Passes the Bechdel test
Jennifer 8
1992. Directed by Bruce Robinson, written by Bruce Robinson.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
5 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 3. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Several blind women have fallen victim to a brutal serial killer. Investigator John Berlin hopes to finally make a breakthrough in the case when he comes across Helena, who managed to escape the killer. He has finally found a witness - but who will believe the testimony of a blind witness? And who will still trust Berlin when he himself comes under suspicion as the investigation unfolds?
- Released
- 06 Nov 1992
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.3 / 10
- Metascore
- 48 / 100
- Awards
- 5 wins total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Berlin 345 lines, man
- Ross 146 lines, man
- St Anne 83 lines, man
- Helena 81 lines, woman
- Citrine 39 lines, man
- Margie 34 lines, woman
- Taylor 24 lines, man
- Blattis 16 lines, man
- Travis 15 lines, man
- Serato 12 lines, man
Full cast, 28 people
- Andy Garcia as Sgt. John Berlin
- Lance Henriksen as Sgt. Freddy Ross
- Uma Thurman as Helena Robertson
- Graham Beckel as John Taylor
- Kathy Baker as Margie Ross
- Kevin Conway as Chief Citrine
- John Malkovich as Agent St. Anne
- Perry Lang as Travis
- Nicholas Love as Bisley
- Michael O'Neill as Serato
- Paul Bates as Venables
- Bob Gunton as Goodridge
- Lenny Von Dohlen as Michael Blattis
- Debbon Ayer as Amanda
- Eddie Korbich as Myopic Janitor
- Stephen Piemonte II as Trimble
- Ken Camroux-Taylor as Pathologist
- Carol Schneider as Ann
- Deborah Spector as Emerson
- Frank Birney as Expert
- Mike Winlaw as Male Reporter
- Jeffrey Josephson as Popeye
- Thomas J. Hageboeck as Max
- Jaylene Hamilton as Woman Reporter
- Joe Drago as St. Anne's Assistant
- Jonas Quastel as Lab Technician
- Charles Eaton as Airplane Pilot
- Bryan Larkin as Bobby Ross (misspelled as "Bobby Rose" in end credits)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 1 scene, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 1% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 3
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 1 | 90 | 452 |
| 2 to 2 | 34 | 245 |
| 3 to 3 | 4 | 28 |
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.
MARGIE: How you doing on those shoes? HELENA: Don't mix very well with beer. MARGIE: Girl like you should be drinking chill white wine. Press. All done.
HELENA: Is that Margie? MARGIE: I'm here, honey. I'm right here.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 15 are women's.
128 lines from women, 725 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
5 women and 21 men in the cast. 5 women and 18 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 102 of 863.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 106 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 11% of the words (1,210), men 89% (9,474). Women have 15% 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
3
Two men
28
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 32% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Bruce Robinson (man)
- Written by
- Bruce Robinson (man)
- Produced by
- Gary Lucchesi (man), David Wimbury (man)
- Shot by
- Conrad Hall (man)
- Edited by
- Conrad Buff IV (man)
- Music by
- Christopher Young (man)
- Production design by
- Richard Macdonald (man)
- Costumes by
- Judy L. Ruskin (woman)
- Cast by
- Suzanne Smith Crowley (woman), Billy Hopkins (man)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
4 women, 8 men, 1 not listed
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Art
1 women, 4 men, 3 not listed
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Production
3 women, 5 men
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Sound
2 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 32 on average. Men: 42 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Uma Thurman 22, Kathy Baker 42
Men
Perry Lang 32, Andy Garcia 36, John Malkovich 38, Graham Beckel 42, Michael O'Neill 45, Kevin Conway 50, Lance Henriksen 52
Exhibit H: the money
It made 57% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $20 million
- Box office
- $11.4 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 3 scenes and 863 lines of dialogue. How the test works
