Passes the Bechdel test

Us

Name: Us
Released: 2019

2019. Directed by Jordan Peele, written by Jordan Peele.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
10 women characters. 11 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 16 scenes out of 204.
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

In order to get away from their busy lives, the Wilson family takes a vacation to Santa Cruz, California with the plan of spending time with their friends, the Tyler family. On a day at the beach, their young son Jason almost wanders off, causing his mother Adelaide to become protective of her family. That night, four mysterious people break into Adelaide's childhood home where they're staying. The family is shocked to find out that the intruders look like them, only with grotesque appearances.

Released: 22 Mar 2019
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.8 / 10
Metascore: 81 / 100
Awards: 87 wins & 135 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Gabe 162 lines, man
Adelaide 149 lines, woman
Zora 75 lines, woman
Kitty 47 lines, woman
Jason 43 lines, man
Red 28 lines, woman
Josh 22 lines, man
Stock Footage 22 lines
Russell 18 lines, man
Narrator 11 lines, man

Full cast, 24 people

Lupita Nyong'o as Adelaide Wilson / Red
Winston Duke as Gabe Wilson / Abraham
Elisabeth Moss as Kitty Tyler / Dahlia
Tim Heidecker as Josh Tyler / Tex
Shahadi Wright Joseph as Zora Wilson / Umbrae
Evan Alex as Jason Wilson / Pluto
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Russell Thomas / Weyland
Anna Diop as Rayne Thomas / Eartha
Cali Sheldon as Becca Tyler / Io
Noelle Sheldon as Lindsey Tyler / Nix
Madison Curry as Young Adelaide Wilson / Young Red
Ashley McKoy as Teenage Adelaide Wilson / Teenage Red
Napiera Groves as Dr. Foster
Lon Gowan as Don
Alan Frazier as Ferdie / Jeremiah
Duke Nicholson as Danny / Tony
Dustin Ybarra as Troy / Brand
Nathan Harrington as Glen / Jack
Kara Hayward as Nancy / Syd
Jordan Peele as Dying Rabbit / Fun House Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Darrel Cherney as News Anchor (uncredited)
James Cobb as Don (uncredited)
Alessandro Garcia as EMT (uncredited)
David M Sandoval Jr. as Father of Family on Beach (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 5 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 204

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 5	15	26
6 to 10	0	0
11 to 15	0	3
16 to 20	42	49
21 to 25	1	0
26 to 30	2	0
31 to 35	23	23
36 to 40	47	27
41 to 45	25	2
46 to 50	5	4
51 to 55	12	7
56 to 60	7	7
61 to 65	18	16
66 to 70	6	12
71 to 75	21	13
76 to 80	5	4
81 to 85	5	0
86 to 90	1	2
91 to 95	0	4
96 to 100	3	0
101 to 105	18	13
106 to 110	3	4
111 to 115	1	1
116 to 120	18	27
121 to 125	0	0
126 to 130	14	13
131 to 135	6	2
136 to 140	4	4
141 to 145	1	1
146 to 150	0	0
151 to 155	12	9
156 to 160	2	0
161 to 165	2	0
166 to 170	4	0
171 to 175	3	0
176 to 180	0	0
181 to 185	0	0
186 to 190	0	0
191 to 195	4	0
196 to 200	3	2
201 to 204	1	0

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.

ADELAIDE: I wasn’t scared. RAYNE: You hid your eyes when the people came out the ground. ADELAIDE: No.

RAYNE: Addy, come to the bathroom. ADELAIDE: I don’t have to go. RAYNE: Russ, will you watch your daughter, please?

ZORA: I’m sorry. Yay, track and field. ADELAIDE: Whoa. Really..? You’re over running now?

ZORA: I’m not gonna make it into the Olympics. ADELAIDE: You can do anything you set your mind to. ZORA: Can I drive while we’re up here?

ADELAIDE: --We have to because school is too expensive, and coming here once a year doesn’t make it worth it. ZORA: What are you doing?

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 55 are women's.

334 lines from women, 275 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

10 women and 12 men in the cast. 11 women and 12 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 39 of 650. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 38 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 55% of the words (2,551), men 45% (2,118).

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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

3 of the 12 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 27% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Jordan Peele (man)
Written by: Jordan Peele (man)
Produced by: Jordan Peele (man), Sean McKittrick (man), Jason Blum (man), Ian Cooper (man)
Shot by: Mike Gioulakis (man)
Edited by: Nicholas Monsour (man)
Music by: Michael Abels (man)
Production design by: Ruth De Jong (woman)
Costumes by: Kym Barrett (woman)
Cast by: Terri Taylor (woman)