Passes the Bechdel test

It Follows

Name: It Follows
Released: 2015

2015. Directed by David Robert Mitchell, written by David Robert Mitchell.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
15 women characters. 12 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 13 scenes out of 147.
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

For 19-year-old Jay, autumn should be about school, boys, and weekends out at the lake. But after a seemingly innocent sexual encounter, she is plagued by strange visions and the inescapable sense that someone, or something, is following her. Faced with this burden, Jay and her friends must find a way to escape the horrors that seem to be only a few steps behind.

Released: 13 Mar 2015
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.8 / 10
Metascore: 83 / 100
Awards: 25 wins & 44 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Jay 214 lines, woman
Kelly 108 lines, woman
Paul 101 lines, man
Greg 49 lines, man
Hugh 45 lines, man
Yara 29 lines, woman
Jeff 19 lines, man
Mrs. Redmond 8 lines, woman
Annie 6 lines, woman
Mrs Height 6 lines, woman

Full cast, 30 people

Maika Monroe as Jay Height
Keir Gilchrist as Paul
Daniel Zovatto as Greg Hannigan
Jake Weary as Hugh
Olivia Luccardi as Yara
Lili Sepe as Kelly Height
Bailey Spry as Annie
Carollette Phillips as Woman with Groceries
Loren Bass as Annie's Father
Charles Gertner as Neighbor Boy
Debbie Williams as Mrs. Height
Ruby Harris as Mrs. Redmond
Leisa Pulido as Mrs. Hannigan
D.J. Oliver as Police Officer
Linda Boston as Teacher
Ingrid Mortimer as Old Woman in Pajamas
Kourtney Bell as Chatting Girl
Alexyss Spradlin as Girl in Kitchen
Mike Lanier as Giant Man
Claire Sloma as Greg's Date (Pretty Girl in Car)
Scott Norman as Homeless Man Behind Tree
Erin Stone as High School Girl in Courtyard
Joanna Bronson as Nurse
Don Hails as Old Naked Man
Ele Bardha as Mr. Height
Caitlin Burt as Hot Girl (uncredited)
Heather Fairbanks as Scrub Nurse (uncredited)
Vincent Hogarth as Billy (uncredited)
Christopher Hohman as Hot Guy (uncredited)
Richard Vreeland as High School Announcer (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 147

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 4	8	3
5 to 8	18	2
9 to 12	26	21
13 to 16	3	4
17 to 20	39	0
21 to 24	9	5
25 to 28	26	22
29 to 32	9	3
33 to 36	0	0
37 to 40	0	0
41 to 44	4	0
45 to 48	23	12
49 to 52	7	0
53 to 56	15	21
57 to 60	25	7
61 to 64	15	10
65 to 68	2	0
69 to 72	3	4
73 to 76	3	4
77 to 80	26	30
81 to 84	1	0
85 to 88	6	2
89 to 92	16	6
93 to 96	8	8
97 to 100	26	2
101 to 104	0	0
105 to 108	5	7
109 to 112	9	13
113 to 116	2	1
117 to 120	2	2
121 to 124	0	0
125 to 128	18	16
129 to 132	4	4
133 to 136	0	0
137 to 140	28	13
141 to 144	2	0
145 to 147	0	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.

YARA: Listen to this... “I think that if one is faced by inevitable destruction -- if a house is falling upon you, for instance -- one must feel a… KELLY: That's why we're drinking on the porch.

YARA: I never wanna have a job. KELLY: I wish I didn't.

YARA: Your sister is so pretty. It's annoying. KELLY: It is annoying.

JAY: Hello? CHATTING GIRL: Hello?

KELLY: Jay, what's going on? JAY: There was an old woman at school today. She was staring at me... it seemed like she was following me.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 64 are women's.

388 lines from women, 222 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

15 women and 10 men in the cast. 12 women and 6 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 6 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 62% of the words (2,461), men 38% (1,491). Women have 64% 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 14 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 16% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: David Robert Mitchell (man)
Written by: David Robert Mitchell (man)
Produced by: Rebecca Green (woman), Erik Rommesmo (gender not listed), Laura D. Smith (woman), David Kaplan (gender not listed), David Robert Mitchell (man)
Shot by: Mike Gioulakis (man)
Edited by: Julio Perez IV (man)
Music by: Richard Vreeland (man)
Production design by: Michael Perry (man)
Costumes by: Kimberly Leitz (gender not listed)
Cast by: Mark Bennett (man), Carrie Ray (gender not listed)