Passes the Bechdel test

Scary Movie 2

Name: Scary Movie 2
Released: 2001

2001. Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, written by Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans and Buddy Johnson.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
8 women characters. 7 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 10 scenes out of 106.
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

A group of teens including Cindy Campbell and Brenda Meeks are invited to spend the night at Hell House, a haunted mansion. Their professor has convinced them it is for a sleep-deprivation study, but the house has some deep dark secrets that the group has to solve if they want to escape with their lives.

Released: 04 Jul 2001
Genres: Comedy, Horror
Rated: R
IMDb: 5.4 / 10
Metascore: 29 / 100
Awards: 3 wins & 5 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Cindy 195 lines, woman
Dwight 94 lines, man
Buddy 86 lines, man
Professor 75 lines, man
Brenda 59 lines, woman
Alex 57 lines, woman
Ray 55 lines, man
Shorty 52 lines, man
Theo 52 lines, woman
Hanson 50 lines, man

Full cast, 35 people

Anna Faris as Cindy
Regina Hall as Brenda
Marlon Wayans as Shorty
Shawn Wayans as Ray
Christopher Masterson as Buddy
David Cross as Dwight
Tim Curry as Professor
Kathleen Robertson as Theo
Chris Elliott as Hanson
Tori Spelling as Alex
James Woods as Father McFeely
Andy Richter as Father Harris
Veronica Cartwright as Mother
Natasha Lyonne as Megan
Richard Moll as Hell House Ghost
James DeBello as Tommy
Beetlejuice as Shorty's Brain
Vitamin C as Vitamin C
Jennifer Curran as Siren
Antony Acker as Exorcist Party Goer
Mark Barrett as Exorcist Party Goer
Richard Bellos as Exorcist Party Goer
Suzanne Bianqui as Exorcist Party Goer
Natale Bosco as Exorcist Party Goer
Joann Connor as Exorcist Party Goer
Bradley Fisher as Exorcist Party Goer
Suzanne O'Donnell as Exorcist Party Goer
Kristi Pearce as Exorcist Party Goer
Donna Silverberg as Exorcist Party Goer
Helene Strayer as Exorcist Party Goer
Lee R. Mayes as Hip Exorcist Party Goer
Robert Schimmel as Cab Driver
Cordelia Reinhard as Father Harris' Mother
Matthew Friedman as Bird (voice)
Suli McCullough as Clown (voice)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 106

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	3	3
4 to 6	4	15
7 to 9	5	46
10 to 12	43	35
13 to 15	0	32
16 to 18	14	23
19 to 21	0	0
22 to 24	9	25
25 to 27	28	50
28 to 30	2	11
31 to 33	8	6
34 to 36	20	11
37 to 39	11	16
40 to 42	7	0
43 to 45	9	0
46 to 48	19	16
49 to 51	0	0
52 to 54	2	12
55 to 57	2	2
58 to 60	2	1
61 to 63	6	4
64 to 66	2	5
67 to 69	36	20
70 to 72	0	13
73 to 75	5	3
76 to 78	31	23
79 to 81	2	14
82 to 84	21	4
85 to 87	12	10
88 to 90	2	1
91 to 93	5	11
94 to 96	13	46
97 to 99	20	14
100 to 102	17	19
103 to 105	17	18
106 to 106	0	1

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.

BRENDA: Thanks. ALEX: Hey, Brenda. BRENDA: Do I know you? ALEX: Well, actually, we've never met officially, but I bumped into you at

BRENDA: I think there's more to the story. I can feel something evil in the house. It's all around. In the wall, the floor, this piano... BRENDA: Ouch!! CINDY: Brenda, are you okay? Come sit. BRENDA: No, you don't understand. It's here in these statues...

THEO: Are you okay? CINDY: I think so. THEO: Come on. We better get you cleaned up.

THEO: No, I just heard the commotion, and CINDY: What, you think I did this to myself?

THEO: Good-night, Cin. I'll be next door if you need me. CINDY: Thanks, I'll be fine.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 43 are women's.

377 lines from women, 510 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

8 women and 17 men in the cast. 7 women and 18 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 2 of 913. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 39 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 41% of the words (3,154), men 59% (4,489). Women have 43% 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

6 of the 20 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 27% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Keenen Ivory Wayans (man)
Written by: Shawn Wayans (man), Marlon Wayans (man), Alyson Fouse (woman), Michael Anthony Snowden (man), Craig Wayans (man), Greg Grabianski (man) and 1 more
Produced by: Eric L. Gold (man)
Shot by: Steven Bernstein (man)
Edited by: Thomas J. Nordberg (man), Richard Pearson (man), Peter Teschner (man)
Music by: Mark McGrath (man)
Production design by: Cynthia Kay Charette (woman)
Costumes by: Valari Adams (gender not listed), Mary Jane Fort (woman)
Cast by: Christine Sheaks (woman), Jeanne McCarthy (woman), Juel Bestrop (woman)