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Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough

2005. Directed by Jay Lowi, written by Andy Hurst and Ross Helford and Stephen Peters.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    9 women characters. 8 of them speak.
  2. Yes 2. Who talk to each other
    In 19 scenes out of 141.
  3. 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.

Poster for Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough

The film

Once again set in the oceanfront Florida city of Blue Bay, "Wild Things 3" tells the tale of snobby rich girl Marie Clifton. Although she lives the life of luxury, Marie's distraught over her stepfather not giving her a pair of diamonds, valued at over $4 million, that are entitled to her in her late mother's will. That is, until one of her classmates, the local bad girl Elena Sandoval, accuses her stepfather of rape. Soon, it's deja Vi all over again as Detective Michael Morrison and probation officer Kristen Richards investigate, but as with the first "Wild Things" everything is not what it seems to be, and everybody has secrets to hide.

Released
19 Feb 2005
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rated
R
IMDb
4.5 / 10
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Marie 159 lines, woman
  2. Elena 149 lines, woman
  3. Kristen 109 lines, woman
  4. Jay 94 lines, man
  5. Morrison 69 lines, man
  6. Chad 44 lines, man
  7. Theo 21 lines, man
  8. D.A. Meese 14 lines
  9. Curator 13 lines
  10. Dammers 9 lines, man
Full cast, 21 people
  • Serah D'Laine as Marie Clifton
  • Sandra McCoy as Elena Sandoval
  • Linden Ashby as Detective Michael Morrison
  • Ron Melendez as Dr. Chad Johnson
  • Claire Coffee as Jenny Bellamy
  • Michael Mantell as Theo BLoom
  • Dina Meyer as Kristen Richards
  • Brad Johnson as Jay Clifton
  • Van Epperson as Principal Phillips
  • Nikki Griffin as Risa
  • Elena Maria Garcia as Maid
  • Michael Horvath as Embarassed Boy
  • Kenneth Cameron as Young Man at Party
  • Claudio Sad as Mr. Barajas
  • Eric Fleeks as Detective Gomez
  • Zakareth Ruben as Dr. Chad's Assistant
  • Maria Cina as Blonde Reporter
  • Kymberly Newberry as Judge Wilcox
  • Sandra Purpuro as D.A. Sarah Lovell
  • Gary Carlos Cervantes as Davros
  • Terrell Clayton as Dammers

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 8% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 141

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 320
4 to 63614
7 to 91718
10 to 1277
13 to 151015
16 to 181217
19 to 211014
22 to 241110
25 to 2706
28 to 30225
31 to 33914
34 to 362411
37 to 3941
40 to 4250
43 to 4568
46 to 4856
49 to 5110
52 to 54320
55 to 5798
58 to 6087
61 to 63100
64 to 6622
67 to 6964
70 to 72152
73 to 7530
76 to 7840
79 to 8132
82 to 8480
85 to 87110
88 to 9050
91 to 93196
94 to 96140
97 to 9942
100 to 102170
103 to 1051011
106 to 10840
109 to 11110
112 to 11461
115 to 11792
118 to 12064
121 to 123015
124 to 126010
127 to 12962
130 to 1321522
133 to 135144
136 to 13882
139 to 14168

The evidence

  • Straight from the script
  • Counted from the script and the credits

Tap an exhibit to open it.

Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
MARIE: I'm... so... sorry... ELENA: You will be.
JENNY: Happy birthday, babe. They ain't diamonds, but you're just gonna have to wait for those... MARIE: Thank you. Thank you so much... JENNY: Are you OK, hon? MARIE: I...yeah...I'll be fine...It's just...that new girl...I almost hit her in the parking lot...
ELENA: Bet you choke. MARIE: What's your major malfunction? ELENA: Just wanted to make a wager. Between best friends. ELENA: You blow this dive, I get those diamonds of yours.
MARIE: Nah. I'm cool. JENNY: Denial ain't just a river in Egypt, babe. You got diamonds on the mind.
JENNY: So? Did you get the key? Are you Blue Bay's richest bitch? JENNY: Holy shit, who invited her? MARIE: This is a private party... ELENA: Don't mind me. I ain't here for your stupid party.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 63 are women's.

436 lines from women, 260 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

9 women and 8 men in the cast. 8 women and 7 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 2 of 754. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 32 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 (3,405), men 45% (2,801). Women have 63% 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

Exhibit F: behind the camera

None of the 10 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 17% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
Jay Lowi (man)
Written by
Andy Hurst (man), Ross Helford (gender not listed)
Produced by
Marc Bienstock (man)
Shot by
Hubert Taczanowski (man)
Edited by
Anthony Adler (man)
Music by
Steven M. Stern (gender not listed)
Production design by
Reiko Kobayashi (gender not listed)
Cast by
Dan Shaner (gender not listed), Michael Testa (man)

The crew, department by department

  • Camera

    1 women, 9 men, 25 not listed

  • Production

    1 women, 7 men, 10 not listed

  • Sound

    0 women, 6 men, 10 not listed

  • Costume & Make-Up

    3 women, 0 men, 11 not listed

  • Art

    0 women, 0 men, 7 not listed

  • Other crew

    0 women, 2 men, 5 not listed

  • Directing

    1 women, 3 men, 2 not listed

  • Lighting

    0 women, 0 men, 5 not listed

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit G: how old the stars were

Women: 27 on average. Men: 44 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Serah D'Laine 22, Claire Coffee 24, Sandra McCoy 25, Nikki Griffin 26, Dina Meyer 36

Men

Ron Melendez 32, Linden Ashby 44, Brad Johnson 45, Van Epperson 47, Michael Mantell 53

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 141 scenes and 754 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works

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