Passes the Bechdel test
Tucker and Dale vs Evil
2010. Directed by Eli Craig, written by Eli Craig and Morgan Jurgenson.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
5 women characters. 4 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 107. -
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
Two lovable hillbillies are headed to their "fixer-upper" vacation cabin to drink some beer, do some fishin', and have a good time. But when they run into a group of preppy college kids who assume from their looks that they must be in-bred, chainsaw-wielding killers, Tucker & Dale's vacation takes a bloody and hilarious turn for the worse.
- Released
- 09 Dec 2010
- Genres
- Comedy, Horror
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 65 / 100
- Awards
- 12 wins & 15 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Dale 267 lines, man
- Tucker 180 lines, man
- Allison 161 lines, woman
- Chad 116 lines, man
- Naomi 24 lines, woman
- Chloe 22 lines, woman
- Sheriff 20 lines, man
- Jason 16 lines, man
- Chuck 15 lines, man
- Mitch 10 lines, man
Full cast, 26 people
- Tyler Labine as Dale
- Alan Tudyk as Tucker
- Katrina Bowden as Allison
- Jesse Moss as Chad
- Philip Granger as Sheriff
- Brandon Jay McLaren as Jason
- Christie Laing as Naomi
- Chelan Simmons as Chloe
- Travis Nelson as Chuck
- Alex Arsenault as Todd
- Adam Beauchesne as Mitch
- Joseph Allan Sutherland as Mike
- Mitchell Verigin as College Kid #1
- Angela DeCorte as College Kid #2
- Karen Reigh as Cheryl
- Tye Evans as Dad
- Dave Brown as Clerk
- Bill Baksa as BJ Bald Hillbilly
- Mark Allard as Killer Hillbilly #1
- Shaun Tisdale as Killer Hillbilly #2
- Myles Pollard as Hillbilly Kid
- Eli Craig as Cameraman
- Sasha Williams as News Reporter
- Bryn Bass as Bowling Kid
- Conner Bass as Bowling Kid
- Lara Milliken as Bowling Kid
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 107
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 to 6 | 9 | 46 |
| 7 to 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 to 12 | 5 | 27 |
| 13 to 15 | 13 | 32 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 6 |
| 19 to 21 | 11 | 17 |
| 22 to 24 | 9 | 18 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 to 30 | 13 | 22 |
| 31 to 33 | 11 | 19 |
| 34 to 36 | 2 | 24 |
| 37 to 39 | 6 | 9 |
| 40 to 42 | 3 | 14 |
| 43 to 45 | 1 | 21 |
| 46 to 48 | 1 | 11 |
| 49 to 51 | 2 | 1 |
| 52 to 54 | 0 | 28 |
| 55 to 57 | 1 | 26 |
| 58 to 60 | 16 | 11 |
| 61 to 63 | 11 | 26 |
| 64 to 66 | 3 | 7 |
| 67 to 69 | 26 | 32 |
| 70 to 72 | 10 | 20 |
| 73 to 75 | 4 | 8 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 1 |
| 79 to 81 | 4 | 10 |
| 82 to 84 | 3 | 11 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 12 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 62 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 3 |
| 94 to 96 | 11 | 13 |
| 97 to 99 | 9 | 21 |
| 100 to 102 | 17 | 30 |
| 103 to 105 | 5 | 29 |
| 106 to 107 | 0 | 2 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
CHLOE: Thanks a lot, asshole! NAOMI: We got to get to the road. Try to catch a ride outta here.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 25 are women's.
208 lines from women, 639 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
5 women and 13 men in the cast. 4 women and 12 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 37 of 865.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 84 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 20% of the words (1,364), men 80% (5,553). Women have 25% 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
7
Two men
70
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 16 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 36% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Eli Craig (man)
- Written by
- Eli Craig (man), Morgan Jurgenson (gender not listed)
- Produced by
- Albert Klychak (gender not listed), Deepak Nayar (man), Morgan Jurgenson (gender not listed), Rosanne Milliken (gender not listed)
- Shot by
- David Geddes (man)
- Edited by
- Bridget Durnford (woman)
- Music by
- Mike Shields (man)
- Production design by
- John Blackie (man)
- Costumes by
- Mary Hyde-Kerr (woman)
- Cast by
- Sean Milliken (man), Freddy Luis (gender not listed), Jay Scully (man), Anne McCarthy (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
4 women, 5 men, 12 not listed
-
Other crew
3 women, 8 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 2 men, 5 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 4 men, 4 not listed
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Art
1 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 0 men, 4 not listed
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Directing
2 women, 3 men
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Writing
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 24 on average. Men: 30 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Katrina Bowden 21, Christie Laing 24, Chelan Simmons 27
Men
Travis Nelson 19, Alex Arsenault 24, Jesse Moss 26, Brandon Jay McLaren 28, Tyler Labine 31, Alan Tudyk 38, Philip Granger 45
Exhibit H: the money
It made 1.0 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $5 million
- Box office
- $5.2 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 107 scenes and 865 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
