Fails the Bechdel test
Virtuosity
1995. Directed by Brett Leonard, written by Eric Bernt.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
26 women characters. 7 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic, Intelligent, and Dangerous virtual reality entity which is synthesized from the personalities of more than 150 serial killers. LETAC would like to train police officers by putting them in VR with SID, but they must prove the concept by using prisoners as test subjects. One such prisoner is ex-cop Parker Barnes. When SID manages to inject his personality into a nano-machine android, it appears that Barnes might be the only one who can stop him.
- Released
- 04 Aug 1995
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 39 / 100
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Parker 178 lines, man
- Madison 145 lines, woman
- Sid 6.7 100 lines, man
- Cox 49 lines, man
- Lindenmeyer 45 lines, man
- Deane 40 lines, woman
- Reilly 21 lines, man
- Wallace 21 lines, man
- Alexiev 10 lines
- Guard 7 lines, man
Full cast, 73 people
- Denzel Washington as Parker Barnes
- Russell Crowe as Sid 6.7
- Kelly Lynch as Madison Carter
- Alanna Ubach as Ella
- William Forsythe as William Cochran
- Stephen Spinella as Lindenmeyer
- Louise Fletcher as Elizabeth Deane
- William Fichtner as Wallace
- Costas Mandylor as John Donovan
- Kevin J. O'Connor as Clyde Reilly
- Kaley Cuoco as Karin
- Una Damon as Woman with Video Camera
- Christopher Murray as Matthew Grimes
- Miguel Nájera as Rafael Debaca
- Miracle Vincent as Christine Barnes
- Traci Lords as Media Zone Singer
- Michael Buffer as Emcee
- Heidi Schanz as Sheila 3.2
- Mara Duronslet as Beautiful Woman at Olympic Stadium
- Karen Annarino as IS? TV Reporter
- Cheryl Lawson as Pretty Woman in Media Zone
- Eiko Nijo as Geisha Hostess
- Monica Allison as Woman on Train
- Laura Leigh Hughes as Suburban Reporter
- Virginia Watson as Anchorwoman
- Michael B. Silver as Undercover Cop
- Lesa Noelle as Screaming Woman
- Mathew St. Patrick as Onlooker at Electronics Store (uncredited)
- Gordon Jennison Noice as Big Red
- Mari Morrow as Linda Barnes
- Ed Marques as Blonde Punk in Media Zone
- Danny Goldring as John Symes
- Anthony C. Hall as Locator Technician
- Randall Fontana as Ed
- Allen Scotti as Surgeon
- Dwayne Chattman as Stripped Man in Media Zone
- Kevin Loreque as Animatronic Bartender
- Gaura Vani Buchwald as Burly Man in Video Store
- Rolando Molina as Videostore Salesman
- Gary Anthony Sturgis as Officer at Video Store
- Susan Mohun as Bystander
- David Asman as Metrolink Cop
- Amy Smallman as Aide in Cochran's Office
- Marva Hicks as Onscreen Talent
- Juan A. Riojas as Metromedia Cop
- Steven R. Barnett as Metromedia Cop
- John Walcutt as Swat Captain
- Jordan Marder as Prison Transport Guard
- Brogan Young as Monitor Prison Guard
- Dustin Nguyen as Suburban Reporter
- Tony Winters as Male Newscaster
- Beverly Cohen as Female Tabloid TV Host
- Margot Hope as Paula
- Mary-Rachel Foot as Woman with Video Camera
- Jennifer Greenhut as Screaming Woman
- Brit Thompson as Screaming Woman
- Kevin La Presle as Paramedic
- Eric Bernt as Building Supervisor
- Rob Gomes as Swat Guy
- Michael Tamburro as Helicopter Pilot
- Frank Welker as Special Vocal Effects (voice)
- Leonard Nimoy as Spock (archive footage) (uncredited)
- William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk (archive footage) (uncredited)
- DeForest Kelley as Dr. Leonard McCoy (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Kenny Endoso as Sushi Chef (uncredited)
- Greg Bronson as MMA Fan (uncredited)
- Ahmed Ahmed as Cameraman
- Michelle Smith as Screaming Woman
- Daniel Anderson as Police Detective
- Jeff Imada as Sushi Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
- Andray Johnson as SWAT Officer (uncredited)
- Laura Albert as Wrestling Spectator (uncredited)
- Ken Kilpatrick as Ultimate Fighter (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
We couldn't read who says what in this film's script, so there's no dialogue chart for it yet.
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, 30 are women's.
191 lines from women, 453 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
26 women and 45 men in the cast. 7 women and 22 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 18 of 689.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 69 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 32% of the words (2,287), men 68% (4,860). Women have 30% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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
5
Two men
26
Exhibit E: behind the camera
3 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 22% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Brett Leonard (man)
- Written by
- Eric Bernt (man)
- Produced by
- Gary Lucchesi (man)
- Shot by
- Gale Tattersall (man)
- Edited by
- B.J. Sears (gender not listed), Rob Kobrin (gender not listed)
- Music by
- Christopher Young (man)
- Production design by
- Nilo Rodis-Jamero (man)
- Costumes by
- Francine Jamison-Tanchuck (woman)
- Cast by
- Deborah Aquila (woman), Jane Shannon-Smith (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
5 women, 17 men, 2 not listed
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Sound
4 women, 13 men, 4 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 4 men, 3 not listed
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Production
3 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
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Art
0 women, 4 men, 3 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 39 on average. Men: 35 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Alanna Ubach 19, Kelly Lynch 36, Louise Fletcher 61
Men
Costas Mandylor 29, Russell Crowe 31, Kevin J. O'Connor 31, Stephen Spinella 38, William Fichtner 38, Denzel Washington 40, William Forsythe 40
Exhibit G: the money
It made 80% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $30 million
- Box office
- $24 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 1 scenes and 689 lines of dialogue. How the test works
