Passes the Bechdel test

Two for the Money

Name: Two for the Money
Released: 2005

2005. Directed by D.J. Caruso, written by Dan Gilroy.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
11 women characters. 6 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 146.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.

The film

Brandon Lang loves football: an injury keeps him from the pros, but his quarterback's anticipation makes him a brilliant predictor of games' outcomes. Needing money, he leaves Vegas for Manhattan to work for Walter Abrams advising gamblers. Walter has a doting wife, a young daughter, and a thriving business, but he has problems: a bum heart, a belief he's a master manipulator, and addictions barely kept in check. He remakes Brandon, and a father-son relationship grows. Then, things go awry. Walter may be running a con. The odds against Brandon mount.

Released: 07 Oct 2005
Genres: Crime, Drama, Sport
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.2 / 10
Metascore: 50 / 100
Awards: 2 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Brandon 310 lines, man
Walter 283 lines, man
Toni 119 lines, woman
Jerry 32 lines, man
Novian 20 lines, man
Brandon Voiceover 17 lines, man
Young Salesman 12 lines, man
Brandon'S Dad 9 lines, man
Brandon'S Mother 9 lines, woman
Julia 8 lines, woman

Full cast, 29 people

Al Pacino as Walter Abrams
Matthew McConaughey as Brandon Lang
Rene Russo as Toni Morrow
Armand Assante as Novian
Jeremy Piven as Jerry
Jaime King as Alexandria
Kevin Chapman as Southie
Denise Galik as Brandon's Mom
Gedde Watanabe as Milton
Carly Pope as Tammy
Charles Carroll as Chuck
Ralph Garman as Reggie
Chrislyn Austin as Julia
Craig Veroni as Amir
Gerard Plunkett as Herbie
Stephen Dimopoulos as Steve
Steve Makaj as Coach
Gary Hudson as Brandon's Dad
Jeremy Guilbaut as Mitch
James Kirk as Denny
Justin Riemer as Football Player
Veena Sood as G.A. Hostess
Luciana Carro as Gail
Kendall Cross as Make-Up Artist
Brad Kelly as Novian's Bodyguard
David Lovgren as TV Technician
Ildiko Ferenczi as Friend (uncredited)
Susan Ward as Girl in Sportscar (uncredited)
April Telek as Young Woman (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 146

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 4	0	3
5 to 8	0	14
9 to 12	0	2
13 to 16	0	12
17 to 20	0	9
21 to 24	5	17
25 to 28	0	5
29 to 32	27	57
33 to 36	0	7
37 to 40	0	16
41 to 44	2	2
45 to 48	13	39
49 to 52	0	12
53 to 56	0	34
57 to 60	2	17
61 to 64	0	15
65 to 68	11	17
69 to 72	0	11
73 to 76	10	22
77 to 80	17	52
81 to 84	5	32
85 to 88	10	38
89 to 92	4	65
93 to 96	0	1
97 to 100	8	28
101 to 104	1	14
105 to 108	5	66
109 to 112	3	4
113 to 116	1	37
117 to 120	9	27
121 to 124	5	7
125 to 128	0	11
129 to 132	0	10
133 to 136	0	4
137 to 140	11	15
141 to 144	8	7
145 to 146	1	13

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scene

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

JULIA: Can we play? TONI: Okay, let me just put the groceries away. JULIA: I want to play princess. TONI: So do I. Go put your dress on.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 18 are women's.

158 lines from women, 742 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

11 women and 18 men in the cast. 6 women and 23 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 52 of 925. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 87 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 12% of the words (1,458), men 88% (10,273). Women have 18% 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

2 of the 14 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 17% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: D.J. Caruso (man)
Written by: Dan Gilroy (man)
Produced by: Jay Cohen (man), James M. Freitag (man), James G. Robinson (man), Billy Higgins (man), Wayne Morris (man)
Shot by: Conrad W. Hall (man)
Edited by: Glen Scantlebury (man)
Music by: Christophe Beck (man)
Production design by: Tom Southwell (man)
Costumes by: Marie-Sylvie Deveau (woman)
Cast by: Pam Dixon (woman), Sean Cossey (man)