Passes the Bechdel test

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

Name: I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
Released: 2017

2017. Directed by Macon Blair, written by Macon Blair.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
14 women characters. 7 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 5 scenes out of 157.
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.

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The film

Ruth's house is broken into while she's at work as nurse aide and a patient dies. The police arrive and take fingerprints, photos. and notes. As she isn't sure that she locked the doors and there's no sign of forced entry, the police tells her to up her security. But Ruth feels violated. She sleeps at her neighbor Angie's house. The next day she finds out whose dog's been shitting on her front lawn: Tony's. She also finds a shoe print in her garden and becomes a sleuth. She asks neighbors if they've seen anything and she tracks her stolen computer on her phone. She later befriends Tony as he's strong, and together they go on a quest to catch the thief.

Released: 24 Feb 2017
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Rated: TV-MA
IMDb: 6.9 / 10
Metascore: 75 / 100
Awards: 3 wins & 3 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Ruth 252 lines, woman
Tony 93 lines, man
Marshall 43 lines, man
Rumack 35 lines, man
Bendix 34 lines, man
Meredith 33 lines, woman
Angie 20 lines, woman
Dez 20 lines, woman
Killer Sills 14 lines, man
Christian 13 lines, man

Full cast, 41 people

Melanie Lynskey as Ruth Kimke
Elijah Wood as Tony
David Yow as Marshall
Jane Levy as Dez
Devon Graye as Christian
Christine Woods as Meredith
Robert Longstreet as Chris Rumack
Gary Anthony Williams as Det. William Bendix
Myron Natwick as Killer Sills
Derek Mears as Donkey Dick
Jason Manuel Olazabal as Cesar
Lee Eddy as Angie
Matt Orduna as Dan
Michelle Moreno as Jana
Chris Doubek as News Radio (voice)
Marilyn Faith Hickey as Mrs. Hamble
Jared Roylance as Mrs. Hamble's Son
Macon Blair as Bar Dude
Cristi Miles as Police Officer
Wrick Jones as Yogurt Man
Jeb Berrier as Gearhead
Sharae Foxie as Young Mom
Xander Willis as Khaleesi
Kale Willis as Khaleesi
Lana Dieterich as 911 Operator
Maxwell Hamilton as Smoker
J.J. Green as Push-Ups
Taylor Tunes as Watermelon Girl
Kayla Dixon as Redhead
Audrey Walker as Party Wife
Chris Sharp as Party Husband
Robin Blair as Grandma Sally
Josie Seid as ER Doctor
Bill Blair as Minister
Jana Lee Hamblin as Trixie
Dana Millican as Giggles
Ray Buckley as Sunglasses At Night
Lenka Becvar as Chewin' Dip
Asha Sawyer as Party Guest (uncredited)
Dagoberto Rodriguez as Big Fella
Clinton Wayne as Puppeteer

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 5% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 157

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 4	10	1
5 to 8	0	1
9 to 12	5	6
13 to 16	0	0
17 to 20	8	8
21 to 24	13	4
25 to 28	39	2
29 to 32	5	6
33 to 36	8	7
37 to 40	0	0
41 to 44	0	0
45 to 48	13	7
49 to 52	18	18
53 to 56	27	14
57 to 60	17	14
61 to 64	1	2
65 to 68	0	9
69 to 72	0	2
73 to 76	5	10
77 to 80	2	3
81 to 84	0	3
85 to 88	6	8
89 to 92	22	24
93 to 96	4	18
97 to 100	16	24
101 to 104	1	1
105 to 108	9	0
109 to 112	48	46
113 to 116	1	0
117 to 120	0	1
121 to 124	0	1
125 to 128	21	4
129 to 132	0	1
133 to 136	31	34
137 to 140	0	0
141 to 144	1	1
145 to 148	14	12
149 to 152	0	0
153 to 156	0	1
157 to 157	4	0

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.

RUTH: Is this me? RUTH: Is this a dragon? JANA: Stegosaurus. RUTH: I fuckin’ love it.

RUTH: H-how much what? MEREDITH: Probably gonna stain.

DEZ: Better hustle then. RUTH: ...please...

DEZ: Stop. MEREDITH: You. RUTH: I’m so sorry. This isn’t my fault. MEREDITH: You took my tiger.

RUTH: I’m a hostage. I was kidnapped. The empty gun? DEZ: Stop talking.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 54 are women's.

349 lines from women, 293 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

14 women and 17 men in the cast. 7 women and 15 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 14 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 50% of the words (2,322), men 50% (2,295). Women have 54% 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

Exhibit F: behind the camera

1 of the 13 people in these jobs is a woman. Across the whole crew, 32% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Macon Blair (man)
Written by: Macon Blair (man)
Produced by: Mette-Marie Kongsved (gender not listed), Anish Savjani (man), Vincent Savino (man), Neil Kopp (man)
Shot by: Larkin Seiple (man)
Edited by: Tomas Vengris (man)
Music by: Brooke Blair (man), Will Blair (man)
Production design by: Tyler B. Robinson (man)
Costumes by: Julie Carnahan (woman)
Cast by: Mark Bennett (man)