Passes the Bechdel test

Obsessed

Name: Obsessed
Released: 2009

2009. Directed by Steve Shill, written by David Loughery.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
8 women characters. 3 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 7 scenes out of 105.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

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The film

Derek Charles is a hard working man, employed as a asset manager in a private company. He is very happy with his beautiful wife, Sharon, and only son, and because of his hard work he just got a huge promotion. But suddenly he gets a temporary worker who is both attractive and smart, and Derek is understandably impressed with her and also finds himself physically drawn to her. However, this new girl is desperate to get close to him - at any cost.

Released: 24 Apr 2009
Genres: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 5.1 / 10
Metascore: 25 / 100
Awards: 4 wins & 9 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Derek 283 lines, man
Lisa 169 lines, woman
Beth 148 lines, woman
Reyes 41 lines, woman
Erek 39 lines
Ben 35 lines, man
Patrick 29 lines, man
Isa 20 lines
Samantha 15 lines, woman
Eth 14 lines

Full cast, 18 people

Idris Elba as Derek Charles
Beyoncé as Sharon Charles
Ali Larter as Lisa Sheridan
Jerry O'Connell as Ben
Christine Lahti as Detective Monica Reese
Bruce McGill as Joe Gage
Matthew Humphreys as Patrick
Scout Taylor-Compton as Samantha
Bonnie Perlman as Marge
Richard Ruccolo as Hank
Bryan Ross as Security Man
Nelson Mashita as Doctor
Ron Roggé as Roger
George Ketsios as Hotel Clerk
Dana Cuomo as Rachel
Janora McDuffie as Nurse
Robert Esser as Paramedic (uncredited)
Catherine Munden as Cocktail Waitress

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 11% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 105

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	5	2
4 to 6	6	7
7 to 9	10	19
10 to 12	7	23
13 to 15	27	20
16 to 18	9	7
19 to 21	28	15
22 to 24	19	31
25 to 27	11	12
28 to 30	11	18
31 to 33	0	0
34 to 36	8	12
37 to 39	10	19
40 to 42	0	41
43 to 45	5	4
46 to 48	5	11
49 to 51	18	15
52 to 54	19	23
55 to 57	10	11
58 to 60	14	14
61 to 63	34	10
64 to 66	10	10
67 to 69	22	7
70 to 72	5	2
73 to 75	12	2
76 to 78	8	5
79 to 81	3	1
82 to 84	10	7
85 to 87	9	9
88 to 90	11	11
91 to 93	3	1
94 to 96	1	0
97 to 99	0	0
100 to 102	22	5
103 to 105	8	4

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.

BETH: You can work at home and then we'll go to the barbecue. LISA: Do you need me?

LISA: Thanks, Samantha. Nice meeting you. SAMANTHA: You, too.

BETH: Well, I'm not fine. to Reyes; demanding) I want you to find her. REYES: We will. She violated the restraining order so we can arrest her. Look, Mrs. Charles, I know you're upset. I'm a mother, too... BETH: How would you feel if it was your child? REYES: Exactly the same as you.

LISA: Hi, this is Lisa. I'm not here right now so please leave a message after the beep and I'll get back to you. Have a good one. BETH: L isten to me, you little bitch. This is Beth Charles and I just want you to know that if you ever... ever... come near my child or my house…

BETH: Please? Please what? Please don't hurt you? LISA: No!

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 50 are women's.

380 lines from women, 378 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

8 women and 10 men in the cast. 3 women and 9 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 51 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 52% of the words (3,593), men 48% (3,368). Women have 50% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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

1 of the 11 people in these jobs is a woman. Across the whole crew, 26% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Steve Shill (man)
Written by: David Loughery (man)
Produced by: George Flynn (gender not listed), Mathew Knowles (man), Will Packer (man), Nicolas Stern (man)
Shot by: Ken Seng (man)
Edited by: Paul Seydor (man)
Music by: Jim Dooley (man)
Production design by: Jon Gary Steele (man)
Costumes by: Maya Lieberman (woman)