 18% of the words (988), men 82% (4,366). Women have 22% 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

115

Exhibit F: behind the camera

2 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: Jeremy Saulnier (man)
Written by: Jeremy Saulnier (man)
Produced by: Victor Moyers (gender not listed), Anish Savjani (man), Neil Kopp (man)
Shot by: Sean Porter (man)
Edited by: Julia Bloch (woman)
Music by: Brooke Blair (man), Will Blair (man)
Production design by: Ryan Warren Smith (man)
Costumes by: Amanda Needham (gender not listed)
Cast by: Avy Kaufman (woman)