Passes the Bechdel test
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2018. Directed by David Yates, written by J.K. Rowling.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
28 women characters. 16 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 4 scenes out of 121. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 2 out of 3.
The film
In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans of raising pure-blood wizards to rule over all non-magical beings, Albus Dumbledore enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, though he's unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.
- Released
- 16 Nov 2018
- Genres
- Adventure, Family, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 6.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 52 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards. 3 wins & 23 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Newt 174 lines, man
- Jacob 87 lines, man
- Tina 53 lines, woman
- Grindelwald 49 lines, man
- Dumbledore 47 lines, man
- Leta 47 lines, woman
- Queenie 42 lines, woman
- Kama 34 lines
- Theseus 26 lines, man
- Travers 24 lines, man
Full cast, 82 people
- Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander
- Katherine Waterston as Tina Goldstein
- Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski
- Alison Sudol as Queenie Goldstein
- Johnny Depp as Grindelwald
- Jude Law as Albus Dumbledore
- Ezra Miller as Credence Barebone
- Zoë Kravitz as Leta Lestrange
- Callum Turner as Theseus Scamander
- Claudia Kim as Nagini
- Carmen Ejogo as Seraphina Picquery
- Jessica Williams as Eulalie Hicks
- William Nadylam as Yusuf Kama
- Ingvar E. Sigurðsson as Grimmson
- Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Skender
- Kevin Guthrie as Abernathy
- Brontis Jodorowsky as Nicolas Flamel
- Derek Riddell as Torquil Travers
- David Sakurai as Krall
- Fiona Glascott as Minerva McGonagall
- Wolf Roth as Spielman
- Victoria Yeates as Bunty
- Poppy Corby-Tuech as Rosier
- Cornell John as Arnold Guzman
- Claudius Peters as Nagel
- Bart Soroczynski as Stebbins
- Danielle Hugues as Irma Dugard
- Alfie Simmons as McClaggan
- Isaac Cortinovis Johnson as McClaggan's Friend
- Olivia Popica as Receptionist
- Alfie Mailley as Child in Bubble
- Simon Wan as Chang
- Andrew Turner as MacDuff
- Linda Santiago as Credence's Aunt
- Alfrun Rose as Red-Haired Witch
- Maja Bloom as Carrow
- Olwen Fouéré as Melusine
- Simon Meacock as Krafft
- David Wilmot as Portkey Tout
- Ed Gaughan as French Policeman
- Jamie Campbell Bower as Young Grindelwald
- Toby Regbo as Young Dumbledore
- Hugh Quarshie as Mustafa Kama
- Isaura Barbé-Brown as Laurena Kama
- Keith Chanter as Corvus Lestrange Senior
- Jemima Woolnough as Gryffindor Girl
- Hollie Burgess as Gryffindor Girl
- Thea Lamb as Young Leta Lestrange (13-16 Years Old)
- Joshua Shea as Young Newt (13-16 Years Old)
- Isaac Domingos as Yusuf Kama (12 Years Old)
- Ruby Woolfenden as Young Leta Lestrange (3-6 Years Old)
- Christopher Birks as Young Auror-Auditorium
- Sabine Crossen as Mrs. Lestrange (uncredited)
- Morrison Thomas as Old Carnie (uncredited)
- Johanna Thea as Ministry of Magic Witch (uncredited)
- Liv Hansen as Ministry of Magic Witch (uncredited)
- Israel Ruiz as Ministry of Magic Wizard (uncredited)
- Jag Patel as Senior Wizard (uncredited)
- Deepak Anand as Wizard (uncredited)
- Andrew Blackall as The Rowdy Frenchman (uncredited)
- Phil Hodges as Prisoner 001 (uncredited)
- Michael Haydon as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
- Tim Ingall as Spectrum (uncredited)
- Stephen McDade as Cirque Arcanus Worker (uncredited)
- Jeremy Oliver as Circus passerby (uncredited)
- Dave Simon as Muggle at Circus (uncredited)
- Jason Redshaw as Chef (uncredited)
- Callum Forman as Doorman (uncredited)
- Ryan Hannaford as Sailor (uncredited)
- Donna Preston as Circus Compare (uncredited)
- Nasir Jama as Macusa Prison (uncredited)
- Aykut Hilmi as Shafiq (uncredited)
- Natalie Lauren as Parisian Woman (uncredited)
- Deano Bugatti as Muggle (uncredited)
- Adrian Wheeler as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Annarie Boor as Wand Seller (uncredited)
