Fails the Bechdel test
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
2022. Directed by David Yates, written by J.K. Rowling and Steve Kloves.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
14 women characters. 10 of them speak. -
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 1 out of 3.
The film
Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts Magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards, witches and one brave Muggle baker on a dangerous mission, where they encounter old and new beasts and clash with Grindelwald's growing legion of followers. But with the stakes so high, how long can Dumbledore remain on the sidelines?
- Released
- 15 Apr 2022
- Genres
- Adventure, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 6.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 47 / 100
- Awards
- 7 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Newt 125 lines, man
- Dumbledore 93 lines, man
- Jacob 79 lines, man
- Theseus 56 lines, man
- Lally 55 lines, woman
- Grindelwald 52 lines, man
- Queenie 21 lines, woman
- Bunty 19 lines, woman
- Vogel 19 lines, man
- Credence 15 lines, man
Full cast, 39 people
- Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander
- Jude Law as Albus Dumbledore
- Mads Mikkelsen as Gellert Grindelwald
- Ezra Miller as Credence Barebone / Aurelius Dumbledore
- Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski
- Alison Sudol as Queenie Goldstein
- Callum Turner as Theseus Scamander
- Jessica Williams as Eulalie 'Lally' Hicks
- Katherine Waterston as Porpentina 'Tina' Goldstein
- Oliver Masucci as Anton Vogel
- Richard Coyle as Aberforth Dumbledore
- William Nadylam as Yusuf Kama
- Maria Fernanda Cândido as Vicência Santos
- Poppy Corby-Tuech as Vinda Rosier
- Victoria Yeates as Bunty Broadacre
- Aleksandr Kuznetsov as Helmut
- Dave Wong as Liu Tao
- Fiona Glascott as Minerva McGonagall
- Cara Mahoney as Waitress
- Maja Bloom as Carrow
- Wilf Scolding as Frank Doyle (Workman #1)
- Kazeem Tosin Amore as Workman #2
- Noor Dillan-Night as Workman #3
- Manuel Klein as Tall Auror
- Valerie Pachner as Henrietta Fischer
- Ramona Kunze-Libnow as Edith (Elderly Matron)
- Lucas Englander as Horst
- Jan Pohl as Ministry Official
- Matthias Brenner as Otto
- Peter Simonischek as Warder
- Jacqueline Boatswain as Ida Webb (British Witch)
- David Bertrand as Victor (French Minister)
- Stefan Race as Karl (Dark-Eyed Waiter)
- Jessica Cartledge as Redheaded Ravenclaw
- Rahda Sthanakiya as Tiny Witch #1
- Isabelle Coverdale as Tiny Witch #2
- Dónal Finn as Albert (Baker)
- Paul Low-Hang as Zabini
- Hebe Beardsall as Ariana Dumbledore (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 1% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 101
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 to 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 34 |
| 16 to 18 | 5 | 6 |
| 19 to 21 | 8 | 6 |
| 22 to 24 | 14 | 20 |
| 25 to 27 | 11 | 47 |
| 28 to 30 | 11 | 37 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 5 |
| 34 to 36 | 5 | 4 |
| 37 to 39 | 4 | 8 |
| 40 to 42 | 4 | 22 |
| 43 to 45 | 5 | 5 |
| 46 to 48 | 3 | 26 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 14 |
| 52 to 54 | 4 | 4 |
| 55 to 57 | 3 | 15 |
| 58 to 60 | 2 | 12 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 5 |
| 64 to 66 | 17 | 43 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 32 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 to 75 | 4 | 21 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 7 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 2 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 1 |
| 88 to 90 | 5 | 8 |
| 91 to 93 | 5 | 4 |
| 94 to 96 | 7 | 41 |
| 97 to 99 | 9 | 35 |
| 100 to 101 | 0 | 1 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 21 are women's.
127 lines from women, 492 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
14 women and 22 men in the cast. 10 women and 17 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 5 of 627.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 61 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 21% of the words (1,284), men 79% (4,891).
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
54
Exhibit E: behind the camera
4 of the 15 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 25% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- David Yates (man)
- Written by
- J.K. Rowling (woman), Steve Kloves (man)
- Produced by
- Tim Lewis (man), Lionel Wigram (man), David Heyman (man), J.K. Rowling (woman), Steve Kloves (man)
- Shot by
- George Richmond (man)
- Edited by
- Mark Day (man)
- Music by
- James Newton Howard (man)
- Production design by
- Stuart Craig (man), Neil Lamont (man)
- Costumes by
- Colleen Atwood (woman)
- Cast by
- Fiona Weir (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Art
4 women, 8 men, 10 not listed
-
Other crew
5 women, 7 men, 6 not listed
-
Production
4 women, 11 men, 3 not listed
-
Visual Effects
2 women, 8 men, 4 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 11 men
-
Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 3 men, 3 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
-
Directing
0 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 37 on average. Men: 46 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Jessica Williams 32, Alison Sudol 37, Katherine Waterston 42
Men
Callum Turner 32, Eddie Redmayne 40, Dan Fogler 45, Jude Law 49, Oliver Masucci 53, Mads Mikkelsen 56
Exhibit G: the money
It made 2.0 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $200 million
- Box office
- $407 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 101 scenes and 627 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
