Passes the Bechdel test
Scream VI
2023. 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
13 women characters. 13 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 32 scenes out of 95. -
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
Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter. In Scream VI, Melissa Barrera ("Sam Carpenter"), Jasmin Savoy Brown ("Mindy Meeks-Martin"), Mason Gooding ("Chad Meeks-Martin"), Jenna Ortega ("Tara Carpenter"), Hayden Panettiere ("Kirby Reed") and Courteney Cox ("Gale Weathers") return to their roles in the franchise alongside Jack Champion, Henry Czerny, Liana Liberato, Dermot Mulroney, Devyn Nekoda, Tony Revolori, Josh Segarra, and Samara Weaving.
- Released
- 10 Mar 2023
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 61 / 100
- Awards
- 4 wins & 27 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Sam 192 lines, woman
- Tara 128 lines, woman
- Voice 79 lines, man
- Bailey 75 lines, man
- Mindy 72 lines, woman
- Kirby 62 lines, woman
- Gale 57 lines, woman
- Chad 56 lines, man
- Quinn 37 lines, woman
- Ethan 35 lines, man
Full cast, 38 people
- Melissa Barrera as Sam Carpenter
- Jenna Ortega as Tara Carpenter
- Jasmin Savoy Brown as Mindy Meeks-Martin
- Mason Gooding as Chad Meeks-Martin
- Jack Champion as Ethan Landry
- Roger L. Jackson as 'The Voice' (voice)
- Liana Liberato as Quinn Bailey
- Dermot Mulroney as Detective Bailey
- Devyn Nekoda as Anika Kayoko
- Josh Segarra as Danny Brackett
- Hayden Panettiere as Kirby Reed
- Henry Czerny as Dr. Christopher Stone
- Tony Revolori as Jason Carvey
- Skeet Ulrich as Billy Loomis
- Samara Weaving as Laura Crane
- Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers
- Matthew Giuffrida as Paul 2.0
- Andre Anthony as Frankie
- Thomas Cadrot as Brooks
- Barry Morgan as TV Reporter
- Chanel Mings as Restaurant Hostess
- Erika Prevost as Frat Party Girl
- Jesse Camacho as Frat Dude
- Jenna Wheeler-Hughes as Angry Woman
- Mizinga Mwinga as Police Officer
- Céleste Dubé as Police Officer
- André Bédard as Police Officer
- Eric Davis as Reporter #1
- Lydia Zadel as Reporter #2
- Elizabeth Neale as EMT
- Justin Johnson as Gale's Cameraman
- Stephane Ishmael as MTA Worker
- Max Laferriere as Ghostface
- Jack Quaid as Richie Kirsch (uncredited)
- Jason Cavalier as Bodega Clerk (uncredited)
- Thom Newell as Greg Bruckner (uncredited)
- Tim Robinson as Paul 2.0 (voice) (uncredited)
- Akiva Schaffer as Subway Ghostface (voice) (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 1% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 95
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 13 | 13 |
| 3 to 4 | 15 | 16 |
| 5 to 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 to 8 | 18 | 75 |
| 9 to 10 | 21 | 2 |
| 11 to 12 | 9 | 3 |
| 13 to 14 | 8 | 4 |
| 15 to 16 | 5 | 14 |
| 17 to 18 | 32 | 9 |
| 19 to 20 | 27 | 15 |
| 21 to 22 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 to 24 | 18 | 10 |
| 25 to 26 | 28 | 17 |
| 27 to 28 | 21 | 0 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 to 32 | 31 | 14 |
| 33 to 34 | 27 | 15 |
| 35 to 36 | 2 | 1 |
| 37 to 38 | 4 | 3 |
| 39 to 40 | 9 | 1 |
| 41 to 42 | 12 | 3 |
| 43 to 44 | 7 | 2 |
| 45 to 46 | 5 | 2 |
| 47 to 48 | 8 | 3 |
| 49 to 50 | 29 | 15 |
| 51 to 52 | 15 | 3 |
| 53 to 54 | 36 | 3 |
| 55 to 56 | 5 | 1 |
| 57 to 58 | 12 | 0 |
| 59 to 60 | 10 | 3 |
| 61 to 62 | 14 | 12 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 to 66 | 21 | 7 |
| 67 to 68 | 11 | 7 |
| 69 to 70 | 10 | 7 |
| 71 to 72 | 4 | 3 |
| 73 to 74 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 to 76 | 1 | 2 |
| 77 to 78 | 12 | 6 |
| 79 to 80 | 10 | 4 |
| 81 to 82 | 2 | 1 |
| 83 to 84 | 2 | 2 |
| 85 to 86 | 10 | 12 |
| 87 to 88 | 1 | 2 |
| 89 to 90 | 52 | 30 |
| 91 to 92 | 5 | 6 |
| 93 to 94 | 7 | 3 |
| 95 to 95 | 13 | 0 |
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.
TARA: You’ve reached Tara, why aren’t you texting me? SAM: Hey, you know you’re supposed to pick up when I call. I’m out of therapy early so we can cook dinner tonight if you want. See you soon!
ANIKA: It doesn’t bother you? Being at a house party after you were almost brutally murdered at a house party? MINDY: I think of it like being struck by lightning. The odds of it happening to the same person twice are extremely low. ANIKA: Guess I should stay close to you then. MINDY: Real close.
ANIKA: I don’t love that... MINDY: Go.
ANIKA: And I’m spectacularly uninterested in knowing anything about you. You’ve had too much, Tara. TARA: I’m not that bad, I swear. Thanks for checking on me.
TARA: It means I’m not gonna let what happened to us for three days define the rest of my life. SAM: You’re pretending it didn’t happen at all- TARA: What are you doing here, Sam? In New York? TARA: You’re working two shitty jobs just to help with rent, but for what? What’s your plan?
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 63 are women's.
606 lines from women, 359 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
13 women and 18 men in the cast. 13 women and 12 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 58 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 58% of the words (5,362), men 42% (3,862). Women have 63% 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
84
Two men
11
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 14 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 31% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Tyler Gillett (man), Matt Bettinelli-Olpin (man)
- Written by
- Guy Busick (man), James Vanderbilt (man)
- Produced by
- Paul Neinstein (man), William Sherak (man), James Vanderbilt (man)
- Shot by
- Brett Jutkiewicz (man)
- Edited by
- Jay Prychidny (man)
- Music by
- Brian Tyler (man), Sven Faulconer (man)
- Production design by
- Michèle Laliberté (woman)
- Costumes by
- Avery Plewes (woman)
- Cast by
- Rich Delia (man)
The crew, department by department
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Production
8 women, 13 men, 16 not listed
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Other crew
4 women, 9 men, 16 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 14 men, 1 non-binary, 3 not listed
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Art
5 women, 4 men, 8 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 0 men, 8 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 1 men, 6 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 1 men, 5 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Non-binary
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 26 on average. Men: 41 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Jenna Ortega 20, Devyn Nekoda 22, Liana Liberato 27, Jasmin Savoy Brown 28, Melissa Barrera 32
Men
Jack Champion 18, Mason Gooding 26, Josh Segarra 36, Dermot Mulroney 59, Roger L. Jackson 64
Exhibit H: the money
It made 5.1 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $33 million
- Box office
- $169 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 95 scenes and 970 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
