Passes the Bechdel test
The Roommate
2011. Directed by Christian E. Christiansen, written by Sonny Mallhi.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
16 women characters. 8 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 33 scenes out of 197. -
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
Fresh from Des Moines, Iowa, Sara Matthews has just landed in Los Angeles as a college freshman studying fashion design. She meets handsome Stephen, party-lover Tracy, and roommate Rebecca. Rebecca is nice, sweet and ready to share everything with Sara. It could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. But Tracy is convinced that there's something seriously wrong with Rebecca and bad things start happening to everyone close to Sara. If Sara is to have a normal college experience, she's going to have to get to the bottom of what's up with Rebecca and quickly get out of her clutches.
- Released
- 04 Feb 2011
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 4.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 23 / 100
- Awards
- 7 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Sara 300 lines, woman
- Rebecca 183 lines, woman
- Stephen 80 lines, man
- Tracy 40 lines, woman
- Professor Roberts 38 lines, man
- Irene 29 lines, woman
- Jeff 9 lines
- Alison 7 lines
- Kim 7 lines, woman
- Girl 6 lines, woman
Full cast, 37 people
- Leighton Meester as Rebecca Evans
- Minka Kelly as Sara Matthews
- Cam Gigandet as Stephen
- Aly Michalka as Tracy
- Danneel Ackles as Irene
- Frances Fisher as Rebecca's Mom
- Tomas Arana as Rebecca's Dad
- Billy Zane as Professor Roberts
- Nina Dobrev as Maria
- Matt Lanter as Jason
- Kat Graham as Kim
- Johannes Raassina as Band Member
- Cameron Fisher Brousseau as Band Member
- Evan Michael Brown as Band Member
- Alex Meraz as Frat Boy
- Jerrika Hinton as Girl Student
- Jennifer Cadena as Dorm R.A.
- Adam Saunders as Handsome Guy
- Cory Tucker as Club Bartender
- Will McFadden as Club Guy
- Munda Razooki as Club Guy
- Ryan Doom as Rick
- Carrie Finklea as Bookstore Girl
- Andrej Nagy as Older Designer
- Ashleigh Falls as Make-Up Girl
- Jacqueline Mazarella as Woman Professor
- Nathan Parsons as Coffee Shop Cashier
- Elena Franklin as Maria's Girlfriend
- Lauren Storm as Maria's Girlfriend
- Stacy Barnhisel as Librarian
- Cherilyn Wilson as Frat Party Girl
- A.J. Hunt as Tattoo Artist
- G.O. Parsons as Mocha Kid
- Brian David Miller as Frat Bouncer
- Jake Perry as Slacker Co-Worker
- Cayla Korven Cauble as Tracy's Friend
- Lauren Alfano as Samantha Tangent (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 5 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 197
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 to 10 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 to 15 | 25 | 7 |
| 16 to 20 | 19 | 9 |
| 21 to 25 | 16 | 0 |
| 26 to 30 | 38 | 0 |
| 31 to 35 | 32 | 8 |
| 36 to 40 | 8 | 4 |
| 41 to 45 | 26 | 0 |
| 46 to 50 | 23 | 0 |
| 51 to 55 | 20 | 5 |
| 56 to 60 | 2 | 0 |
| 61 to 65 | 21 | 4 |
| 66 to 70 | 21 | 4 |
| 71 to 75 | 12 | 4 |
| 76 to 80 | 7 | 6 |
| 81 to 85 | 11 | 9 |
| 86 to 90 | 8 | 1 |
| 91 to 95 | 60 | 0 |
| 96 to 100 | 22 | 0 |
| 101 to 105 | 30 | 26 |
| 106 to 110 | 11 | 2 |
| 111 to 115 | 18 | 7 |
| 116 to 120 | 12 | 4 |
| 121 to 125 | 13 | 0 |
| 126 to 130 | 21 | 0 |
| 131 to 135 | 8 | 0 |
| 136 to 140 | 4 | 5 |
| 141 to 145 | 9 | 0 |
| 146 to 150 | 13 | 0 |
| 151 to 155 | 7 | 10 |
| 156 to 160 | 0 | 0 |
| 161 to 165 | 5 | 3 |
| 166 to 170 | 1 | 1 |
| 171 to 175 | 5 | 4 |
| 176 to 180 | 1 | 1 |
| 181 to 185 | 23 | 0 |
| 186 to 190 | 2 | 0 |
| 191 to 195 | 10 | 5 |
| 196 to 197 | 2 | 2 |
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.
SARA: What are you doing? REBECCA: Taking your picture. SARA: Why? Rebecca shrugs. Sara grabs her stomach. SARA: Oh shit. Her cheeks chipmunk as she rushes out the door. Rebecca smiles.
REBECCA: Hey Sara. Sara stares at her blankly. Who is this girl? What happened last night? Rebecca smiles. REBECCA: We met last night. SARA: Right... Starts with a... "T"? REBECCA: Close. Rebecca. She hands Sara a glass of water and two aspirin.
SARA: Oh my God. REBECCA: What? SARA: I am so jealous. REBECCA: I know... I've got a lot of clothes. Mind if I put some on your side?
REBECCA: I thought you were a design major. Why are you taking Calc and psychology? The girls get up with their trays. SARA: I am. I want to be well-rounded. And they're requirements. SARA: Hey. Tracy... Kim... this is my roommate, Rebecca. She turns, but Rebecca is standing at a distance. Sara waves her over. Rebecca comes, rel… REBECCA: Hi.
SARA: Hey. Rebecca removes her earbud. SARA: What's your Facebook page? I'll add you as a friend. REBECCA: I don't have a Facebook page. SARA: Myspace?
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 81 are women's.
573 lines from women, 131 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
16 women and 11 men in the cast. 8 women and 5 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 4 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 82% of the words (8,268), men 18% (1,810). Women have 81% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.
Exhibit E: the test the other way
Run the other way, for men, the film scores 1 out of 3.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
56
Two men
0
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 34% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Christian E. Christiansen (man)
- Written by
- Sonny Mallhi (man)
- Produced by
- Doug Davison (man), Roy Lee (man)
- Shot by
- Phil Parmet (man)
- Edited by
- Randy Bricker (man)
- Music by
- John Frizzell (man)
- Production design by
- Jon Gary Steele (man)
- Costumes by
- Maya Lieberman (woman)
- Cast by
- Lindsey Hayes Kroeger (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
5 women, 5 men, 1 not listed
-
Production
1 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 0 men, 2 not listed
-
Directing
1 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
-
Art
1 women, 2 men
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Camera
0 women, 3 men
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Sound
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
-
Editing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 31 on average. Men: 39 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Aly Michalka 21, Nina Dobrev 22, Leighton Meester 24, Minka Kelly 30, Danneel Ackles 31, Frances Fisher 58
Men
Matt Lanter 27, Cam Gigandet 28, Billy Zane 44, Tomas Arana 55
Exhibit H: the money
It made 3.3 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $16 million
- Box office
- $52.5 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 197 scenes and 730 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
