Passes the Bechdel test
The Rage: Carrie 2
1999. Directed by Katt Shea, written by Stephen King and Rafael Moreu.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
17 women characters. 12 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 8 scenes out of 120. -
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
After the suicide of her only friend, Rachel Lang has never felt more on the outside. The one person who reached out to her, Jessie Ryan, also happens to be part of the popular crowd that lives to torment outsiders like her. However, Rachel has something else that separates her from the rest, secret amazing powers to move things with her mind. Sue Snell, the only survivor of Carrie White's rampage 23 years ago, may hold the key to helping Rachel come to terms with her awesome, but unwanted powers. But as Rachel slowly learns to trust, a terrible trap is being laid for her, and making her angry could prove to be deadly.
- Released
- 12 Mar 1999
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 4.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 42 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Rachel 155 lines, woman
- Jesse 107 lines, man
- Mark 69 lines, man
- Sue 62 lines, woman
- Monica 35 lines, woman
- Tracy 19 lines, woman
- Barbara 18 lines, woman
- Brad 15 lines, man
- Chuck 13 lines, man
- English Teacher 12 lines, man
Full cast, 45 people
- Emily Bergl as Rachel Lang
- Jason London as Jesse Ryan
- Amy Irving as Sue Snell
- J. Smith-Cameron as Barbara Lang
- Dylan Bruno as Mark Bing
- Zachery Ty Bryan as Eric Stark
- Charlotte Ayanna as Tracy Campbell
- Rachel Blanchard as Monica Jones
- Justin Urich as Brad Winters
- Eli Craig as Chuck Potter
- Eddie Kaye Thomas as Arnie
- Mena Suvari as Lisa Parker
- John Doe as Boyd Wallace
- Gordon Clapp as Mr. Stark
- Clint Jordan as Sheriff Kelton
- Steven Ford as Coach Walsh
- Kate Skinner as Emilyn Wallace
- Rus Blackwell as Sheriff
- Harold Surratt as Principal
- David Lenthall as English Teacher
- Kayla Campbell as Young Rachel Lang
- Robert D. Raiford as Senior D.A.
- Deborah Knox as Party Girl
- Robert C. Treveiler as Smiling Patient
- Gina Stewart as Female Vet
- Claire Hurst as Night Nurse
- Albert E. Hayes as Headbanging Patient
- Colin Fickes as Tuba Player
- Rhoda Griffis as Saleswoman
- Eric Hill as Jesse's Spotter
- Jennifer Nicole Parillo as Fleeing Party Girl
- Jessica Cowart as Gardening Girl
- Tiffany LeShai McMinn as Girl
- Steven Culbertson as The Ref
- Steven Frederick Cook as Fleeing Party Boy
- Chris Daniels as High School Student
- Hank Fields as Student
- Wofford Jones as Driver
- Tara Killian as Girl in Classroom
- Mark Freiburger as Skateboard Kid
- Katt Shea as Deputy D.A. (Karen)
- James Markham Hall Jr. as Student (uncredited)
- Sissy Spacek as Carrie White (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Piper Laurie as Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Jordan Lawson as Student (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 120
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 6 | 4 |
| 4 to 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 to 9 | 20 | 3 |
| 10 to 12 | 3 | 25 |
| 13 to 15 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 to 18 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 to 21 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 to 27 | 13 | 0 |
| 28 to 30 | 1 | 24 |
| 31 to 33 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 to 36 | 9 | 20 |
| 37 to 39 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 to 42 | 7 | 4 |
| 43 to 45 | 14 | 17 |
| 46 to 48 | 5 | 4 |
| 49 to 51 | 36 | 16 |
| 52 to 54 | 0 | 10 |
| 55 to 57 | 4 | 11 |
| 58 to 60 | 4 | 1 |
| 61 to 63 | 10 | 8 |
| 64 to 66 | 23 | 27 |
| 67 to 69 | 2 | 1 |
| 70 to 72 | 16 | 0 |
| 73 to 75 | 1 | 1 |
| 76 to 78 | 12 | 16 |
| 79 to 81 | 9 | 8 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 to 87 | 25 | 14 |
| 88 to 90 | 27 | 4 |
| 91 to 93 | 1 | 2 |
| 94 to 96 | 5 | 7 |
| 97 to 99 | 5 | 2 |
| 100 to 102 | 7 | 1 |
| 103 to 105 | 4 | 3 |
| 106 to 108 | 2 | 0 |
| 109 to 111 | 7 | 5 |
| 112 to 114 | 35 | 41 |
| 115 to 117 | 0 | 1 |
| 118 to 120 | 0 | 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.
SUE: Was she a friend? This is a place where you can calk about it. SUE: It's okay. Let it out. RACHEL: I never cry. Miss Snell? She was so happy this morning. I don't understand. Why would she-- The INTERCOM BOX squawks:
RACHEL: Nothing. She retreats into her bedroom, looks at the Window. The PHONE RINGS in her hand. She answers. EMILYN: Hello... just a second. Rachel? RACHEL: curled on her bed with WALTER, calls out: RACHEL: I'm not here.
RACHEL: Did you see things move by themselves? Please, mama. I have to know. BARBARA: Well, first, I thought I saw the devil in your eyes. Then I started to see people's faces looking... deformed, like they'd had plastic surge… BARBARA: There is something different about you. Baby, are you all right? Yeah. Yes. Everything's fine. Everything's gonna be all right.
MONICA: Finally, she's going into the mall. TRACY: Perfect. We have the homefield advantage.
MONICA: Rachel, Rach, over here. Hey. Grab a seat. Looking around, RACHEL sees she's surrounded by Patio People. RACHEL: Thanks, but... MONICA: Oh, please, you're.not gonna sit by your lonesome. There's plenty of room, if Amy;here slides her bubble butt.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 53 are women's.
322 lines from women, 288 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
17 women and 22 men in the cast. 12 women and 15 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 670.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 29 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 (4,263), men 53% (4,776). Women have 53% 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
25
Two men
23
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 32% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Katt Shea (woman)
- Written by
- Rafael Moreu (man)
- Produced by
- Paul Monash (man)
- Shot by
- Donald M. Morgan (man)
- Edited by
- Richard Nord (man)
- Music by
- Danny B. Harvey (gender not listed)
- Production design by
- Peter Jamison (man)
- Costumes by
- Theoni V. Aldredge (woman)
- Cast by
- Gretchen Rennell (woman), Lisa Mae Fincannon (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
5 women, 10 men, 8 not listed
-
Sound
1 women, 6 men, 9 not listed
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Art
1 women, 6 men, 8 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 7 men, 8 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 2 men, 7 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 1 men, 9 not listed
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Production
6 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
3 women, 1 men, 3 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 31 on average. Men: 24 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Charlotte Ayanna 22, Rachel Blanchard 22, Emily Bergl 23, J. Smith-Cameron 41, Amy Irving 45
Men
Zachery Ty Bryan 17, Jason London 26, Dylan Bruno 26, Eli Craig 26
Exhibit H: the money
It made 85% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $21 million
- Box office
- $17.8 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 120 scenes and 670 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
