Passes the Bechdel test
Those Who Walk Away
2022. Directed by Robert Rippberger, written by Spencer Moleda and Aaron Pollack and Robert Rippberger.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
The film has at least two women characters. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 24. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
After Max and Avery meet on a social media app for a first date, they end up at a haunted house only to realize the trauma they share may either save them or erupt into an unforgettable nightmare.
- Released
- 11 Feb 2022
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Thriller
- IMDb
- 4.2 / 10
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Max 280 lines, man
- Avery 227 lines, woman
- Rudy 67 lines, man
- Phillip 38 lines, man
- Dave 29 lines, man
- Jake 16 lines
- The Man 3 lines, man
- Bartender 2 lines
- Max’S Mom 2 lines, woman
- Officer 2 lines
Full cast, 7 people
- Booboo Stewart as Max
- Scarlett Sperduto as Avery
- Grant Morningstar as Phillip
- Bryson JonSteele as Rudy
- Devin Keaton as Jake
- Nils Allen Stewart as Rotcreep
- Connor McKinley Griffin as Dave
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 1 scene, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 24
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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 | 10 | 61 |
| 4 to 4 | 26 | 25 |
| 5 to 5 | 35 | 25 |
| 6 to 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 7 to 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 to 8 | 11 | 6 |
| 9 to 9 | 13 | 14 |
| 10 to 10 | 6 | 5 |
| 11 to 11 | 36 | 36 |
| 12 to 12 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 to 13 | 17 | 12 |
| 14 to 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 to 15 | 29 | 103 |
| 16 to 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 to 17 | 5 | 17 |
| 18 to 18 | 2 | 56 |
| 19 to 19 | 0 | 4 |
| 20 to 20 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 to 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 to 22 | 0 | 9 |
| 23 to 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 to 24 | 28 | 34 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
AVERY: It’ll just be a moment. FRAIL WOMAN: Run. Run. Run.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 36 are women's.
230 lines from women, 417 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
1 women and 4 men in the cast. 1 women and 3 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 55 of 668.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 80 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 40% of the words (2,224), men 60% (3,359). Women have 36% 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
1
Two men
12
Exhibit F: behind the camera
None of the 5 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 0% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Robert Rippberger (man)
- Written by
- Spencer Moleda (gender not listed), Robert Rippberger (man)
- Produced by
- KT Kent (gender not listed)
- Music by
- Dmitrii Miachin (man)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
0 women, 4 men
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Writing
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Other crew
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 1 men
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Production
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 22 on average. Men: 33 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Scarlett Sperduto 22
Men
Bryson JonSteele 11, Booboo Stewart 28, Nils Allen Stewart 60
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 24 scenes and 668 lines of dialogue. How the test works
