Fails the Bechdel test
Perfect Creature
2007. Directed by Glenn Standring, written by Glenn Standring.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
6 women characters. 4 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Set during the 1960s in an alternate New Zealand known as Nuovo Zelandia, PERFECT CREATURE imagines a world where vampires and humans peacefully co-exist, with the bloodsuckers the next step in human evolution. This delicate balance looks to be destroyed when an influenza epidemic begins to sweep the human population and one vampire turns to preying on humans. The church sends out Silus to catch the renegade vampire, Edgar. Silus joins forces with a human police captain, and discovers that Edgar harbors dark secrets.
- Released
- 18 Oct 2007
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Fantasy
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.3 / 10
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Lilly 112 lines, woman
- Silus 86 lines, man
- Jones 68 lines, man
- Edgar 50 lines, man
- Augustus 33 lines, man
- Freddy 15 lines, man
- Frank 14 lines, man
- Dominic 12 lines, man
- Professor Liepsky 11 lines
- Steph 10 lines
Full cast, 16 people
- Dougray Scott as Brother Silus
- Saffron Burrows as Lilly
- Leo Gregory as Brother Edgar
- Scott Wills as Det. Jones
- Stuart Wilson as Augustus
- Craig Hall as Dominic
- Robbie Magasiva as Frank
- Stephen Ure as Freddy
- Roi Taimana as Abernathy
- Katrina Browne as Tenement Prostitute
- Ian Mune as Slum Landlord
- Danielle Cormack as Pregnant Woman
- Rachel House as Forensic Woman
- Brett Stewart as Apprentice Doctor
- Beth Kayes as Nurse
- Alison Bruce as TV Presenter
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 13% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 127
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 to 12 | 4 | 15 |
| 13 to 15 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 to 18 | 7 | 16 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 9 |
| 25 to 27 | 24 | 10 |
| 28 to 30 | 14 | 13 |
| 31 to 33 | 11 | 25 |
| 34 to 36 | 6 | 7 |
| 37 to 39 | 2 | 2 |
| 40 to 42 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 14 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 4 |
| 52 to 54 | 9 | 8 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 10 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 15 |
| 61 to 63 | 1 | 2 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 to 69 | 7 | 7 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 4 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 3 |
| 76 to 78 | 2 | 15 |
| 79 to 81 | 9 | 9 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 3 |
| 85 to 87 | 1 | 1 |
| 88 to 90 | 1 | 2 |
| 91 to 93 | 5 | 15 |
| 94 to 96 | 1 | 14 |
| 97 to 99 | 5 | 8 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 to 105 | 0 | 19 |
| 106 to 108 | 0 | 16 |
| 109 to 111 | 0 | 4 |
| 112 to 114 | 0 | 6 |
| 115 to 117 | 2 | 2 |
| 118 to 120 | 0 | 0 |
| 121 to 123 | 1 | 3 |
| 124 to 126 | 4 | 8 |
| 127 to 127 | 2 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 29 are women's.
125 lines from women, 301 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
6 women and 10 men in the cast. 4 women and 9 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 488.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 52 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 27% of the words (1,089), men 73% (2,954). Women have 29% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit D: 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
1
Two men
29
Exhibit E: behind the camera
3 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 28% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Glenn Standring (man)
- Written by
- Glenn Standring (man)
- Produced by
- Russel Fischer (gender not listed), Jason Piette (man), Tim Sanders (man)
- Shot by
- Leon Narbey (man)
- Edited by
- Chris Blunden (man)
- Music by
- Anne Dudley (woman)
- Production design by
- Philip Ivey (man)
- Costumes by
- Kirsty Cameron (woman)
- Cast by
- Dan Hubbard (man), Diana Rowan (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Art
1 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
-
Production
1 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 0 men, 2 not listed
-
Sound
1 women, 2 men
-
Other crew
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
-
Directing
1 women, 1 men
-
Camera
0 women, 1 men
-
Editing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 34 on average. Men: 40 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Saffron Burrows 34
Men
Leo Gregory 28, Craig Hall 33, Robbie Magasiva 35, Scott Wills 36, Dougray Scott 41, Stephen Ure 49, Stuart Wilson 60
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 127 scenes and 488 lines of dialogue. How the test works
