Passes the Bechdel test

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

Name: I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Released: 1998

1998. Directed by Danny Cannon, written by Lois Duncan and Trey Callaway.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
8 women characters. 8 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 16 scenes out of 140.
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.

Poster for I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

The film

Ever since killing the Fisherman one year ago, Julie James is still haunted by images of him after her, causes her relationship with Ray Bronson to suffer further. When her best friend Karla Wilson wins free tickets to the Bahamas, Julie finds this a perfect opportunity to finally relax. But someone is waiting for her. Someone who she thought was dead. Someone who is out again for revenge.

Released: 13 Nov 1998
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Rated: R
IMDb: 4.8 / 10
Metascore: 21 / 100
Awards: 5 wins & 7 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Julie 185 lines, woman
Karla 138 lines, woman
Tyrell 102 lines, man
Will 88 lines, man
Ray 44 lines, man
Nancy 34 lines, woman
Brooks 23 lines, man
Estes 22 lines, man
Titus 13 lines, man
Dave 11 lines, man

Full cast, 23 people

Jennifer Love Hewitt as Julie James
Freddie Prinze Jr. as Ray Bronson
Matthew Settle as Will Benson
Brandy Norwood as Karla Wilson
Mekhi Phifer as Tyrell
Muse Watson as Ben Willis
Jennifer Esposito as Nancy
Bill Cobbs as Estes
Jeffrey Combs as Mr. Brooks
John Hawkes as Dave
Ellerine Harding as Olga
Benjamin Brown as Darick the Dockhand
Red West as Paulsen
Michael P. Byrne as Thurston
Michael Bryan French as Doctor
Dee Anne Helsel as Nurse
Johnny Harrington as Todd
Mark Boone Junior as Pawn Shop Owner
Sylvia Short as Old Woman
Jack Black as Titus Telesco (uncredited)
Spencer Kayden as Cocktail Guest (uncredited)
Summer Moore as Classmate (uncredited)
Tanya Raisa as Club Goer (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 140

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	7	5
4 to 6	23	20
7 to 9	0	0
10 to 12	6	0
13 to 15	27	6
16 to 18	5	7
19 to 21	30	10
22 to 24	0	13
25 to 27	0	2
28 to 30	0	2
31 to 33	18	7
34 to 36	5	7
37 to 39	2	18
40 to 42	21	33
43 to 45	2	2
46 to 48	47	19
49 to 51	11	26
52 to 54	0	1
55 to 57	3	0
58 to 60	16	16
61 to 63	1	0
64 to 66	7	19
67 to 69	0	9
70 to 72	9	0
73 to 75	0	4
76 to 78	4	3
79 to 81	0	5
82 to 84	1	2
85 to 87	4	4
88 to 90	13	13
91 to 93	11	21
94 to 96	18	24
97 to 99	2	7
100 to 102	6	5
103 to 105	5	0
106 to 108	2	1
109 to 111	0	0
112 to 114	2	0
115 to 117	1	0
118 to 120	13	0
121 to 123	13	1
124 to 126	9	5
127 to 129	5	4
130 to 132	10	20
133 to 135	3	3
136 to 138	1	1
139 to 140	1	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.

KARLA: Where there's a Will, there's a way. Come on. JULIE: You know what? This rocks. We're going to the Bahamas! KARLA: We goin' Bahamas, I'm Ty's Bahama Mama. We goin' Bahamas...

KARLA: Hello? Hello? JULIE: Where is everyone? I'll ask --

JULIE: We haven't exchanged anything. KARLA: Julie, we're talkin' suites! That'll be just fine with us.

JULIE: It beets being on the mainland. KARLA: Oooh, the mainland --

KARLA: They all start to look the same once you've worked in one. Am I right, sister? JULIE: I'm Julie. This is Karla. NANCY: Nancy. Welcome to Tower Bay's most happenin' hotspot. NANCY: Four Dark and Stormies...

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 51 are women's.

364 lines from women, 345 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

8 women and 14 men in the cast. 8 women and 11 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 17 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 46% of the words (2,784), men 54% (3,276). Women have 51% 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

2 of the 12 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 35% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Danny Cannon (man)
Written by: Trey Callaway (man)
Produced by: William S. Beasley (man), Erik Feig (man), Neal H. Moritz (man), Stokely Chaffin (woman)
Shot by: Vernon Layton (man)
Edited by: Peck Prior (man)
Music by: John Frizzell (man)
Production design by: Doug Kraner (man)
Costumes by: Daniel J. Lester (man)
Cast by: Jackie Burch (woman)