Passes the Bechdel test

Wind River

Name: Wind River
Released: 2017

2017. Directed by Taylor Sheridan, written by Taylor Sheridan.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
8 women characters. 4 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 4 scenes out of 72.
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, though someone marked that rating as dubious.

The film

East of Boulder Flats, deep in the vast and unforgiving white territory of the Wind River Indian Reservation, seasoned game tracker Cory Lambert discovers the frozen body of Natalie, a young Native American. As this is a federal crime, the F.B.I. dispatches inexperienced but courageous agent Jane Banner to lead the investigation, but the unprepared outsider soon teams up with Cory to unravel the mystery of Natalie's murder. Before long, Cory must inevitably face his own past; at the same time, both he and Jane are thirsting to see justice done.

Released: 18 Aug 2017
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rated: R
IMDb: 7.7 / 10
Metascore: 73 / 100
Awards: 22 wins & 30 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Cory 262 lines, man
Jane 164 lines, woman
Ben 73 lines, man
Casey 44 lines, man
Curtis 33 lines, man
Pete 26 lines, man
Wilma 23 lines, woman
Matt 20 lines, man
Crowheart 17 lines
Dr. Whitehurst 16 lines, man

Full cast, 35 people

Jeremy Renner as Cory Lambert
Elizabeth Olsen as Jane Banner
Gil Birmingham as Martin Hanson
Graham Greene as Ben
Jon Bernthal as Matt Rayburn
Kelsey Asbille as Natalie Hanson
Teo Briones as Casey Lambert
Tantoo Cardinal as Alice Crowheart
Matthew Del Negro as Dillon
Hugh Dillon as Curtis
Julia Jones as Wilma Lambert
James Jordan as Pete Mickens
Eric Lange as Dr. Whitehurst
Martin Sensmeier as Chip Hanson
Apesanahkwat as Dan Crowheart
Althea Sam as Annie Hanson
Tokala Black Elk as Sam Littlefeather
Tyler Laracca as Frank Walker
Shayne J. Cullen as BIA Officer #1
Dallin Tusieseina as BIA Officer #2
Austin R. Grant as Carl
Ian Bohen as Evan
Gabriel Casdorph as Contractor #1
Mason D. Davis as Contractor #2
Chris Romrell as Contractor #3
Blake Robbins as Tim Winter
Norman Lehnert as Dale
Ian Roylance as Coroner
Gus Sheridan as Classmate
Dana Anquoe as Coroner's Assistant #2 (uncredited)
Duy Beck as Native American Police Officer (uncredited)
David Cardona as BIA Officer (uncredited)
Teresa Duran-Norvick as Teacher (uncredited)
Devin Hansen as Pedestrian (uncredited)
Tara Karsian as Ingrid (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 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 72

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	6	0
3 to 4	0	0
5 to 6	0	0
7 to 8	0	20
9 to 10	14	24
11 to 12	0	25
13 to 14	0	6
15 to 16	0	16
17 to 18	0	11
19 to 20	4	3
21 to 22	11	10
23 to 24	36	35
25 to 26	10	0
27 to 28	13	23
29 to 30	0	22
31 to 32	19	26
33 to 34	0	1
35 to 36	10	31
37 to 38	1	2
39 to 40	2	12
41 to 42	0	0
43 to 44	5	15
45 to 46	20	26
47 to 48	6	36
49 to 50	12	10
51 to 52	11	30
53 to 54	0	0
55 to 56	6	22
57 to 58	11	35
59 to 60	1	5
61 to 62	6	8
63 to 64	11	41
65 to 66	4	10
67 to 68	0	32
69 to 70	5	7
71 to 72	0	14

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.

GPS: In seventy-five feet, turn right. JANE: ... Where?! GPS: Turn right ... Turn right. JANE: Where do you want me to turn right?? WHERE!!!

GPS: In fifty feet -- JANE: Shut up.

ALICE: Thermals can make underwear wedge up your bottom, but I guess yours are already there. ALICE: Here, these should fit. You’re skinny. JANE: Thanks. ALICE: You got gloves?

GPS: In half a mile, turn left on East Main Street. GPS: In three hundred feet, turn left on East Main Street. GPS: Turn left. Turn left. JANE: I’m sorry, I can’t see anything.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 29 are women's.

224 lines from women, 558 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

8 women and 23 men in the cast. 4 women and 15 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 73 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 27% of the words (2,147), men 73% (5,872). Women have 29% 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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

3 of the 15 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 25% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Taylor Sheridan (man)
Written by: Taylor Sheridan (man)
Produced by: Elizabeth A. Bell (woman), Peter Berg (man), Matthew George (man), Basil Iwanyk (man), Wayne L. Rogers (man)
Shot by: Ben Richardson (man)
Edited by: Gary D. Roach (man)
Music by: Warren Ellis (man), Nick Cave (man)
Production design by: Neil Spisak (man)
Costumes by: Kari Perkins (woman)
Cast by: Jordan Bass (gender not listed), Lauren Bass (woman)