Passes the Bechdel test

Safety Not Guaranteed

Name: Safety Not Guaranteed
Released: 2012

2012. Directed by Colin Trevorrow, written by Derek Connolly.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
5 women characters. 3 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 155.
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

Darius is a young intern at a Seattle-based magazine and jumps at the chance to investigate the author of a classified ad seeking someone to travel back in time with. Along with Jeff, the staff writer, and Arnau, a fellow intern, the three go on a road trip to a coastal town. While Jeff just wants to chase after his high school crush and Arnau wants some kind of life experience, Darius spends her time with Kenneth, a man who believes that he has built a time machine. The closer they become and the more they understand about each other, the less clear it becomes if Kenneth is just crazy or if he actually is going to successfully travel back in time.

Released: 15 Jun 2012
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.9 / 10
Metascore: 72 / 100
Awards: 8 wins & 19 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Darius 233 lines, woman
Jeff 188 lines, man
Kenneth 137 lines, man
Arnau 61 lines, man
Liz 28 lines, woman
Bridgette 11 lines
Mr. Britt 11 lines, man
Smith 11 lines, man
Eric 10 lines
Jones 8 lines, man

Full cast, 25 people

Aubrey Plaza as Darius
Mark Duplass as Kenneth
Jake Johnson as Jeff
Karan Soni as Arnau
Jenica Bergere as Liz
Kristen Bell as Belinda
Jeff Garlin as Mr. Britt
Mary Lynn Rajskub as Bridget
Lauren Carlos as Young Darius
Basil Harris as Restaurant Manager
David Leo as Coworker
William Hall Jr. as Shannon
Alice Hung as Shift Manager
Hassan Cristos Messiah as Boyfriend in Car
Keli Schurman-Darby as Girlfriend in Car
Lynn Shelton as Uptight Mom
Peter Anthony Jacobs as Deputy Sheriff
Eli Borozan as Kid in Diner
Tom Ricciardelli as Security Guard
Tony Doupe as Smith
Xola Malik as Jones
Grace Arends as Darcy
Kimberly Durham as Linsey
Scott Swan as Halloween
John Silveira as Man at Post Office (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 5% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 155

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 4	5	0
5 to 8	8	0
9 to 12	5	0
13 to 16	14	19
17 to 20	18	16
21 to 24	0	0
25 to 28	6	21
29 to 32	9	11
33 to 36	0	0
37 to 40	9	13
41 to 44	5	3
45 to 48	3	33
49 to 52	11	11
53 to 56	10	11
57 to 60	5	6
61 to 64	10	27
65 to 68	5	11
69 to 72	12	20
73 to 76	27	28
77 to 80	10	17
81 to 84	0	0
85 to 88	0	0
89 to 92	11	13
93 to 96	4	10
97 to 100	1	6
101 to 104	1	3
105 to 108	3	3
109 to 112	17	12
113 to 116	15	19
117 to 120	15	26
121 to 124	0	0
125 to 128	0	1
129 to 132	0	20
133 to 136	4	8
137 to 140	15	18
141 to 144	7	10
145 to 148	10	25
149 to 152	0	0
153 to 155	2	8

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.

BELINDA: Hope I helped. It’s Facsimile Magazine? DARIUS: Yeah. Thanks again. DARIUS: Oh shit.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 39 are women's.

277 lines from women, 429 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

5 women and 6 men in the cast. 3 women and 6 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 32 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 36% of the words (2,728), men 64% (4,865). Women have 39% 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

2 of the 15 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 23% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Colin Trevorrow (man)
Written by: Derek Connolly (man)
Produced by: Marc Turtletaub (man), Stephanie Langhoff (woman), Derek Connolly (man), Peter Saraf (man), Colin Trevorrow (man)
Shot by: Benjamin Kasulke (man)
Edited by: Franklin Peterson (man), Joe Landauer (man)
Music by: Ryan Miller (gender not listed)
Production design by: Ben Blankenship (man)
Costumes by: Rebecca Luke (woman)
Cast by: J.C. Cantu (man), Kat Ogden (gender not listed)