Passes the Bechdel test
The Good Nurse
2022. Directed by Tobias Lindholm, written by Charles Graeber and Krysty Wilson-Cairns.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
21 women characters. 16 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 10 scenes out of 93. -
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
Amy, a compassionate nurse and single mother struggling with a life-threatening heart condition, is stretched to her physical and emotional limits by the hard and demanding night shifts at the ICU. But help arrives when Charlie, a thoughtful and empathetic fellow nurse, starts at her unit. While sharing long nights at the hospital, the two develop a strong and devoted friendship, and for the first time in years, Amy truly has faith in her and her young daughters' future. But after a series of mysterious patient deaths sets off an investigation that points to Charlie as the prime suspect, Amy is forced to risk her life and the safety of her children to uncover the truth.
- Released
- 26 Oct 2022
- Genres
- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 65 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award. 3 wins & 10 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Amy 264 lines, woman
- Charlie 179 lines, man
- Danny Baldwin 84 lines, man
- Tim Braun 77 lines, man
- Linda Garran 44 lines, woman
- Alex 35 lines, woman
- Lori Lucas 17 lines, woman
- Vivian Neal 12 lines, woman
- Prosecutor Ellis 11 lines, man
- Jackie 10 lines, woman
Full cast, 45 people
- Jessica Chastain as Amy Loughren
- Eddie Redmayne as Charles Cullen
- Nnamdi Asomugha as Danny Baldwin
- Kim Dickens as Linda Garran
- Malik Yoba as Sam Johnson
- Alix West Lefler as Alex Loughren
- Noah Emmerich as Tim Braun
- Gabe Fazio as Tom Anderson
- Ajay Naidu as Dr. Robert Hind
- Moe Irvin as Mark Rossi
- Maria Dizzia as Lori Lucas
- Shaun O'Hagan as Prosecutor Ellis
- Marcia Jean Kurtz as Jackie
- Myra Lucretia Taylor as Vivian Neal
- Denise Pillott as Nurse 1
- Dartel McRae as Nurse 2
- Joseph Fugelo as Dr. Collins
- Judith Delgado as Ana Martinez
- Jesus-Papoleto Melendez as Sam Martinez
- Devyn McDowell as Maya Loughren
- Jennean Farmer as Receptionist
- Navya La Shay as Hospital Admin
- David Lavine as Duncan Beattie
- Bruce MacVittie as Malcolm Burrel
- Brooke Stacy Mills as Nurse Hardwick
- Charlotte Cohn-Williams as Dr. Moore
- Christine Healy as Assistant
- Maria Farrow as Dr. Peters
- Alex Bartner as Messenger
- Anjelica Bosboom as Kelly Anderson
- Rebecca Watson as Nurse Sandra
- Jennifer Regan as ER Nurse
- Beth Dixon as Diner Waitress
- Brian Sayers as State Trooper
- Steve Antonucci as Grave Digger (uncredited)
- Evan Bass as Nurse Geddes (uncredited)
- Andrew James Bleidner as Alex Lombardo (uncredited)
- David Boston as Driver (uncredited)
- Chris Henry Coffey as Dr. Steven Reed (uncredited)
- Victor Cruz as Gene Smith (uncredited)
- Sheetal Deo as Doctor Day Player (uncredited)
- Marcia M Francis as Patient (uncredited)
- Gina Jun as Doctor (uncredited)
- Becca Marks as Night Nurse (uncredited)
- Lauren Yaffe as ICU Patient (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 93
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 to 6 | 16 | 0 |
| 7 to 8 | 10 | 0 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 to 14 | 19 | 8 |
| 15 to 16 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 to 18 | 4 | 3 |
| 19 to 20 | 21 | 12 |
| 21 to 22 | 11 | 14 |
| 23 to 24 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 to 26 | 21 | 0 |
| 27 to 28 | 7 | 12 |
| 29 to 30 | 11 | 7 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 9 |
| 35 to 36 | 12 | 13 |
| 37 to 38 | 18 | 29 |
| 39 to 40 | 7 | 14 |
| 41 to 42 | 25 | 16 |
| 43 to 44 | 3 | 4 |
| 45 to 46 | 1 | 4 |
| 47 to 48 | 5 | 3 |
| 49 to 50 | 9 | 29 |
| 51 to 52 | 15 | 9 |
| 53 to 54 | 3 | 19 |
| 55 to 56 | 15 | 2 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 to 60 | 10 | 13 |
| 61 to 62 | 30 | 0 |
| 63 to 64 | 7 | 0 |
| 65 to 66 | 10 | 18 |
| 67 to 68 | 9 | 10 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 to 74 | 18 | 14 |
| 75 to 76 | 2 | 12 |
| 77 to 78 | 27 | 20 |
| 79 to 80 | 10 | 10 |
| 81 to 82 | 26 | 22 |
| 83 to 84 | 0 | 35 |
| 85 to 86 | 3 | 3 |
| 87 to 88 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 to 90 | 2 | 2 |
| 91 to 92 | 18 | 12 |
| 93 to 93 | 2 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
JACKIE: Right. That’s enough, I won’t have that language. ALEX: THEY ARE CRAP! EVERYONE LAUGHS AT AMY: What the hell is going on? ALEX: You ruined my shoes!
ALEX: I’ll have to look it up in my book of “How to be Mayor”. ALEX: One - You get to wear a fancy chain. Two - You get driven around in a big car by your very own chauffeur. Three... ALEX: Three... MAYA: Nom, nom.
JACKIE: Hi... I am here. MAYA: Jackie! ALEX: No don’t go yet. AMY: Sorry kiddo.
ALEX: I am the Mayor of Humdrum Falls. CHARLIE / ALEX: I AM THE MAYOR OF HUMDRUM FALLS!
LINDA GARRAN: I just want to be clear, we are investigating, with the assistance of the local police. AMY: Do you know which patient they are talking about?
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 52 are women's.
416 lines from women, 387 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
21 women and 15 men in the cast. 16 women and 12 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 3 of 829.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 41 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 49% of the words (3,527), men 51% (3,704). Women have 52% 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
27
Two men
13
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 40% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Tobias Lindholm (man)
- Written by
- Krysty Wilson-Cairns (woman)
- Produced by
- Michael Jackman (man), Scott Franklin (man), Darren Aronofsky (man)
- Shot by
- Jody Lee Lipes (man)
- Edited by
- Michael Rolt (gender not listed), Adam Nielsen (man)
- Music by
- Biosphere (gender not listed), Clint Mansell (man)
- Production design by
- Shane Valentino (man)
- Costumes by
- Amy Westcott (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
1 women, 6 men, 4 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 1 men, 5 not listed
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Other crew
2 women, 1 men, 6 not listed
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Art
1 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 1 men, 3 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 1 men, 4 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Writing
1 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 38 on average. Men: 49 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Alix West Lefler 11, Jessica Chastain 45, Kim Dickens 57
Men
Eddie Redmayne 40, Nnamdi Asomugha 41, Ajay Naidu 50, Malik Yoba 55, Noah Emmerich 57
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 93 scenes and 829 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
