Passes the Bechdel test
Lake Placid
1999. Directed by Steve Miner, written by David E. Kelley.
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 1 scene out of 96. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
Shortly after the horrifying underwater attack in Maine's Black Lake, the local Fish and Game officer, Jack Wells, enlists the help of the New York City palaeontologist, Kelly Scott, to investigate. With only a mangled body as their starting point, Jack and Kelly embark on a dangerous mission to find the mysterious creature, as Sheriff Hank Keough, a mythology professor, and an eccentric inhabitant all want to locate the elusive predator first. But, something deadly is lurking beneath the silent pond, and it's already taken a liking to the juicy human flesh. What is the secret of Lake Placid?
- Released
- 16 Jul 1999
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Horror
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 34 / 100
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Kelly 234 lines, woman
- Jack 164 lines, man
- Keough 145 lines, man
- Hector 126 lines, man
- Bickerman 20 lines, woman
- Gare 20 lines, woman
- Kevin 20 lines, man
- Okubo 11 lines, woman
- Janine 8 lines, woman
- Burke 4 lines, man
Full cast, 17 people
- Bill Pullman as Jack Wells
- Bridget Fonda as Kelly Scott
- Oliver Platt as Hector Cyr
- Brendan Gleeson as Sheriff Hank Keough
- Betty White as Mrs. Delores Bickerman
- David James Lewis as Walt Lawson
- Tim Dixon as Stephen Daniels
- Natassia Malthe as Janine
- Mariska Hargitay as Myra Okubo
- Meredith Salenger as Deputy Sharon Gare
- Jed Rees as Deputy Burke
- Richard Leacock as Deputy Stevens
- Jake T. Roberts as Officer Coulson
- Warren Takeuchi as Paramedic
- Ty Olsson as State Trooper
- Adam Arkin as Kevin
- Steve Miner as Airplane Pilot
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 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 96
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 to 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 to 6 | 8 | 7 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 to 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 13 to 14 | 11 | 11 |
| 15 to 16 | 5 | 5 |
| 17 to 18 | 27 | 22 |
| 19 to 20 | 9 | 5 |
| 21 to 22 | 25 | 40 |
| 23 to 24 | 13 | 26 |
| 25 to 26 | 4 | 5 |
| 27 to 28 | 1 | 16 |
| 29 to 30 | 14 | 28 |
| 31 to 32 | 6 | 16 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 to 36 | 6 | 6 |
| 37 to 38 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 to 42 | 2 | 6 |
| 43 to 44 | 3 | 5 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 1 |
| 47 to 48 | 6 | 16 |
| 49 to 50 | 18 | 38 |
| 51 to 52 | 8 | 7 |
| 53 to 54 | 3 | 2 |
| 55 to 56 | 1 | 2 |
| 57 to 58 | 4 | 11 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 to 62 | 6 | 11 |
| 63 to 64 | 11 | 13 |
| 65 to 66 | 11 | 6 |
| 67 to 68 | 4 | 2 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 3 |
| 71 to 72 | 9 | 17 |
| 73 to 74 | 12 | 32 |
| 75 to 76 | 4 | 6 |
| 77 to 78 | 1 | 8 |
| 79 to 80 | 1 | 6 |
| 81 to 82 | 0 | 6 |
| 83 to 84 | 1 | 2 |
| 85 to 86 | 2 | 9 |
| 87 to 88 | 0 | 3 |
| 89 to 90 | 1 | 2 |
| 91 to 92 | 23 | 60 |
| 93 to 94 | 5 | 5 |
| 95 to 96 | 1 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
GARE: Your truck is jammed. Should we take some stuff out? KELLY: No, no, I'll be a while anyway. I'm gonna say goodbye to the lake.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 38 are women's.
293 lines from women, 476 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
5 women and 12 men in the cast. 5 women and 13 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 6 of 784.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 16 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 38% of the words (2,449), men 62% (4,076).
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
7
Two men
58
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 27% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Steve Miner (man)
- Written by
- David E. Kelley (man)
- Produced by
- Michael Pressman (man), David E. Kelley (man)
- Shot by
- Daryn Okada (man)
- Edited by
- Paul Hirsch (man), Marshall Harvey (man)
- Music by
- John Ottman (man)
- Production design by
- John Willett (man)
- Costumes by
- Jori Woodman (woman)
- Cast by
- Lisa Beach (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
7 women, 14 men, 23 not listed
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Production
2 women, 7 men, 13 not listed
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Art
1 women, 7 men, 10 not listed
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Sound
4 women, 10 men, 4 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
5 women, 0 men, 6 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 4 men, 6 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 1 men, 9 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 4 men, 3 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 40 on average. Men: 33 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Natassia Malthe 25, Meredith Salenger 29, Bridget Fonda 35, Mariska Hargitay 35, Betty White 77
Men
Tim Dixon 15, David James Lewis 22, Oliver Platt 39, Brendan Gleeson 44, Bill Pullman 45
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.1 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $27 million
- Box office
- $56.9 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 96 scenes and 784 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
