Fails the Bechdel test
Red Planet
2000. Directed by Antony Hoffman, written by Chuck Pfarrer and Jonathan Lemkin.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
0 / 3
Fails
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No
1. At least two women
Fewer than two women characters. -
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
In the near future, Earth is dying. A new colony on Mars could be humanity's only hope. A team of American astronauts, each a specialist in a different field, is making the first manned expedition to the red planet and must struggle to overcome the differences in their personalities, backgrounds and ideologies for the overall good of the mission. When their equipment suffers life-threatening damage and the crew must depend on one another for survival on the hostile surface of Mars, their doubts, fears and questions about God, man's destiny and the nature of the universe become defining elements in their fates. In this alien environment they must come face to face with their most human selves.
- Released
- 10 Nov 2000
- Genres
- Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 5.7 / 10
- Metascore
- 34 / 100
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Gallagher 200 lines, man
- Bowman 117 lines, woman
- Burchenal 108 lines, man
- Pettengill 46 lines, man
- Chantilas 36 lines, man
- Santen 29 lines, man
- Skavlem 26 lines
- Schlissel 20 lines, man
- Russert 16 lines, man
- Lowenthal 13 lines
Full cast, 9 people
- Val Kilmer as Robby Gallagher
- Carrie-Anne Moss as Cmdr. Kate Bowman
- Benjamin Bratt as Lt. Ted Santen
- Tom Sizemore as Dr. Quinn Burchenal
- Simon Baker as Chip Pettengill
- Terence Stamp as Dr. Bud Chantilas
- Jessica Morton as Website Fan
- Bob Neill as Voice of Houston (voice)
- Caroline Bossi as Website Fan
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 12% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 169
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 to 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 to 12 | 5 | 3 |
| 13 to 16 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 to 20 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 to 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 to 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 to 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 to 36 | 0 | 4 |
| 37 to 40 | 0 | 35 |
| 41 to 44 | 12 | 18 |
| 45 to 48 | 0 | 34 |
| 49 to 52 | 0 | 7 |
| 53 to 56 | 0 | 7 |
| 57 to 60 | 3 | 19 |
| 61 to 64 | 0 | 42 |
| 65 to 68 | 5 | 5 |
| 69 to 72 | 2 | 7 |
| 73 to 76 | 3 | 7 |
| 77 to 80 | 4 | 9 |
| 81 to 84 | 1 | 25 |
| 85 to 88 | 6 | 9 |
| 89 to 92 | 11 | 28 |
| 93 to 96 | 12 | 24 |
| 97 to 100 | 1 | 2 |
| 101 to 104 | 0 | 53 |
| 105 to 108 | 1 | 0 |
| 109 to 112 | 5 | 24 |
| 113 to 116 | 0 | 11 |
| 117 to 120 | 2 | 5 |
| 121 to 124 | 1 | 6 |
| 125 to 128 | 2 | 22 |
| 129 to 132 | 6 | 7 |
| 133 to 136 | 9 | 11 |
| 137 to 140 | 2 | 3 |
| 141 to 144 | 0 | 12 |
| 145 to 148 | 2 | 1 |
| 149 to 152 | 1 | 2 |
| 153 to 156 | 2 | 1 |
| 157 to 160 | 1 | 0 |
| 161 to 164 | 4 | 0 |
| 165 to 168 | 4 | 4 |
| 169 to 169 | 6 | 7 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 20 are women's.
117 lines from women, 468 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
3 women and 6 men in the cast. 1 women and 6 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 10 of 666.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 70 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 16% of the words (2,164), men 84% (11,312). Women have 20% 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
47
Exhibit E: behind the camera
2 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 19% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Antony Hoffman (man)
- Written by
- Chuck Pfarrer (man), Jonathan Lemkin (man)
- Produced by
- Bruce Berman (man), Jorge Saralegui (man), Mark Canton (man)
- Shot by
- Peter Suschitzky (man)
- Edited by
- Robert K. Lambert (man), Dallas Puett (man)
- Music by
- Graeme Revell (man)
- Production design by
- Owen Paterson (man)
- Costumes by
- Kym Barrett (woman)
- Cast by
- Lora Kennedy (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Production
3 women, 11 men, 15 not listed
-
Sound
5 women, 12 men, 8 not listed
-
Other crew
1 women, 5 men, 16 not listed
-
Camera
0 women, 5 men, 12 not listed
-
Art
0 women, 5 men, 11 not listed
-
Visual Effects
0 women, 3 men, 13 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 2 men, 6 not listed
-
Directing
1 women, 1 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 33 on average. Men: 41 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Carrie-Anne Moss 33
Men
Simon Baker 31, Benjamin Bratt 36, Tom Sizemore 38, Val Kilmer 40, Terence Stamp 62
Exhibit G: the money
It made 42% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $80 million
- Box office
- $33.5 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 169 scenes and 666 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
