Passes the Bechdel test
Scream 2
1997. Directed by Wes Craven, written by Kevin Williamson.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
29 women characters. 14 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 11 scenes out of 78. -
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
Two years after the events of Scream, Sidney Prescott and Randy are attending Windsor college. They are trying to get on with their lives...Until a new Ghostface killing spree begins. With the help of Dewey and Gale, Sidney must find out who's behind the murders. As the body count goes up, the list of suspects goes down.
- Released
- 12 Dec 1997
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 62 / 100
- Awards
- 8 wins & 13 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Sidney 125 lines, woman
- Gale 112 lines, woman
- Derek 68 lines, man
- Dewey 67 lines, man
- Hallie 64 lines, woman
- Cici 50 lines, woman
- Mickey 39 lines, man
- Man 38 lines, man
- Cotton 30 lines, man
- Captain Tyler 23 lines
Full cast, 70 people
- Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott
- Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers
- David Arquette as Dewey Riley
- Jerry O'Connell as Derek
- Elise Neal as Hallie
- Timothy Olyphant as Mickey
- Jamie Kennedy as Randy Meeks
- Laurie Metcalf as Debbie Salt
- Sarah Michelle Gellar as Cici
- Liev Schreiber as Cotton Weary
- Jada Pinkett Smith as Maureen
- Omar Epps as Phil
- Duane Martin as Joel
- Lewis Arquette as Chief Hartley
- Rebecca Gayheart as Sorority Sister Lois
- Portia de Rossi as Sorority Sister Murphy
- Heather Graham as 'Stab' Casey
- Roger L. Jackson as 'The Voice' (voice)
- Joshua Jackson as Film Class Guy #1
- Marisol Nichols as Dawnie
- Tori Spelling as Tori Spelling
- Luke Wilson as 'Stab' Billy
- David Warner as Gus Gold
- Selma Blair as Cici's Friend on Phone
- Rasila Schroeder as Screaming Girl Up Aisle
- Peter Deming as Popcorn Boy
- Molly Gross as Theater Girl #1
- Rebecca McFarland as Theater Girl #2
- Kevin Williamson as Cotton's Interviewer
- Sandy Heddings as Girl in Dorm Hallway
- Dave Allen Clark as Reporter Outside Theater
- Joe Washington as Reporter #1
- Angie Dillard as Reporter #2
- John Patrick as Reporter #3
- Craig Shoemaker as Artsy Teacher
- Walter Franks as Film Class Guy #2
- Nina Petronzio as Film Class Mopey Girl
- Stephanie Belt as Reporter #4
- Richard Bruce Doughty as Reporter #5
- Cornelia Kiss as Coroner at Cici's House
- Lucy Lin as ER Doctor
- Philip Pavel as Officer Andrews
- Nancy O'Dell as Tori's Interviewer
- Greg Meiss as Zeus
- Adam Shankman as Ghost Dancer
- Kris Andersson as Dancer
- Carmen M. Chavez as Dancer
- Anne Fletcher as Dancer
- Erik Hyler as Dancer
- Sebastian La Cause as Dancer
- Lance MacDonald as Dancer
- Laurie Sposit as Dancer
- Ryan Lee Swanson as Dancer
- Sarah Christine Smith as Dancer
- Jack Baun as Tackled Cell Phoner
- Christopher Doyle as Officer Richards
- Jason Horgan as Fraternity Brother #1
- Daniel K. Arredondo as Fraternity Brother #2
- John Embry as Fraternity Brother #3
- Corey Mendell Parker as Library Guy
- Tim Hillman as Captain Down
- Mark Oliver as Reporter #6
- Jennifer Weston as Reporter #7
- Shelly Benedict as Reporter #8
- Paulette Patterson as Usher Giving Out Costumes
- Wes Craven as Doctor (uncredited)
- Jason Trost as Audience Member (uncredited)
- Franco Castan as Student (uncredited)
- Matthew Lillard as Guy at Party (uncredited)
- Deadra Moore as College Professor (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 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 78
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 to 4 | 12 | 3 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 to 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 to 10 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 to 12 | 20 | 1 |
| 13 to 14 | 14 | 12 |
| 15 to 16 | 5 | 2 |
| 17 to 18 | 8 | 21 |
| 19 to 20 | 50 | 24 |
| 21 to 22 | 38 | 12 |
| 23 to 24 | 38 | 4 |
| 25 to 26 | 6 | 4 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 to 30 | 7 | 6 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 to 36 | 2 | 4 |
| 37 to 38 | 21 | 11 |
| 39 to 40 | 38 | 13 |
| 41 to 42 | 4 | 3 |
| 43 to 44 | 12 | 35 |
| 45 to 46 | 15 | 16 |
| 47 to 48 | 12 | 22 |
| 49 to 50 | 3 | 7 |
| 51 to 52 | 9 | 12 |
| 53 to 54 | 5 | 9 |
| 55 to 56 | 4 | 4 |
| 57 to 58 | 20 | 13 |
| 59 to 60 | 8 | 9 |
| 61 to 62 | 3 | 0 |
| 63 to 64 | 2 | 2 |
| 65 to 66 | 6 | 7 |
| 67 to 68 | 1 | 1 |
| 69 to 70 | 13 | 8 |
| 71 to 72 | 7 | 0 |
| 73 to 74 | 11 | 17 |
| 75 to 76 | 19 | 15 |
| 77 to 78 | 36 | 10 |
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.
SIDNEY: I got it. HALLIE: Knock yourself out. SIDNEY: Hello? Hello?
SIDNEY: Cory Gillis. 442-8730. SIDNEY: Hot flash, Cory - prank phone calls are a criminal offense prosecuted under penal code 653M... SIDNEY: Enjoy the movie. HALLIE: Time to change numbers again?
GALE: Quick, get outta here. SIDNEY: What's going on? GALE: Just go. l'll find you later.
CICI: Jesus, you scared me. What are you doing here? DAWNIE: I live here. CICI: I thought you were going to the mixer? DAWNIE: I had to change. Did anyone call?
DAWNIE: Who is it? Is it Tina? CICI: They're at Grogs. DAWNIE: Tina, it's Dawnie. I'm on my way. Cici follows her back into the living room. CICI: I'll go. I don't mind. Really.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 59 are women's.
458 lines from women, 316 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
29 women and 33 men in the cast. 14 women and 11 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 10 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 55% of the words (3,425), men 45% (2,829). Women have 59% 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
38
Two men
25
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 21% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Wes Craven (man)
- Written by
- Kevin Williamson (man)
- Produced by
- Cathy Konrad (woman), Marianne Maddalena (woman)
- Shot by
- Peter Deming (man)
- Edited by
- Patrick Lussier (man)
- Music by
- Marco Beltrami (man)
- Production design by
- Bob Ziembicki (man)
- Costumes by
- Kathleen Detoro (woman)
- Cast by
- Lisa Beach (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
6 women, 18 men, 8 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 20 men, 6 not listed
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Production
7 women, 8 men, 6 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 2 men, 10 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 1 men, 8 not listed
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Art
0 women, 5 men, 4 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 5 men, 3 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 30 on average. Men: 27 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Sarah Michelle Gellar 20, Neve Campbell 24, Elise Neal 31, Courteney Cox 33, Laurie Metcalf 42
Men
Jerry O'Connell 23, David Arquette 26, Jamie Kennedy 27, Timothy Olyphant 29, Liev Schreiber 30
Exhibit H: the money
It made 7.2 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $24 million
- Box office
- $172 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 78 scenes and 851 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
