Passes the Bechdel test
The Invitation
2016. Directed by Karyn Kusama, written by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
7 women characters. 7 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 6 scenes out of 33. -
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
Will and Eden were once a loving couple. After a tragedy took their son, Eden disappeared. Two years later, out of the blue, she returns with a new husband... and as a different person, eerily changed and eager to reunite with her ex and those she left behind. Over the course of a dinner party in the house that was once his, the haunted Will is gripped by mounting evidence that Eden and her new friends have a mysterious and terrifying agenda. But can we trust Will's hold on reality? Or will he be the unwitting catalyst of the doom he senses?
- Released
- 08 Apr 2016
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Rated
- Not Rated
- IMDb
- 6.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 74 / 100
- Awards
- 4 wins & 15 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Will 186 lines, man
- David 91 lines, man
- Eden 85 lines, woman
- Kira 85 lines, woman
- Ben 57 lines, man
- Gina 52 lines, woman
- Tommy 43 lines, man
- Pruitt 36 lines, man
- Miguel 35 lines, man
- Sadie 31 lines, woman
Full cast, 16 people
- Logan Marshall-Green as Will
- Tammy Blanchard as Eden
- Emayatzy Corinealdi as Kira
- Michiel Huisman as David
- John Carroll Lynch as Pruitt
- Lindsay Burdge as Sadie
- Mike Doyle as Tommy
- Jay Larson as Ben
- Michelle Krusiec as Gina
- Karl Yune as Choi
- Jordi Vilasuso as Miguel
- Marieh Delfino as Claire
- Toby Huss as Dr. Joseph
- Aiden Lovekamp as Ty
- Danielle Camastra as Annie
- Trish Gates as Follower
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 1 scene, start to finish. Women above the line, men below.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 33
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 3 | 12 | 16 |
| 4 to 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 to 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 to 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 to 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 to 8 | 39 | 36 |
| 9 to 9 | 16 | 46 |
| 10 to 10 | 27 | 27 |
| 11 to 11 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 to 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 to 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 to 14 | 91 | 182 |
| 15 to 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 to 16 | 13 | 8 |
| 17 to 17 | 0 | 16 |
| 18 to 18 | 28 | 48 |
| 19 to 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 to 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 to 21 | 12 | 11 |
| 22 to 22 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 to 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 to 24 | 0 | 5 |
| 25 to 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 to 26 | 9 | 29 |
| 27 to 27 | 7 | 9 |
| 28 to 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 to 29 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 to 30 | 5 | 8 |
| 31 to 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 to 32 | 13 | 19 |
| 33 to 33 | 3 | 4 |
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.
GINA: You’re here! Fucking A. I win. KIRA: Was there a betting pool?
GINA: I’m Gina. We met once, a ways back, right? KIRA: Oh yeah, right. Hi. GINA: Nice to see you.
CLAIRE: Is this Kira? KIRA: That’s me.
KIRA: Sorry we’re late. GINA: It’s been an interesting half hour. GINA: You’ll see.
EDEN: Sadie, meet my friends. SADIE: Hi...
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 38 are women's.
288 lines from women, 477 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
7 women and 9 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 3 of 768.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 40 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 31% of the words (2,198), men 69% (4,849). Women have 38% 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
32
Two men
67
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 45% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Karyn Kusama (woman)
- Written by
- Phil Hay (man), Matt Manfredi (man)
- Produced by
- Martha Griffin (gender not listed), Phil Hay (man), Matt Manfredi (man), Nick Spicer (man)
- Shot by
- Bobby Shore (man)
- Edited by
- Plummy Tucker (woman)
- Music by
- Theodore Shapiro (man)
- Production design by
- Almitra Corey (woman)
- Costumes by
- Alysia Raycraft (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- Leo Yılmaz (man)
The crew, department by department
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Production
4 women, 5 men, 5 not listed
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Art
1 women, 0 men, 4 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 0 men, 4 not listed
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Other crew
1 women, 1 men
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Sound
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Writing
0 women, 2 men
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Camera
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 37 on average. Men: 42 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Lindsay Burdge 31, Emayatzy Corinealdi 36, Tammy Blanchard 39, Michelle Krusiec 41
Men
Michiel Huisman 34, Logan Marshall-Green 39, Karl Yune 40, Mike Doyle 43, John Carroll Lynch 52
Exhibit H: the money
It made 35% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $1 million
- Box office
- $354,835
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 33 scenes and 768 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
