Passes the Bechdel test

Ouija

Name: Ouija
Released: 2014

2014. Directed by Stiles White, written by Juliet Snowden and Stiles White.

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 24 scenes out of 108.
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

How far would you go to talk to your loved ones? After the death of a friend, a group of teens begin to play the legendary ouija board in order to communicate with their friend. However they accidentally release an evil spirit, a spirit that wants all of them dead, they must find a way to put this spirit back to sleep before they all end up dead.

Released: 24 Oct 2014
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 4.5 / 10
Metascore: 38 / 100
Awards: 1 win total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Laine 206 lines, woman
Trevor 67 lines, man
Sarah 61 lines, woman
Pete 48 lines, man
Debbie 43 lines, woman
Isabelle 40 lines, woman
Mrs. Galardi 12 lines, woman
Nona 11 lines, woman
Mr. Satlof 9 lines, man
Mr. Moreno 7 lines, man

Full cast, 22 people

Daren Kagasoff as Trevor
Matthew Settle as Anthony Morris
Olivia Cooke as Laine Morris
Ana Coto as Sarah Morris
Shelley Hennig as Debbie Galardi
Bianca A. Santos as Isabelle
Douglas Smith as Pete
Robyn Lively as Mrs. Galardi
Sierra Hawkins as Doris Zander
Lin Shaye as Paulina Zander
Claudia Katz Minnick as Alice Zander
Afra Sophia Tully as Young Laine
Izzie Galanti as Young Sarah
Sunny May Allison as Young Doris
Claire Beale as Young Debbie
Vivis Colombetti as Nona
Bill Watterson as Hank
Morgan Peter Brown as Grief Counselor
Jake Lucas as Institution Guard (as Jacob Lucas)
Ken Blackwell as Internet Expert
Kathleen Coyne as Mourner #1
Leigh Bush as Mourner #2

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 108

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	5	0
4 to 6	14	11
7 to 9	7	0
10 to 12	6	2
13 to 15	1	1
16 to 18	2	0
19 to 21	12	7
22 to 24	15	8
25 to 27	11	0
28 to 30	4	2
31 to 33	39	34
34 to 36	9	11
37 to 39	14	3
40 to 42	3	0
43 to 45	3	3
46 to 48	9	0
49 to 51	3	2
52 to 54	8	3
55 to 57	12	0
58 to 60	49	19
61 to 63	0	0
64 to 66	49	0
67 to 69	3	0
70 to 72	1	0
73 to 75	5	0
76 to 78	12	0
79 to 81	6	10
82 to 84	9	6
85 to 87	5	2
88 to 90	4	0
91 to 93	8	2
94 to 96	17	5
97 to 99	0	3
100 to 102	20	2
103 to 105	13	0
106 to 108	0	4

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.

ISABELLE: What are we feeling this weekend? LAINE: It’s only Tuesday. ISABELLE: I know. But I like to get a jump. Got multiple party options here. Small selective gathering or that blow-out everyone’s going to?

NONA: I know this mourning that you feel. With the death of a friend, there is a part of you who dies as well. LAINE: It’s like there’s a pain in my heart that will never go away. ! NONA: Respect grief, my precious Elena. It is often in these times we find our own light and understanding. LAINE: I don’t want understanding. !I want Debbie back.

MRS. GALARDI: You were everything to her. LAINE: Mrs. G... I can’t believe she’s gone. MRS. GALARDI: Do you understand this, Laine? Why would my baby do this to herself? ! LAINE: I don’t know.!

SARAH: Great. !Now I get to be blessed with your opinion too. !Lucky me. LAINE: I can’t believe you weren’t at the funeral. !Actually, I can. It’s totally typical. SARAH: Can’t be around people crying. !All sad and stuff -- LAINE: -- Debbie was always good to you. Especially when mom left --

LAINE: Hey, Worm -- LAINE: -- were you in my room last night? SARAH: Wait. What? -- LAINE: -- were you messing around in here. Yes or no?

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 73 are women's.

378 lines from women, 140 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

14 women and 7 men in the cast. 7 women and 2 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 72% of the words (3,879), men 28% (1,478). Women have 73% 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

3 of the 14 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 29% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Stiles White (man)
Written by: Juliet Snowden (woman), Stiles White (man)
Produced by: Michael Bay (man), Jason Blum (man), Andrew Form (man), Brad Fuller (man), Bennett Schneir (man)
Shot by: David Emmerichs (man)
Edited by: Ken Blackwell (man)
Music by: Anton Sanko (man)
Production design by: Barry Robison (man)
Costumes by: Mary Jane Fort (woman)
Cast by: Nancy Nayor (woman)