Passes the Bechdel test
The Humans
2021. Directed by Stephen Karam, written by Stephen Karam.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
4 women characters. 12 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 36 scenes out of 173. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Set inside a pre-war duplex in downtown Manhattan, The Humans follows the course of an evening in which the Blake family gathers to celebrate Thanksgiving. As darkness falls outside the crumbling building, mysterious things start to go bump in the night and family tensions reach a boiling point.
- Released
- 24 Nov 2021
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 78 / 100
- Awards
- 2 wins & 9 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Erik 184 lines, man
- Brigid 176 lines, woman
- Deirdre 163 lines, woman
- Aimee 135 lines, woman
- Richard 102 lines, man
- Brigid Aimee 11 lines, woman
- Brigid Erik 10 lines
- Momo 8 lines, woman
- Erik Brigid 5 lines
- Aimee Brigid 4 lines, woman
Full cast, 6 people
- Richard Jenkins as Erik
- Jayne Houdyshell as Deirdre
- Amy Schumer as Aimee
- Beanie Feldstein as Brigid
- Steven Yeun as Richard
- June Squibb as Momo
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 173
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 to 8 | 9 | 3 |
| 9 to 12 | 10 | 3 |
| 13 to 16 | 10 | 4 |
| 17 to 20 | 10 | 0 |
| 21 to 24 | 24 | 9 |
| 25 to 28 | 3 | 3 |
| 29 to 32 | 11 | 9 |
| 33 to 36 | 7 | 12 |
| 37 to 40 | 1 | 16 |
| 41 to 44 | 32 | 12 |
| 45 to 48 | 47 | 12 |
| 49 to 52 | 18 | 11 |
| 53 to 56 | 8 | 6 |
| 57 to 60 | 3 | 4 |
| 61 to 64 | 2 | 1 |
| 65 to 68 | 4 | 0 |
| 69 to 72 | 7 | 0 |
| 73 to 76 | 8 | 2 |
| 77 to 80 | 36 | 22 |
| 81 to 84 | 6 | 3 |
| 85 to 88 | 11 | 0 |
| 89 to 92 | 19 | 0 |
| 93 to 96 | 7 | 3 |
| 97 to 100 | 3 | 6 |
| 101 to 104 | 0 | 4 |
| 105 to 108 | 0 | 5 |
| 109 to 112 | 6 | 3 |
| 113 to 116 | 52 | 25 |
| 117 to 120 | 39 | 25 |
| 121 to 124 | 13 | 5 |
| 125 to 128 | 3 | 17 |
| 129 to 132 | 22 | 11 |
| 133 to 136 | 29 | 20 |
| 137 to 140 | 6 | 8 |
| 141 to 144 | 9 | 9 |
| 145 to 148 | 10 | 2 |
| 149 to 152 | 4 | 2 |
| 153 to 156 | 5 | 0 |
| 157 to 160 | 3 | 0 |
| 161 to 164 | 12 | 5 |
| 165 to 168 | 7 | 2 |
| 169 to 172 | 1 | 3 |
| 173 to 173 | 2 | 3 |
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.
BRIGID: That’s our neighbor, we think she drops stuff? Or stomps around?--we don’t know. DEIRDRE: Mission accomplished...
BRIGID: It’s pretty big, right? AIMEE: Definitely bigger than your last place.
MOMO BRIGID: Is she [okay?]--what’s she BRIGID: Momo, you can absolutely come back, any time you want.
DEIRDRE: Having her at home’s been, until it becomes too much...it’s a blessing, you know...right Erik? Erik... BRIGID: Are you okay?
AIMEE: These are different colors? BRIGID: Woodmont Cream, Fresh Air, Athena, Dove Wing, Hint of Mint. DEIRDRE: What happened here...
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 64 are women's.
521 lines from women, 291 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
4 women and 2 men in the cast. 12 women and 4 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 845.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 17 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 63% of the words (5,587), men 37% (3,235). Women have 64% 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
92
Two men
24
Exhibit F: behind the camera
1 of the 7 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 35% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Stephen Karam (man)
- Written by
- Stephen Karam (man)
- Shot by
- Lol Crawley (man)
- Edited by
- Nick Houy (man)
- Music by
- Nico Muhly (man)
- Production design by
- David Gropman (man)
- Costumes by
- Ann Roth (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
1 women, 10 men, 4 not listed
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Art
4 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
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Production
3 women, 1 men, 4 not listed
-
Camera
0 women, 3 men, 3 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 0 men, 2 not listed
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Other crew
1 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 1 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 57 on average. Men: 56 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Beanie Feldstein 28, Amy Schumer 40, Jayne Houdyshell 68, June Squibb 92
Men
Steven Yeun 37, Richard Jenkins 74
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 173 scenes and 845 lines of dialogue. How the test works
