Passes the Bechdel test
Red Eye
2005. Directed by Wes Craven, written by Carl Ellsworth and Dan Foos.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
16 women characters. 9 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 6 scenes out of 84. -
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
This is the story of a young resourceful heroine named Lisa Reisert who hates to fly, but the terror that awaits her on the night flight to Miami has nothing to do with a fear of flying! Upon boarding the plane, Lisa is trapped on a red-eye flight with a creepy villainous handsome and charming man by the name of Jackson Rippner, who's playing middle-man in the plot to assassinate a Homeland Security official. He's got her father pinned down by a would-be killer, using that advantage to coerce Lisa into phoning the luxury resort where she works and arranging to move the target into a pre-set position.
- Released
- 19 Aug 2005
- Genres
- Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 6.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 71 / 100
- Awards
- 2 wins & 10 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Lisa 217 lines, woman
- Rippner 158 lines, man
- Cynthia 52 lines, woman
- Dad 22 lines, man
- Nice Lady 18 lines, woman
- Senior Flt. Attendant 16 lines, woman
- Young Flt. Attendant 14 lines, woman
- Head Bodyguard 12 lines, man
- 40ish Woman 7 lines, woman
- Charles Keefe 7 lines, man
Full cast, 36 people
- Rachel McAdams as Lisa Reisert
- Cillian Murphy as Jackson Rippner
- Brian Cox as Joe Reisert
- Jayma Mays as Cynthia
- Jack Scalia as Dep. Sec. Charles Keefe
- Robert Pine as Bob Taylor
- Terry Press as Marianne Taylor
- Brittany Oaks as Rebecca
- Laura Johnson as Blonde Woman
- Max Kasch as Headphone Kid
- Kyle Gallner as Headphone Kid's Brother
- Angela Paton as Nice Lady
- Loren Lester as Irate Passenger
- Suzie Plakson as Senior Flight Attendant
- Monica McSwain as Junior Flight Attendant
- Dane Farwell as Hit Man at Dad's House
- Beth Toussaint as Lydia Keefe
- Adam Gobble as Keefe's Son
- Megan Crawford as Keefe's Daughter
- Carl Gilliard as Taxi Driver
- Mary Kathleen Gordon as Airline Representative
- Philip Pavel as Dallas Ticket Agent
- Amber Mead as Dallas Ticket Agent
- Dey Young as Dallas Gate Agent
- Jeanine Jackson as Passenger with Iced Mocha
- Carmen Gloria Pérez as Airline Passenger
- Colby Donaldson as Keefe's Head Bodyguard
- Jennie Baek as Keefe's Assistant
- Amanda Young as Flight Attendant
- Jim Lemley as Man on Fishing Boat
- Jenny Wade as Coffee Shop Girl
- Wes Craven as Airline Passenger (uncredited)
- Marc Macaulay as Coast Guard Officer
- Mark Cotone as Man on Fishing Boat
- Chris Bender as Airline Passenger (uncredited)
- Marianne Maddalena as Flight Passenger (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 7% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 84
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 to 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 to 6 | 21 | 2 |
| 7 to 8 | 12 | 4 |
| 9 to 10 | 33 | 27 |
| 11 to 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 to 14 | 18 | 21 |
| 15 to 16 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 to 18 | 23 | 18 |
| 19 to 20 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 to 22 | 50 | 52 |
| 23 to 24 | 18 | 12 |
| 25 to 26 | 25 | 11 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 to 30 | 10 | 7 |
| 31 to 32 | 10 | 8 |
| 33 to 34 | 2 | 4 |
| 35 to 36 | 2 | 1 |
| 37 to 38 | 18 | 8 |
| 39 to 40 | 5 | 6 |
| 41 to 42 | 1 | 5 |
| 43 to 44 | 3 | 7 |
| 45 to 46 | 4 | 1 |
| 47 to 48 | 13 | 0 |
| 49 to 50 | 4 | 1 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 1 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 to 56 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 to 58 | 16 | 0 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 1 |
| 61 to 62 | 1 | 2 |
| 63 to 64 | 1 | 3 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 1 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 to 72 | 7 | 5 |
| 73 to 74 | 4 | 2 |
| 75 to 76 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 to 78 | 3 | 0 |
| 79 to 80 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 to 82 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 to 84 | 22 | 12 |
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.
CYNTHIA: God, they totally threw me, they were such assholes. LISA: Cynthia, there are no guests who are assholes, only guests with "special needs." Cynthia smiles. Lisa"s cab rolls to a stop at the terminal.…
LISA: All I get is that this is wrong -- SENIOR FLT. ATTENDANT: How"s she doing?
GATE ATTENDANT: Security to gate 24. White female, dark blue sweater, heading towards baggage claim -- She turns to look, but in these few seconds, Lisa has… LISA: Morning, hi, I"m Wendy with airport food service. Just wondering how you'd rate our muffins? The girls exchange looks and shrugs.
CYNTHIA: Lux Atlantic, this is ••• LISA: Cynthia, put me through to Keefe"s room! INTERCUT:
CYNTHIA: Lisa, what's going on -- LISA: PUT ME THROUGH! CYNTHIA: Okay, okay, I'm so sorry -- We hear a RING. Then -- the voice of the hotel answering system:
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 60 are women's.
338 lines from women, 227 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
16 women and 16 men in the cast. 9 women and 12 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 7 of 607.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 8 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 58% of the words (4,441), men 42% (3,271). Women have 60% 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
20
Two men
7
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 14 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 31% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Wes Craven (man)
- Written by
- Carl Ellsworth (man)
- Story by
- Carl Ellsworth (man), Dan Foos (gender not listed)
- Produced by
- Marianne Maddalena (woman), Chris Bender (man)
- Shot by
- Robert D. Yeoman (man)
- Edited by
- Stuart Levy (man), Patrick Lussier (man)
- Music by
- Marco Beltrami (man)
- Production design by
- Bruce Alan Miller (man)
- Costumes by
- Mary Claire Hannan (woman)
- Cast by
- Lisa Beach (woman), Sarah Katzman (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
4 women, 11 men, 1 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
5 women, 0 men, 9 not listed
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Art
2 women, 5 men, 2 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 8 men, 1 not listed
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Production
4 women, 4 men
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Visual Effects
0 women, 1 men, 3 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 28 on average. Men: 45 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Brittany Oaks 11, Rachel McAdams 26, Jayma Mays 26, Laura Johnson 48
Men
Max Kasch 19, Cillian Murphy 29, Jack Scalia 54, Brian Cox 59, Robert Pine 64
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.2 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $26 million
- Box office
- $57.9 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 84 scenes and 607 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
