Passes the Bechdel test

The Hole

Name: The Hole
Released: 2009

2009. Directed by Joe Dante, written by Mark L. Smith.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
6 women characters. 2 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 142.
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

Susan and her sons Dane and Lucas Thompson move from Brooklyn to Bensonville, in the countryside. Dane is upset with the constant changes of address and the family has lived in many cities. Lucas and Dane befriend their next door neighbor, the gorgeous Julie and the brothers find a bottomless hole in the basement of their house locked with several padlocks. They take the locks off and soon they are haunted by their darkest fears. Further, they believe that the hole might be a gateway to hell.

Released: 11 Jun 2010
Genres: Fantasy, Thriller
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 5.7 / 10
Metascore: 57 / 100
Awards: 1 win
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Dane 259 lines, man
Lucas 172 lines, man
Julie 126 lines, woman
Susan 79 lines, woman
Nurse 18 lines
Little Girl 8 lines, woman
Ethan 7 lines, man
Young Cop 6 lines, man
Father 5 lines, man
Cartman 4 lines

Full cast, 16 people

Chris Massoglia as Dane Thompson
Nathan Gamble as Lucas Thompson
Haley Bennett as Julie Campbell
Teri Polo as Susan Thompson
Bruce Dern as Creepy Carl
Quinn Lord as Annie Smith
John DeSantis as Monster Dad
Doug Chapman as Normal Dad
Mark Pawson as Travis
Peter Shinkoda as Young Cop
Merritt Patterson as Jessica
Ali Cobrin as Tiffany
Chelsea Ricketts as Whitney
Chord Overstreet as Adam
Dick Miller as Pizza Delivery Guy
Jessica Just as Pool Girl

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 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 142

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	4	7
4 to 6	13	21
7 to 9	2	8
10 to 12	3	2
13 to 15	5	12
16 to 18	1	3
19 to 21	27	52
22 to 24	1	8
25 to 27	4	8
28 to 30	0	0
31 to 33	0	2
34 to 36	1	7
37 to 39	5	5
40 to 42	0	8
43 to 45	9	9
46 to 48	9	10
49 to 51	4	1
52 to 54	1	27
55 to 57	11	25
58 to 60	4	17
61 to 63	3	2
64 to 66	3	0
67 to 69	5	10
70 to 72	28	36
73 to 75	0	6
76 to 78	0	1
79 to 81	7	3
82 to 84	3	8
85 to 87	0	7
88 to 90	10	8
91 to 93	0	0
94 to 96	9	21
97 to 99	0	0
100 to 102	0	0
103 to 105	0	0
106 to 108	0	2
109 to 111	5	15
112 to 114	7	11
115 to 117	10	7
118 to 120	1	3
121 to 123	6	9
124 to 126	0	1
127 to 129	0	0
130 to 132	1	22
133 to 135	0	12
136 to 138	0	21
139 to 141	8	17
142 to 142	3	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.

JULIE: Hi. SUSAN: Hey, Julie. I brought plenty of Chinese if you’re hungry. JULIE: Thank you, but I better go. My mom’s probably looking for me. I’ll see you later.

JULIE: Come over to my place. We’ll figure it. SUSAN: What are you three doing out here so late?

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 32 are women's.

213 lines from women, 454 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

6 women and 9 men in the cast. 2 women and 6 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 3 of 695. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 36 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 37% of the words (1,741), men 63% (3,013). Women have 32% 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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

2 of the 12 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 21% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Joe Dante (man)
Written by: Mark L. Smith (man)
Produced by: Claudio Fäh (man), David Lancaster (man), Michel Litvak (man), Vicki Sotheran (woman)
Shot by: Theo van de Sande (man)
Edited by: Marshall Harvey (man)
Music by: Javier Navarrete (man)
Production design by: Brentan Harron (man)
Costumes by: Kate Main (gender not listed)
Cast by: Nancy Nayor (woman)