Fails the Bechdel test
Locke
2014. Directed by Steven Knight, written by Steven Knight.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
4 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 0 out of 3.
The film
Leaving the construction site on the eve of a major project, construction manager Ivan Locke receives news that sends him driving the two hours from Birmingham to London, but even further from the life he once knew. Making the decision that he has to make, he then calls his wife, his sons, his co-workers and boss telling them the secret that he is bearing and trying to keep his job and family intact. But even more importantly, he will have to face himself and the choices he has made.
- Released
- 18 Apr 2014
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 83 / 100
- Awards
- 7 wins & 33 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Ivan Locke 390 lines, man
- Donal 107 lines, man
- Bethan 62 lines, woman
- Katrina 56 lines, woman
- Gareth 42 lines, man
- Eddie 32 lines, man
- Ivan 21 lines, man
- Sean 18 lines, man
- Cassidy 15 lines, man
- Doctor Gullu 11 lines, man
Full cast, 12 people
- Tom Hardy as Ivan Locke
- Ruth Wilson as Katrina (voice)
- Andrew Scott as Donal (voice)
- Olivia Colman as Bethan (voice)
- Tom Holland as Eddie (voice)
- Ben Daniels as Gareth (voice)
- Bill Milner as Sean (voice)
- Alice Lowe as Sister Margaret (voice)
- Danny Webb as Cassidy (voice)
- Lee Ross as PC Davids (voice)
- Silas Carson as Dr. Gullu (voice)
- Kirsty Dillon as Gareth's Wife (voice)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 1 scene, start to finish. Women above the line, men below.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 21
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 to 4 | 31 | 155 |
| 5 to 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 to 6 | 8 | 50 |
| 7 to 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 to 8 | 51 | 133 |
| 9 to 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 to 10 | 15 | 74 |
| 11 to 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 to 12 | 19 | 87 |
| 13 to 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 to 14 | 0 | 45 |
| 15 to 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 to 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 to 17 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 to 18 | 7 | 64 |
| 19 to 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 to 20 | 4 | 32 |
| 21 to 21 | 0 | 0 |
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, 18 are women's.
137 lines from women, 645 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
4 women and 8 men in the cast. 4 women and 10 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 784.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 94 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 14% of the words (1,232), men 86% (7,498). Women have 18% 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
0
Two men
16
Exhibit E: behind the camera
2 of the 9 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 14% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Steven Knight (man)
- Written by
- Steven Knight (man)
- Produced by
- Guy Heeley (man), Paul Webster (man)
- Shot by
- Haris Zambarloukos (man)
- Edited by
- Justine Wright (woman)
- Music by
- Dickon Hinchliffe (man)
- Costumes by
- Nigel Egerton (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- Shaheen Baig (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
2 women, 5 men, 3 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 6 men, 2 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 2 men, 4 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
0 women, 0 men, 3 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Art
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
-
Other crew
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 36 on average. Men: 37 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Ruth Wilson 32, Alice Lowe 37, Olivia Colman 40
Men
Tom Holland 17, Bill Milner 19, Tom Hardy 36, Andrew Scott 37, Lee Ross 43, Ben Daniels 49, Danny Webb 55
Exhibit G: the money
It made 2.3 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $2 million
- Box office
- $4.6 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 21 scenes and 784 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
