Passes the Bechdel test
The Grudge
2020. Directed by Nicolas Pesce, written by Nicolas Pesce and Jeff Buhler and Takashi Shimizu.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
12 women characters. 7 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 147. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
After a young housewife murders her family in her own house, a single mother and young detective tries to investigate and solve the case. Later, she discovers the house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death. Now, she runs to save herself and her son from demonic spirits from the cursed house in her neighborhood.
- Released
- 03 Jan 2020
- Genres
- Fantasy, Horror
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 4.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 41 / 100
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Muldoon 130 lines, woman
- Goodman 118 lines, man
- Peter 71 lines, man
- Lorna 65 lines, woman
- William 53 lines, man
- Nina 52 lines, woman
- Sam 40 lines, man
- Fiona 39 lines, woman
- Wilson 35 lines, man
- Greco 20 lines, man
Full cast, 24 people
- Andrea Riseborough as Detective Muldoon
- Demián Bichir as Goodman
- John Cho as Peter Spencer
- Betty Gilpin as Nina Spencer
- Lin Shaye as Faith Matheson
- Jacki Weaver as Lorna Moody
- Tara Westwood as Fiona Landers
- William Sadler as Detective Wilson
- Frankie Faison as William Matheson
- Nancy Sorel as Agent Cole
- Joel Marsh Garland as Detective Greco
- David Lawrence Brown as Sam Landers
- Zoe Fish as Melinda Landers
- Junko Bailey as Kayako Ghost
- Bradley Sawatzky as Officer Michaels
- Robin Ruel as Dr. Friedman
- Stephanie Sy as Amnio Nurse
- Marina Stephenson Kerr as Smoking Neighbor
- Ernesto Griffith as Orderly
- Robert Kostyra as Truck Driver
- John J. Hansen as Burke
- Steven Ratzlaff as Dr. Maher
- Derek James Trapp as Forensics (uncredited)
- Lorrie Papadopoulos as Hospital Visitor (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 4% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 147
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 to 8 | 5 | 12 |
| 9 to 12 | 7 | 6 |
| 13 to 16 | 4 | 6 |
| 17 to 20 | 0 | 15 |
| 21 to 24 | 18 | 11 |
| 25 to 28 | 0 | 6 |
| 29 to 32 | 9 | 29 |
| 33 to 36 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 to 40 | 12 | 14 |
| 41 to 44 | 38 | 15 |
| 45 to 48 | 3 | 5 |
| 49 to 52 | 21 | 22 |
| 53 to 56 | 8 | 5 |
| 57 to 60 | 2 | 8 |
| 61 to 64 | 9 | 7 |
| 65 to 68 | 16 | 10 |
| 69 to 72 | 4 | 6 |
| 73 to 76 | 8 | 7 |
| 77 to 80 | 27 | 20 |
| 81 to 84 | 0 | 23 |
| 85 to 88 | 8 | 7 |
| 89 to 92 | 12 | 11 |
| 93 to 96 | 2 | 9 |
| 97 to 100 | 9 | 5 |
| 101 to 104 | 13 | 7 |
| 105 to 108 | 2 | 2 |
| 109 to 112 | 5 | 7 |
| 113 to 116 | 3 | 0 |
| 117 to 120 | 20 | 3 |
| 121 to 124 | 0 | 15 |
| 125 to 128 | 6 | 4 |
| 129 to 132 | 11 | 23 |
| 133 to 136 | 0 | 0 |
| 137 to 140 | 1 | 5 |
| 141 to 144 | 12 | 1 |
| 145 to 147 | 3 | 26 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
FIONA: Okay, open it Melinda! MELINDA: Laughing Lisa! The little girl suddenly bubbles with glee.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 46 are women's.
308 lines from women, 363 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
12 women and 10 men in the cast. 7 women and 10 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 4 of 699.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 27 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 47% of the words (3,036), men 53% (3,431). Women have 46% 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
7
Two men
12
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 16 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 24% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Nicolas Pesce (man)
- Written by
- Nicolas Pesce (man), Jeff Buhler (man)
- Story by
- Nicolas Pesce (man)
- Produced by
- Takashige Ichise (man), Sam Raimi (man), Robert Tapert (man)
- Shot by
- Zachary Galler (man)
- Edited by
- Gardner Gould (gender not listed), Ken Blackwell (man)
- Music by
- Taylor Stewart (man), Andrew Grush (man)
- Production design by
- Jean-Andre Carriere (man)
- Costumes by
- Patricia J. Henderson (woman)
- Cast by
- Stephanie Holbrook (woman), Carmen Kotyk (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
9 women, 12 men, 10 not listed
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Sound
2 women, 22 men, 4 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 1 men, 14 not listed
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Other crew
4 women, 7 men, 7 not listed
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Visual Effects
1 women, 7 men, 10 not listed
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Art
1 women, 2 men, 13 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 2 men, 13 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 3 men, 5 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 55 on average. Men: 61 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Betty Gilpin 33, Andrea Riseborough 38, Nancy Sorel 55, Jacki Weaver 72, Lin Shaye 76
Men
John Cho 47, Demián Bichir 56, William Sadler 69, Frankie Faison 70
Exhibit H: the money
It made 5.0 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $10 million
- Box office
- $49.5 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 147 scenes and 699 lines of dialogue. How the test works
