Passes the Bechdel test
Saw IV
2007. Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan and Thomas Fenton.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
18 women characters. 6 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 228. -
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
Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead. Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent Perez, arrive in the terrified community to assist the veteran Detective Hoffman in sifting through Jigsaw's latest grisly remains and piecing together the puzzle. However, when SWAT Commander Rigg is abducted and thrust into a game, the last officer untouched by Jigsaw has but ninety minutes to overcome a series of demented traps and save an old friend or face the deadly consequences.
- Released
- 26 Oct 2007
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.9 / 10
- Metascore
- 36 / 100
- Awards
- 2 wins & 7 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Eric 127 lines, man
- Hoffman 107 lines, man
- Straum 86 lines, man
- Perez 44 lines, woman
- Rigg 26 lines, man
- Jeff 24 lines, man
- Jill 23 lines, woman
- Present 18 lines
- Gloria 17 lines, woman
- Brett 11 lines, man
Full cast, 48 people
- Tobin Bell as Jigsaw / John
- Costas Mandylor as Hoffman
- Scott Patterson as Agent Strahm
- Betsy Russell as Jill
- Lyriq Bent as Rigg
- Athena Karkanis as Agent Perez
- Louis Ferreira as Art
- Simon Reynolds as Lamanna
- Donnie Wahlberg as Eric Matthews
- Angus Macfadyen as Jeff
- Shawnee Smith as Amanda
- Bahar Soomekh as Lynn
- Dina Meyer as Kerry
- Mike Realba as Fisk
- Marty Adams as Ivan
- Sarain Boylan as Brenda
- Billy Otis as Cecill
- James Van Patten as Dr. Heffner
- David Boyce as Pathologist
- Kevin Rushton as Trevor
- Julian Richings as Vagrant
- Kelly Jones as SWAT Pete
- Ingrid Hart as Tracy
- Niamh Wilson as Corbett
- Janet Land as Morgan
- Ron Lea as Rex
- Joanne Boland as Crime Scene Photographer
- Zoe Heath as Lab Technician
- Bill Vibert as Young Cop
- Eric Gores as Matt
- Devon Bostick as Derek
- Tony Nappo as Gus
- Emmanuelle Vaugier as Addison
- Noam Jenkins as Michael
- Mike Butters as Paul
- J. LaRose as Troy
- Oren Koules as Man
- Alison Luther as Young Girl
- Kim Roberts as Nurse Deborah
- David Webster as Dr. Steve
- Sandra Manson as Nurse Patti
- Shauna Black as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
- Darrell Dennis as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
- Tracey Ferencz as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
- Catherine Fitch as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
- Christopher Marren as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
- Christopher Morris as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
- Geoffrey Pounsett as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 5 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 228
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 to 10 | 3 | 29 |
| 11 to 15 | 2 | 32 |
| 16 to 20 | 13 | 29 |
| 21 to 25 | 3 | 15 |
| 26 to 30 | 3 | 9 |
| 31 to 35 | 2 | 3 |
| 36 to 40 | 0 | 2 |
| 41 to 45 | 2 | 7 |
| 46 to 50 | 0 | 4 |
| 51 to 55 | 0 | 7 |
| 56 to 60 | 0 | 2 |
| 61 to 65 | 0 | 14 |
| 66 to 70 | 3 | 12 |
| 71 to 75 | 19 | 24 |
| 76 to 80 | 8 | 4 |
| 81 to 85 | 5 | 10 |
| 86 to 90 | 1 | 4 |
| 91 to 95 | 1 | 52 |
| 96 to 100 | 0 | 25 |
| 101 to 105 | 1 | 3 |
| 106 to 110 | 0 | 3 |
| 111 to 115 | 0 | 11 |
| 116 to 120 | 6 | 11 |
| 121 to 125 | 7 | 5 |
| 126 to 130 | 1 | 2 |
| 131 to 135 | 0 | 1 |
| 136 to 140 | 3 | 5 |
| 141 to 145 | 3 | 9 |
| 146 to 150 | 1 | 5 |
| 151 to 155 | 2 | 1 |
| 156 to 160 | 1 | 7 |
| 161 to 165 | 1 | 8 |
| 166 to 170 | 1 | 18 |
| 171 to 175 | 0 | 3 |
| 176 to 180 | 0 | 4 |
| 181 to 185 | 0 | 1 |
| 186 to 190 | 0 | 1 |
| 191 to 195 | 0 | 11 |
| 196 to 200 | 0 | 6 |
| 201 to 205 | 0 | 6 |
| 206 to 210 | 0 | 5 |
| 211 to 215 | 0 | 5 |
| 216 to 220 | 0 | 1 |
| 221 to 225 | 0 | 0 |
| 226 to 228 | 0 | 2 |
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.
PEREZ: Mrs. Kramer -- JILL: It's Jenson . I took back my maiden name after the divorce.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 18 are women's.
94 lines from women, 429 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
18 women and 30 men in the cast. 6 women and 11 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 10 of 574.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 54 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 17% of the words (1,698), men 83% (8,064). Women have 18% 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
5
Two men
54
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 16 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 16% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Darren Lynn Bousman (man)
- Written by
- Patrick Melton (man), Marcus Dunstan (man)
- Story by
- Patrick Melton (man), Marcus Dunstan (man), Thomas Fenton (man)
- Produced by
- Oren Koules (man), Mark Burg (man), Gregg Hoffman (man)
- Shot by
- David A. Armstrong (man)
- Edited by
- Brett Sullivan (man), Kevin Greutert (man)
- Music by
- Charlie Clouser (man)
- Production design by
- David Hackl (man)
- Costumes by
- Alex Kavanagh (woman)
- Cast by
- Stephanie Gorin (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
0 women, 11 men, 4 not listed
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Production
2 women, 9 men, 3 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 3 men, 6 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 1 men, 8 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 2 men, 6 not listed
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Writing
0 women, 7 men
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 1 men, 3 not listed
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Other crew
1 women, 5 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 35 on average. Men: 43 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Athena Karkanis 26, Betsy Russell 44
Men
Lyriq Bent 28, Simon Reynolds 38, Donnie Wahlberg 38, Louis Ferreira 41, Costas Mandylor 42, Angus Macfadyen 44, Scott Patterson 49, Tobin Bell 65
Exhibit H: the money
It made 13.9 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $10 million
- Box office
- $139 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 228 scenes and 574 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
