Fails the Bechdel test

Antitrust

Name: Antitrust
Released: 2001

2001. Directed by Peter Howitt, written by Howard Franklin.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

1 / 3

Fails

Yes 1. At least two women
7 women characters. 4 of them speak.
No 2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other.
No 3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 2 out of 3.

The film

This movie is the fictional story of computer programming genius Milo Hoffman after graduating from Stanford and getting out into the competitive world of computer software. In his contemplation of where to begin his career, he is contacted by Gary Winston whose character is loosely based on Bill Gates. Winston is the CEO of a company called NURV, and they are on the brink of completing the global communication's system, Synapse. They need Hoffman to help them meet their launch date, so after much thought and with the full support of his girlfriend Alice, he accepts the job. Tragedy soon after strikes and Milo becomes suspicious of the company he has been wrapped up in. He learns that trusting anyone could be a mistake, and that nothing is as it seems.

Released: 12 Jan 2001
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 6.1 / 10
Metascore: 31 / 100
Awards: 2 wins & 4 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Milo 283 lines, man
Gary 92 lines, man
Alice 90 lines, woman
Lisa 84 lines, woman
Phil 28 lines, man
Shrot 28 lines, man
Redmond 24 lines, man
Brian 23 lines, man
Larry 23 lines, man
Randy 21 lines, man

Full cast, 26 people

Ryan Phillippe as Milo Hoffman
Rachael Leigh Cook as Lisa Calighan
Tim Robbins as Gary Winston
Claire Forlani as Alice Poulson
Richard Roundtree as Lyle Barton
Tygh Runyan as Larry Banks
Ned Bellamy as Phil Grimes
Tyler Labine as Redmond Schmeichel
Yee Jee Tso as Teddy Chin
Nate Dushku as Brian Bissel
Douglas McFerran as Bob Shrot
Scott Bellis as Randy Sheringham
Zahf Paroo as Desi
Jonathon Young as Stinky
Nathaniel DeVeaux as Lawyer
Rick Worthy as Shrot's Assistant
Ian Robison as Lawyer
David Lovgren as Danny Solskjær
Ed Beechner as Ken Cosgrove
Linda Ko as Gary's Secretary
Dayna Devon as TV Interviewer
Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff as Clarissa Winston
Colin Foo as Grocer
Helena Yea as Grocer's Wife
Benita Ha as Party Reporter
Justin Sain as Policeman

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 6 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 7% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 277

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 6	0	5
7 to 12	7	9
13 to 18	8	21
19 to 24	0	11
25 to 30	0	24
31 to 36	9	31
37 to 42	0	21
43 to 48	0	19
49 to 54	2	19
55 to 60	11	15
61 to 66	17	50
67 to 72	3	7
73 to 78	3	24
79 to 84	2	8
85 to 90	12	14
91 to 96	0	5
97 to 102	0	4
103 to 108	0	8
109 to 114	0	1
115 to 120	0	5
121 to 126	0	7
127 to 132	0	0
133 to 138	0	1
139 to 144	0	33
145 to 150	13	13
151 to 156	19	20
157 to 162	8	23
163 to 168	14	18
169 to 174	13	16
175 to 180	9	24
181 to 186	0	0
187 to 192	0	0
193 to 198	7	23
199 to 204	8	4
205 to 210	4	7
211 to 216	0	6
217 to 222	0	13
223 to 228	2	9
229 to 234	1	6
235 to 240	0	17
241 to 246	3	12
247 to 252	1	5
253 to 258	2	12
259 to 264	5	23
265 to 270	1	13
271 to 276	0	9
277 to 277	0	14

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 23 are women's.

184 lines from women, 629 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

7 women and 18 men in the cast. 4 women and 17 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 23 of 872. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 82 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 18% of the words (1,621), men 82% (7,187). Women have 23% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit D: 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 E: behind the camera

3 of the 13 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 24% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Peter Howitt (man)
Written by: Howard Franklin (man)
Produced by: Keith Addis (man), David Nicksay (man), Nick Wechsler (man)
Shot by: John Bailey (man)
Edited by: Zach Staenberg (man)
Music by: Don Davis (man)
Production design by: Catherine Hardwicke (woman)
Costumes by: Maya Mani (gender not listed)
Cast by: Amanda Mackey (woman), Cathy Sandrich Gelfond (woman), Sean Cossey (man)