Passes the Bechdel test
Scream 3
2000. Directed by Wes Craven, written by Kevin Williamson and Ehren Kruger.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
13 women characters. 12 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 11 scenes out of 70. -
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 new film is currently in production, and a killer is on the loose. The murders draw a reporter, ex-cop, and young woman to the set of the movie inspired by their life. They soon find out that they are dealing with a trilogy, and in a trilogy...anything can happen.
- Released
- 04 Feb 2000
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.7 / 10
- Metascore
- 56 / 100
- Awards
- 6 wins & 5 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Gale 135 lines, woman
- Dewey 93 lines, man
- Sidney 91 lines, woman
- Detective Kincaid 60 lines, man
- Voice 52 lines
- Jennifer 46 lines, woman
- Ben 33 lines, man
- Roman 32 lines, man
- Sarah 27 lines, woman
- Milton 21 lines, man
Full cast, 36 people
- Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott
- David Arquette as Dewey Riley
- Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers
- Parker Posey as Jennifer Jolie
- Patrick Dempsey as Mark Kincaid
- Scott Foley as Roman Bridger
- Matt Keeslar as Tom Prinze
- Jenny McCarthy as Sarah Darling
- Emily Mortimer as Angelina Tyler
- Deon Richmond as Tyson Fox
- Lance Henriksen as John Milton
- Kelly Rutherford as Christine
- Liev Schreiber as Cotton Weary
- Patrick Warburton as Steven Stone
- Jamie Kennedy as Randy Meeks
- Heather Matarazzo as Martha Meeks
- Roger L. Jackson as 'The Voice' (voice)
- Julie Janney as Moderator
- Richmond Arquette as Student
- Nancy O'Dell as Female Reporter
- Ken Taylor as Male Reporter
- Lynn McRee as Maureen Prescott
- Roger Corman as Studio Executive
- Josh Pais as Wallace
- John Embry as Stage Security Guard
- Lawrence Hecht as Mr. Prescott
- Lisa Beach as Studio Tour Guide
- Kevin Smith as Silent Bob
- Jason Mewes as Jay
- Carrie Fisher as Bianca
- Erik Erath as Stan
- Daniel K. Arredondo as Office Security Guard
- Lisa Gordon as Waitress
- C.W. Morgan as Mr. Loomis
- Beth Toussaint as Female Caller (voice)
- Wes Craven as Man with Video Camera on Studio Tour (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 10% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 70
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 5 | 26 |
| 5 to 6 | 7 | 12 |
| 7 to 8 | 6 | 6 |
| 9 to 10 | 38 | 38 |
| 11 to 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 to 14 | 18 | 0 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 to 18 | 20 | 16 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 to 22 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 to 28 | 7 | 22 |
| 29 to 30 | 16 | 17 |
| 31 to 32 | 14 | 9 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 5 |
| 35 to 36 | 19 | 11 |
| 37 to 38 | 7 | 22 |
| 39 to 40 | 17 | 19 |
| 41 to 42 | 6 | 5 |
| 43 to 44 | 20 | 0 |
| 45 to 46 | 21 | 0 |
| 47 to 48 | 5 | 3 |
| 49 to 50 | 23 | 28 |
| 51 to 52 | 19 | 14 |
| 53 to 54 | 9 | 8 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 to 58 | 19 | 3 |
| 59 to 60 | 1 | 0 |
| 61 to 62 | 3 | 0 |
| 63 to 64 | 4 | 4 |
| 65 to 66 | 9 | 0 |
| 67 to 68 | 23 | 15 |
| 69 to 70 | 3 | 3 |
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.
SARAH DARLING: 30, playing a 25 year old bimbo. Very hot. Very blonde. Ample cleavage. ANGELINA TYLER: 20. Extremely nadve looking. She won her part in STAB 3 playing Sidney through a phone in radio contest. She's timid, with short dark hair. …
GALE: Shit. JENNIFER: Listen, I know we've never met, and I don't mind you never returning my calls, but I have to tell you that after two films I feel like I am … GALE: Well, that would explain my constant headaches. JENNIFER: You know I'm sorry that things didn't work out on '60 Minutes II', but 'Total Entertainment' that's a pretty good fall back.
JENNIFER: What if it's the killer? GALE: Oh use your brain drama queen! Do the killers ever knock on the fucking door? Ever see Jason do that before burying an axe in some big titte…
GALE: Who's phone? JENNIFER: Oh shit it's my cell!
JENNIFER: DIE MOTHER FUCKER! DIE! DIE! DIE! GALE: Come on!
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 54 are women's.
342 lines from women, 286 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
13 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
The first woman speaks at line 6 of 700.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 47 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 46% of the words (3,865), men 54% (4,530). Women have 54% 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
22
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 34% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Wes Craven (man)
- Written by
- Ehren Kruger (man)
- Produced by
- Marianne Maddalena (woman), Cathy Konrad (woman), Kevin Williamson (man)
- Shot by
- Peter Deming (man)
- Edited by
- Patrick Lussier (man)
- Music by
- Marco Beltrami (man)
- Production design by
- Bruce Alan Miller (man)
- Costumes by
- Abigail Murray (woman)
- Cast by
- Lisa Beach (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
15 women, 10 men, 7 not listed
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Art
4 women, 11 men, 10 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 20 men, 3 not listed
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Production
5 women, 4 men, 5 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 8 men, 2 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
7 women, 0 men, 3 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 3 men, 4 not listed
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Directing
2 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 29 on average. Men: 27 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Neve Campbell 26, Jenny McCarthy 27, Emily Mortimer 28, Parker Posey 31, Courteney Cox 35
Men
Deon Richmond 21, Scott Foley 27, Matt Keeslar 27, David Arquette 28, Patrick Dempsey 34
Exhibit H: the money
It made 4.0 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $40 million
- Box office
- $162 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 70 scenes and 700 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