- Sean Coleman as Teenager in House (uncredited)
- Ana Cilas as French Muggle (uncredited)
- Grant Crookes as Cafe Owner (uncredited)
- Sarah-Jane De Crespigny as Amphitheatre Witch (uncredited)
- Mike Wood as Circus Beastmaster (uncredited)
- Maddie Evans as School Pupil (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 121
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 to 6 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 to 21 | 8 | 46 |
| 22 to 24 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 to 27 | 2 | 4 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 19 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 7 |
| 34 to 36 | 11 | 21 |
| 37 to 39 | 20 | 28 |
| 40 to 42 | 1 | 8 |
| 43 to 45 | 3 | 10 |
| 46 to 48 | 5 | 31 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 23 |
| 52 to 54 | 9 | 6 |
| 55 to 57 | 5 | 0 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 11 |
| 61 to 63 | 4 | 19 |
| 64 to 66 | 2 | 35 |
| 67 to 69 | 10 | 3 |
| 70 to 72 | 7 | 17 |
| 73 to 75 | 7 | 3 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 1 |
| 79 to 81 | 6 | 19 |
| 82 to 84 | 6 | 6 |
| 85 to 87 | 8 | 35 |
| 88 to 90 | 9 | 17 |
| 91 to 93 | 2 | 3 |
| 94 to 96 | 5 | 6 |
| 97 to 99 | 18 | 19 |
| 100 to 102 | 4 | 0 |
| 103 to 105 | 7 | 0 |
| 106 to 108 | 6 | 0 |
| 109 to 111 | 5 | 2 |
| 112 to 114 | 9 | 15 |
| 115 to 117 | 9 | 34 |
| 118 to 120 | 1 | 12 |
| 121 to 121 | 0 | 3 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
RECEPTIONIST: Bienvenue au Ministère des Affaires Magiques. QUEENIE: I'm sorry, I don't know what you just said at all -- RECEPTIONIST: Welcome to the French Ministry of Magic. What is your business, please? QUEENIE: I need to speak to Tina Goldstein, she's an American Auror working on a case here --
IRMA: Qui est là? NAGINI: C'est votre fils, madame. IRMA: Qui êtes-vous?
QUEENIE: Oh, no, thank you. You've been real kind, but my sister Tina's probably worried sick about me, you know. Banging on all the doors and things… ROSIER: But you haven't met your host. QUEENIE: Oh, are you married? ROSIER: Let's say... deeply committed.
TINA: Fiancé. MELUSINE: Allez-y. TINA: Merci.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 29 are women's.
194 lines from women, 477 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
28 women and 45 men in the cast. 16 women and 21 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 3 of 734.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 55 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 24% of the words (1,554), men 76% (4,959). Women have 29% 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
7
Two men
45
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 24% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- David Yates (man)
- Written by
- J.K. Rowling (woman)
- Produced by
- J.K. Rowling (woman), David Heyman (man), Lionel Wigram (man), Steve Kloves (man)
- Shot by
- Philippe Rousselot (man)
- Edited by
- Mark Day (man)
- Music by
- James Newton Howard (man)
- Production design by
- Stuart Craig (man)
- Costumes by
- Colleen Atwood (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Production
1 women, 13 men, 6 not listed
-
Other crew
6 women, 11 men, 1 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
7 women, 2 men, 7 not listed
-
Sound
2 women, 13 men, 1 not listed
-
Art
2 women, 8 men, 4 not listed
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Visual Effects
2 women, 10 men, 2 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 5 men
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Directing
0 women, 3 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 33 on average. Men: 41 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Zoë Kravitz 29, Alison Sudol 33, Claudia Kim 33, Katherine Waterston 38
Men
Callum Turner 28, Eddie Redmayne 36, Dan Fogler 42, Jude Law 45, Johnny Depp 55
Exhibit H: the money
It made 3.3 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $200 million
- Box office
- $655 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 121 scenes and 734 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
