Passes the Bechdel test
The Room
2003. Directed by Tommy Wiseau, written by Tommy Wiseau.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
4 women characters. 6 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 1. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
Johnny is living the American Dream: he's got it all, a beautiful 'future wife' named Lisa, a great friend in Mark, and a successful career as a banker in San Francisco. However, something is happening in his life--right under his nose: Lisa is having an affair with Mark. What will happen when Johnny finds out? At a delicate point in his life, this turn of events may completely break Johnny for good.
- Released
- 27 Jun 2003
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 3.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 9 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Lisa 212 lines, woman
- Johnny 160 lines, man
- Mark 116 lines, man
- Billy 76 lines, man
- Claudette 67 lines, woman
- Michelle 51 lines, woman
- Peter 51 lines, man
- Bran 23 lines, man
- Jimmy 9 lines, man
- Susan 6 lines
Full cast, 20 people
- Tommy Wiseau as Johnny
- Juliette Danielle as Lisa
- Greg Sestero as Mark
- Philip Haldiman as Denny
- Carolyn Minnott as Claudette
- Robyn Paris as Michelle
- Kyle Vogt as Peter
- Scott Holmes as Mike
- Greg Ellery as Steven
- Dan Janjigian as Chris-R
- Piper Gore as Party Member #1
- Kari McDermott as Party Member #2
- Jennifer Vanderbliek as Party Member #3
- Bennett Dunn as Party Member #4
- Padma Moyer as Susan
- Daron Jennings as Barista #2
- Thomas E. Webster as Coffee Shop Customer #1
- Nora DeMarcky as Coffee Shop Customer #2
- Arelle Mitkowski as Coffee Shop Customer #3
- Frank Willey as Coffee Shop Customer #4
Who talks, scene by scene
We couldn't read who says what in this film's script, so there's no dialogue chart for it yet.
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.
MICHELLE: Arm's up. CLAUDETTE: Hello.... CLAUDETTE: What are these characters doing here? LISA: They like to come here to do their homework.
CLAUDETTE: That was not nothing! LISA: Tell me everything! CLAUDETTE: You have no idea what kind of trouble you are in here, do you!?
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 43 are women's.
337 lines from women, 443 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
4 women and 7 men in the cast. 6 women and 7 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
A woman speaks the first line.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 108 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 45% of the words (3,696), men 55% (4,529). Women have 43% 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
20
Two men
22
Exhibit F: behind the camera
1 of the 9 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 11% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Tommy Wiseau (man)
- Written by
- Tommy Wiseau (man)
- Produced by
- Tommy Wiseau (man)
- Shot by
- Todd Barron (man)
- Edited by
- Eric Chase (man)
- Music by
- Mladen Milicevic (gender not listed)
- Production design by
- Mercedes Younger (gender not listed)
- Costumes by
- Safowa Bright-Asare (woman)
- Cast by
- Chloe Lietzke (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
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Camera
1 women, 3 men, 4 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 3 men, 5 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
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Production
0 women, 3 men, 3 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 0 men, 3 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Art
0 women, 0 men, 2 not listed
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Other crew
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 44 on average. Men: 32 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Juliette Danielle 22, Carolyn Minnott 65
Men
Greg Sestero 24, Philip Haldiman 25, Dan Janjigian 31, Tommy Wiseau 47
Exhibit H: the money
It made 29% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $6 million
- Box office
- $1.8 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 1 scenes and 790 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
