Passes the Bechdel test
Ready or Not
2019. Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, written by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
11 women characters. 9 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 7 scenes out of 86. -
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
All of us have made certain efforts so our in-laws will like us, but Grace is going to have to give it her all if she wants to fit in with her brand new husband's wealthy dynasty, who require her to follow a brutal tradition: for the bride to try to survive her wedding night while the rest of them hunt her down. The class struggle stuff hits the proverbial fan in this extremely black satire starring a brilliant Samara Weaving and including an uncommonly perverse Andie MacDowell.
- Released
- 21 Aug 2019
- Genres
- Comedy, Horror, Mystery
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.9 / 10
- Metascore
- 64 / 100
- Awards
- 4 wins & 24 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Grace 142 lines, woman
- Alex 97 lines, man
- Tony 94 lines, man
- Daniel 79 lines, man
- Emilie 48 lines, woman
- Helene 36 lines, woman
- Charity 25 lines, woman
- Fitch 25 lines, man
- Stevens 24 lines, man
- Becky 20 lines, woman
Full cast, 27 people
- Samara Weaving as Grace
- Adam Brody as Daniel
- Mark O'Brien as Alex
- Henry Czerny as Tony
- Andie MacDowell as Becky
- Melanie Scrofano as Emilie
- Kristian Bruun as Fitch
- Elyse Levesque as Charity
- Nicky Guadagni as Aunt Helene
- John Ralston as Stevens
- Liam MacDonald as Georgie
- Ethan Tavares as Gabe
- Hanneke Talbot as Clara
- Celine Tsai as Tina
- Daniela Barbosa as Dora
- Chase Churchill as Young Alex
- Etienne Kellici as Young Daniel
- Andrew Anthony as Charles
- Elana Dunkelman as Young Helene
- Kate Ziegler as Young Becky
- James Eddy as Masked Family Member #1
- Adam Winlove-Smith as Masked Family Member #2
- Alicia Richardson as Police Officer
- Nat Faxon as Justin (voice)
- Guy Busick as Richard (uncredited)
- R. Christopher Murphy as Charlie (uncredited)
- James Vanderbilt as Mr. LeBail (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 4% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 86
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 to 4 | 40 | 51 |
| 5 to 6 | 8 | 6 |
| 7 to 8 | 23 | 17 |
| 9 to 10 | 12 | 24 |
| 11 to 12 | 8 | 8 |
| 13 to 14 | 3 | 2 |
| 15 to 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 to 18 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 to 20 | 22 | 19 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 to 24 | 1 | 4 |
| 25 to 26 | 3 | 3 |
| 27 to 28 | 1 | 3 |
| 29 to 30 | 3 | 6 |
| 31 to 32 | 14 | 20 |
| 33 to 34 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 to 40 | 1 | 8 |
| 41 to 42 | 2 | 11 |
| 43 to 44 | 16 | 10 |
| 45 to 46 | 3 | 0 |
| 47 to 48 | 2 | 0 |
| 49 to 50 | 17 | 30 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 1 |
| 53 to 54 | 7 | 8 |
| 55 to 56 | 3 | 4 |
| 57 to 58 | 10 | 12 |
| 59 to 60 | 1 | 3 |
| 61 to 62 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 to 64 | 16 | 12 |
| 65 to 66 | 14 | 22 |
| 67 to 68 | 2 | 3 |
| 69 to 70 | 3 | 11 |
| 71 to 72 | 4 | 5 |
| 73 to 74 | 5 | 6 |
| 75 to 76 | 3 | 1 |
| 77 to 78 | 0 | 4 |
| 79 to 80 | 6 | 7 |
| 81 to 82 | 6 | 1 |
| 83 to 84 | 4 | 4 |
| 85 to 86 | 9 | 5 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
GRACE: I just... take out the card? HELENE: What does it say, girl? GRACE: “Hide and Seek!” Are we really going to play that? GRACE: Is everything okay...?
GRACE: Oh, of course... EMILIE: I’m gonna need a bump.
HELENE: Of course it does not count! It must be the bride. EMILIE: Clara? Wake up, Clara...
HELENE: No, no. There. Go. GRACE: What the fuck?
CHARITY: So, wait. Does the help count? HELENE: No! Why does everyone keep asking that? We must-- HELENE: We must--
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 45 are women's.
279 lines from women, 340 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
11 women and 16 men in the cast. 9 women and 8 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 7 of 642.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 23 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 39% of the words (2,316), men 61% (3,632). Women have 45% 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
18
Two men
26
Exhibit F: behind the camera
1 of the 13 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 23% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Tyler Gillett (man), Matt Bettinelli-Olpin (man)
- Written by
- Guy Busick (man), R. Christopher Murphy (man)
- Produced by
- James Vanderbilt (man), Bradley J. Fischer (man), Tripp Vinson (man), William Sherak (man)
- Shot by
- Brett Jutkiewicz (man)
- Edited by
- Terel Gibson (man)
- Music by
- Brian Tyler (man)
- Production design by
- Andrew M. Stearn (man)
- Costumes by
- Avery Plewes (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
1 women, 15 men, 9 not listed
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Other crew
3 women, 11 men, 10 not listed
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Production
3 women, 8 men, 10 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 3 men, 10 not listed
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Art
1 women, 3 men, 10 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 1 men, 12 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 0 men, 13 not listed
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Directing
2 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 45 on average. Men: 45 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Samara Weaving 27, Elyse Levesque 33, Melanie Scrofano 37, Andie MacDowell 61, Nicky Guadagni 67
Men
Mark O'Brien 35, Adam Brody 39, Kristian Bruun 39, John Ralston 54, Henry Czerny 60
Exhibit H: the money
It made 9.6 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $6 million
- Box office
- $57.6 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 86 scenes and 642 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
