Passes the Bechdel test
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005. Directed by Tim Burton, written by Roald Dahl and John August.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
15 women characters. 7 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 6 scenes out of 109. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
When Willy Wonka decides to let five children into his chocolate factory, he decides to release five golden tickets in five separate chocolate bars, causing complete mayhem. The tickets start to be found, with the fifth going to a very special boy, called Charlie Bucket. With his Grandpa, Charlie joins the rest of the children to experience the most amazing factory ever. But not everything goes to plan within the factory.
- Released
- 15 Jul 2005
- Genres
- Adventure, Comedy, Family
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 6.7 / 10
- Metascore
- 72 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 15 wins & 52 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Wonka 221 lines, man
- Charlie 94 lines, man
- Grandpa Joe 71 lines, man
- Veruca 39 lines, woman
- Mike 33 lines, man
- Mr. Salt 31 lines, man
- Mr. Teavee 28 lines, man
- Violet 28 lines, woman
- Narrator 24 lines, man
- Oompa-Loompas 19 lines, man
Full cast, 49 people
- Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka
- Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket
- David Kelly as Grandpa Joe
- Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Bucket
- Noah Taylor as Mr. Bucket
- Missi Pyle as Mrs. Beauregarde
- James Fox as Mr. Salt
- Deep Roy as Oompa Loompa
- Christopher Lee as Dr. Wonka
- Adam Godley as Mr. Teavee
- Franziska Troegner as Mrs. Gloop
- AnnaSophia Robb as Violet Beauregarde
- Julia Winter as Veruca Salt
- Jordan Fry as Mike Teavee
- Philip Wiegratz as Augustus Gloop
- Blair Dunlop as Little Willy Wonka
- Liz Smith as Grandma Georgina
- Eileen Essell as Grandma Josephine
- David Morris as Grandpa George
- Nitin Ganatra as Prince Pondicherry
- Shelley Conn as Princess Pondicherry
- Chris Cresswell as Prodnose
- Philip Philmar as Slugworth
- Tony Kirwood as Finckelgruber
- Todd Boyce as TV Reporter
- Nayef Rashed as Moroccan Market Vendor
- Menis Yousry as Moroccan Market Trader
- Harry Taylor as Mr. Gloop
- Hubertus Geller as German Reporter
- Francesca Hunt as Mrs. Salt
- Garrick Hagon as Denver Reporter
- Kevin Eldon as Man with Dog
- Mark Heap as Man with Dog
- Roger Frost as Tall Man
- Oscar James as Shopkeeper
- Colette Appleby as Customer in Shop
- Debora Weston as Woman in Shop
- Annette Badland as Jolly Woman
- Steve Hope Wynne as Museum Guard
- Geoffrey Holder as Narrator (voice)
- Elena Buda as Character Dancer (uncredited)
- Rene Costa as Factory Worker (uncredited)
- Danny Elfman as Oompa Loompa (voice) (uncredited)
- Aiko Horiuchi as Woman in shop (uncredited)
- Brigitte Millar as Journalist (uncredited)
- Valery Richardson as Zombie Dancer (uncredited)
- John Warman as Policeman (uncredited)
- Tracy Yarkoni as Violet's Neighbor (uncredited)
- Jynine James as Salts Nuts Girl (Uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 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 109
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 to 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 to 12 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 to 21 | 6 | 17 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 to 27 | 5 | 11 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 to 33 | 1 | 4 |
| 34 to 36 | 2 | 1 |
| 37 to 39 | 1 | 17 |
| 40 to 42 | 11 | 3 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 17 |
| 46 to 48 | 2 | 15 |
| 49 to 51 | 1 | 13 |
| 52 to 54 | 1 | 7 |
| 55 to 57 | 2 | 1 |
| 58 to 60 | 6 | 15 |
| 61 to 63 | 8 | 43 |
| 64 to 66 | 3 | 22 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 5 |
| 70 to 72 | 19 | 49 |
| 73 to 75 | 5 | 16 |
| 76 to 78 | 30 | 65 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 7 |
| 88 to 90 | 9 | 53 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 5 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 71 |
| 97 to 99 | 10 | 37 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 3 |
| 103 to 105 | 1 | 28 |
| 106 to 108 | 0 | 10 |
| 109 to 109 | 3 | 12 |
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.
GRANDMA GEORGINA: Fire, where? GRANDMA JOSEPHINE: Nowhere, dear.
GRANDMA GEORGINA: I am not! GRANDMA JOSEPHINE: Of course you aren’t, dear.
MS. BEAUREGARDE: These are just some of the 263 trophies and medals my Violet has won. VIOLET: I'm a gumchewer, mostly, but when I heard about these ticket things, I laid off the gum and switched to candy bars. MS. BEAUREGARDE: She is just a driven young woman. I don’t know what it is about her. VIOLET: I’m the junior world-champion gum chewer. This piece of gum I'm chewing I've been working on for over three months solid. That's a record.
GRANDMA JOSEPHINE: What a beastly girl. GRANDMA GEORGINA: Despicable!
VERUCA: Let’s be friends. VIOLET: Best friends.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 18 are women's.
136 lines from women, 603 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
15 women and 25 men in the cast. 7 women and 18 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 9 of 759.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 102 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 (1,155), men 86% (7,312). 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
15
Two men
84
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 21% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Tim Burton (man)
- Written by
- John August (man)
- From the novel by
- Roald Dahl (man)
- Produced by
- Richard D. Zanuck (man), Brad Grey (man), Lorne Orleans (gender not listed)
- Shot by
- Philippe Rousselot (man)
- Edited by
- Chris Lebenzon (man)
- Music by
- Danny Elfman (man)
- Production design by
- Alex McDowell (man)
- Costumes by
- Gabriella Pescucci (woman)
- Cast by
- Susie Figgis (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
5 women, 11 men, 21 not listed
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Art
1 women, 18 men, 13 not listed
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Other crew
4 women, 10 men, 18 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 16 men, 9 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
7 women, 4 men, 12 not listed
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Visual Effects
1 women, 11 men, 10 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 8 men, 7 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 1 men, 5 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 36 on average. Men: 51 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Missi Pyle 32, Helena Bonham Carter 39
Men
Freddie Highmore 13, Noah Taylor 35, Adam Godley 40, Johnny Depp 42, Deep Roy 56, James Fox 66, David Kelly 76, Christopher Lee 83
Exhibit H: the money
It made 3.2 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $150 million
- Box office
- $475 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 109 scenes and 759 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
