Passes the Bechdel test
Scream
2022. Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, written by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick and Kevin Williamson.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
15 women characters. 12 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 15 scenes out of 98. -
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
Like the original movie 25 years ago, a teenage girl is at home alone when the phone rings. A man wants to play a game with her. With the threat of killing her best friend, Tara's forced to play along. She barely survives the ghost face masked intruder's stabbing. Her 5 year older sister, Sam(antha), who left home at 18 due to mental problems, Sam's boyfriend and Tara's high school friends visit her at the hospital. Later on in a bar, a guy provokes the friends and is later attacked outside in the parking lot by Ghostface. Sam receives a call from him at the hospital and then he unsuccessfully attacks her. She later reveals family secrets to her sister. Sam contacts one of the original victims, Dewey, for help. He warns two other original victims, Sidney Prescott and Gale Weathers, about Ghostface being back. Who is Ghostface? How many more must die?
- Released
- 14 Jan 2022
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.3 / 10
- Metascore
- 60 / 100
- Awards
- 5 wins & 20 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Sam 210 lines, woman
- Richie 116 lines, man
- Amber 83 lines, woman
- Tara 82 lines, woman
- Dewey 73 lines, man
- Mindy 71 lines, woman
- Sidney 68 lines, woman
- Voice 66 lines, man
- Gale 57 lines, woman
- Liv 43 lines, woman
Full cast, 36 people
- Melissa Barrera as Sam Carpenter
- Jenna Ortega as Tara Carpenter
- Mason Gooding as Chad Meeks-Martin
- Jasmin Savoy Brown as Mindy Meeks-Martin
- Jack Quaid as Richie Kirsch
- Mikey Madison as Amber Freeman
- Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers
- David Arquette as Dewey Riley
- Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott
- Dylan Minnette as Wes Hicks
- Skeet Ulrich as Billy Loomis
- Sonia Ammar as Liv McKenzie
- Roger L. Jackson as 'The Voice' (voice)
- Kyle Gallner as Vince Schneider
- Marley Shelton as Sheriff Judy Hicks
- Reggie Conquest as Deputy Farney
- Heather Matarazzo as Martha Meeks
- Chester Tam as Deputy Vinson
- Brooke Barnhill as Bartender
- Stephen West-Rogers as EMT
- Milli M. as Reporter
- Christopher Speed as Movie Randy
- Chelsea Rebecca as Film Fails Host
- James A. Janisse as Film Fails Host
- Jamie Kennedy as Party Guest (voice) (uncredited)
- Matthew Lillard as Flamethrower Ghostface / Party Guest (voice) (uncredited)
- Matt Bettinelli-Olpin as Party Guest (voice) (uncredited)
- Tyler Gillett as Party Guest (voice) (uncredited)
- Iya Labunka as Party Guest (voice) (uncredited)
- Kevin Williamson as Party Guest (voice) (uncredited)
- Marco Beltrami as Party Guest (voice) (uncredited)
- Patrick Lussier as Party Guest (voice) (uncredited)
- Julie Plec as Party Guest (voice) (uncredited)
- Rian Johnson as Party Guest (voice) (uncredited)
- Drew Barrymore as Principal (voice) (uncredited)
- Alex Wilkinson as Frances (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 98
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 50 | 51 |
| 4 to 6 | 35 | 25 |
| 7 to 9 | 38 | 19 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 to 15 | 9 | 12 |
| 16 to 18 | 7 | 9 |
| 19 to 21 | 23 | 13 |
| 22 to 24 | 35 | 7 |
| 25 to 27 | 13 | 23 |
| 28 to 30 | 14 | 13 |
| 31 to 33 | 41 | 24 |
| 34 to 36 | 14 | 8 |
| 37 to 39 | 5 | 4 |
| 40 to 42 | 5 | 5 |
| 43 to 45 | 9 | 5 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 7 |
| 49 to 51 | 37 | 24 |
| 52 to 54 | 18 | 4 |
| 55 to 57 | 2 | 4 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 1 |
| 61 to 63 | 21 | 17 |
| 64 to 66 | 46 | 3 |
| 67 to 69 | 17 | 7 |
| 70 to 72 | 22 | 5 |
| 73 to 75 | 16 | 7 |
| 76 to 78 | 19 | 2 |
| 79 to 81 | 29 | 3 |
| 82 to 84 | 12 | 0 |
| 85 to 87 | 27 | 5 |
| 88 to 90 | 6 | 5 |
| 91 to 93 | 24 | 15 |
| 94 to 96 | 43 | 23 |
| 97 to 98 | 21 | 5 |
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.
MINDY: It’ll get out. It always gets out by the second or third killing. AMBER: Jesus, Mindy - there wasn’t a first killing. Tara’s alive. MINDY: Hm. I mean, she could still die-
MINDY: Or the killer could come back for her- LIV: Can you please tell your sister to stop talking? MINDY: I’m just saying, something’s different this time.
AMBER: Tara’s awake, she just texted. I’m going to the hospital. You coming? LIV: Can’t, but I’ll meet you later.
SAM: Where’s Mom? TARA: She was here earlier- AMBER: For all of ten minutes. Look, Tara’s really tired, and there are like a lot of people in here, so... TARA: It’s okay. I want her to stay.
AMBER: Tara made the first move, bud. The heart wants what it wants. MINDY: Hm. Motive.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 64 are women's.
658 lines from women, 366 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
15 women and 19 men in the cast. 12 women and 9 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 13 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 60% of the words (5,974), men 40% (3,973). Women have 64% 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
59
Two men
17
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 36% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Tyler Gillett (man), Matt Bettinelli-Olpin (man)
- Written by
- James Vanderbilt (man), Guy Busick (man)
- Produced by
- James Vanderbilt (man), William Sherak (man), Paul Neinstein (man)
- Shot by
- Brett Jutkiewicz (man)
- Edited by
- Michel Aller (woman)
- Music by
- Brian Tyler (man)
- Production design by
- Chad Keith (gender not listed)
- Costumes by
- Emily Gunshor (woman)
- Cast by
- Rich Delia (man)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
11 women, 9 men, 37 not listed
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Production
8 women, 13 men, 19 not listed
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Sound
3 women, 16 men, 15 not listed
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Art
3 women, 5 men, 12 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
5 women, 2 men, 13 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 2 men, 14 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 2 men, 11 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 34 on average. Men: 32 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Jenna Ortega 19, Mikey Madison 22, Jasmin Savoy Brown 27, Melissa Barrera 31, Neve Campbell 48, Courteney Cox 57
Men
Mason Gooding 25, Dylan Minnette 25, Jack Quaid 29, David Arquette 50
Exhibit H: the money
It made 5.8 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $24 million
- Box office
- $139 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 98 scenes and 1,042 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
