Passes the Bechdel test
The Fourth Kind
2009. Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi, written by Olatunde Osunsanmi and Terry Robbins.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
9 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 1. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
In 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. When a UFO is sighted, it is called an encounter of the first kind. When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of the second kind. When contact is made with extraterrestrials, it is the third kind. The next level, abduction, is the fourth kind. Modern-day, Alaska, where-mysteriously since the 1960s-a disproportionate number of the population has been reported missing every year. Despite multiple FBI investigations of the region, the truth has never been discovered. Here in this remote region, psychologist Dr. Abigail Tyler began videotaping sessions with traumatized patients and unwittingly discovered some of the most disturbing evidence of alien abduction ever documented. The Fourth Kind exposes the terrified revelations of multiple witnesses. Their accounts of being visited by alien figures all share disturbingly identical details, the validity of which is investigated throughout the film.
- Released
- 06 Nov 2009
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 5.9 / 10
- Metascore
- 34 / 100
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Abbey 288 lines, woman
- August 91 lines, man
- The Real Dr. Tyler 79 lines, woman
- Campos 75 lines, man
- Scott 49 lines, man
- Olatunde 43 lines, man
- Tommy 38 lines, man
- Ronnie 32 lines, man
- Ashley 27 lines, woman
- Awolowa 27 lines, man
Full cast, 23 people
- Milla Jovovich as Dr. Abigail 'Abbey' Tyler
- Elias Koteas as Abel Campos
- Will Patton as Sheriff August
- Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Awolowa Odusami
- Corey Johnson as Tommy Fisher
- Enzo Cilenti as Scott Stracinsky
- Eric Loren as Deputy Ryan
- Mia McKenna-Bruce as Ashley Tyler
- Raphaël Coleman as Ronnie Tyler
- Daphne Alexander as Theresa
- Alisha Seaton as Cindy Stracinski
- Tyne Rafaeli as Sarah Fisher
- Kiera McMaster as Joe Fisher
- Sara Houghton as Jessica
- Julian Vergov as Will Tyler
- Ioan Lov as Ralph
- Charlotte Milchard as Dr. Abigail Tyler
- Valentin Ganev as Nome Resident
- Vladimir Kolev as Nome Resident
- Silvia Lulcheva as Nome Resident
- Olatunde Osunsanmi as Interviewer
- Mike Straub
- Paul Stefanov as Timothy Fisher
Who talks, scene by scene
We couldn't read who says what in this film's script, so there's no dialogue chart for it yet.
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.
ABBEY: Thanks. THE REAL DR. TYLER: When I flew, I felt at peace. It was just me , the wind and the clouds. THE REAL DR. TYLER: I think Alaskans are lucky in that way--that flying is one of the only ways to get around the state. ABBEY: Thanks--descending to one-fifty and holding, ten-twenty-three.
ABBEY: An owl? JESSICA: A white owl. It was just looking at ABBEY: How long was it there?
ABBEY: Have you seen it before? JESSICA: Yeah I think so. once ... when I was a kid. ABBEY: Before then?
ABBEY: Was the window open? ABBEY: Then how did it come inside? JESSICA: I don't know. I remewber it looking down at me,
ASHLEY: Mom? ABBEY: Yes sweetheart. ASHLEY: When's dinner gonna be ready? ABBEY: Soon.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 53 are women's.
417 lines from women, 363 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
9 women and 13 men in the cast. 5 women and 8 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 6 of 902.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 19 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 (4,785), men 45% (3,918). Women have 53% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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
28
Two men
20
Exhibit F: behind the camera
1 of the 11 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 27% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Olatunde Osunsanmi (man)
- Written by
- Olatunde Osunsanmi (man)
- Produced by
- Joe Carnahan (man), Paul Brooks (man), Terry Robbins (gender not listed)
- Shot by
- Lorenzo Senatore (man)
- Edited by
- Paul Covington (gender not listed)
- Music by
- Atli Örvarsson (man)
- Production design by
- Carlos Silva Da Silva (man)
- Costumes by
- Johnetta Boone (woman)
- Cast by
- Sue Jones (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 0 men, 4 not listed
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Art
0 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Production
0 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 1 men
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Other crew
1 women, 0 men
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Directing
0 women, 1 men
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Editing
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 23 on average. Men: 41 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Mia McKenna-Bruce 12, Milla Jovovich 33
Men
Raphaël Coleman 15, Enzo Cilenti 35, Hakeem Kae-Kazim 47, Elias Koteas 48, Corey Johnson 48, Will Patton 55
Exhibit H: the money
It made 4.8 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $10 million
- Box office
- $47.7 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 1 scenes and 902 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
