Passes the Bechdel test
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002. Directed by Chris Columbus, written by J.K. Rowling and Steve Kloves.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
21 women characters. 7 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 118. -
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
The second instalment in the Harry Potter series finds young wizard Harry Potter and his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger facing new challenges during their second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as they try to uncover a dark force that is terrorising the school.
- Released
- 15 Nov 2002
- Genres
- Adventure, Family, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 7.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 63 / 100
- Awards
- Won 1 BAFTA Award. 14 wins & 50 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Harry 256 lines, man
- Ron 169 lines, man
- Hermione 92 lines, woman
- Gilderoy Lockhart 51 lines, man
- Dumbledore 42 lines, man
- Tom Riddle 42 lines, man
- Hagrid 34 lines, man
- Lucius Malfoy 31 lines, man
- Professor Mcgonagall 29 lines, woman
- Dobby 27 lines, man
Full cast, 77 people
- Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
- Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley
- Emma Watson as Hermione Granger
- Kenneth Branagh as Gilderoy Lockhart
- Toby Jones as Dobby (voice)
- Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid
- Richard Harris as Albus Dumbledore
- Alan Rickman as Severus Snape
- Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy
- Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy
- Shirley Henderson as Moaning Myrtle
- Richard Griffiths as Vernon Dursley
- Julie Walters as Molly Weasley
- Bonnie Wright as Ginny Weasley
- Fiona Shaw as Petunia Dursley
- Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall
- Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick
- David Bradley as Argus Filch
- Sean Biggerstaff as Oliver Wood
- Robert Hardy as Cornelius Fudge
- John Cleese as Nearly Headless Nick (Sir Nicholas)
- Gemma Jones as Poppy Pomfrey
- Miriam Margolyes as Pomona Sprout
- Mark Williams as Arthur Weasley
- Harry Melling as Dudley Dursley
- James Phelps as Fred Weasley
- Oliver Phelps as George Weasley
- Chris Rankin as Percy Weasley
- Josh Herdman as Gregory Goyle
- Jamie Waylett as Vincent Crabbe
- Christian Coulson as Tom Riddle
- Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom
- Alfred Enoch as Dean Thomas
- Devon Murray as Seamus Finnigan
- Luke Youngblood as Lee Jordan
- Hugh Mitchell as Colin Creevey
- Edward Randell as Justin Finch-Fletchley
- Veronica Clifford as Mrs Mason
- Jim Norton as Mr Mason
- Tom Knight as Mr Granger
- Heather Bleasdale as Mrs Granger
- Ben Borowiecki as Angus (Diagon Boy)
- Isabella Columbus as Girl in Bookstore
- Edward Tudor-Pole as Mr Borgin
- Gemma Padley as Penelope Clearwater
- Jenny Tarren as Aged Witch
- Peter O'Farrell as Short Man - Daily Prophet
- Eleanor Columbus as Susan Bones
- Harry Taylor as Station Guard
- Rochelle Douglas as Alicia Spinnet
- Emily Dale as Katie Bell
- Danielle Tabor as Angelina Johnson
- Jamie Yeates as Marcus Flint
- Violet Columbus as Girl with Flowers
- Peter Taylor as Man - Moving Picture
- Scot Fearn as Adrian Pucey
- David Holmes as Slyth Beater No 1
- David Massam as Slyth Beater No 2
- Tony Christian as Slyth Beater No 3
- David Churchyard as Slyth Keeper
- Sally Mortemore as Irma Pince
- Louis Doyle as Ernie MacMillan
- Charlotte Skeoch as Hannah Hufflepuff
- Brendan Columbus as Boy in Study Hall 1
- Robert Ayres as Boy in Study Hall 2
- Alfred Burke as Armando Dippet
- Leslie Phillips as The Sorting Hat (voice)
- Helen Stuart as Millicent Bulstrode
- Daisy Bates as Brunette Lady - Moving Picture
- David Tysall as Count - Moving Picture
- Martin Bayfield as Young Hagrid
- Julian Glover as Aragog (voice)
- Les Bubb as Reader
- Zoë Sugg as Slytherin Student
- Amy Athwal-Kirby as Hogwarts Student
- Hazel Keech as Hogwarts Student (uncredited)
- Ana Mulvoy-Ten as Student (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 118
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 to 6 | 2 | 28 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 to 12 | 1 | 10 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 to 21 | 7 | 25 |
| 22 to 24 | 3 | 20 |
| 25 to 27 | 7 | 9 |
| 28 to 30 | 5 | 25 |
| 31 to 33 | 1 | 13 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 33 |
| 37 to 39 | 2 | 14 |
| 40 to 42 | 8 | 25 |
| 43 to 45 | 5 | 28 |
| 46 to 48 | 4 | 22 |
| 49 to 51 | 22 | 32 |
| 52 to 54 | 12 | 24 |
| 55 to 57 | 9 | 23 |
| 58 to 60 | 12 | 42 |
| 61 to 63 | 3 | 9 |
| 64 to 66 | 3 | 20 |
| 67 to 69 | 11 | 11 |
| 70 to 72 | 6 | 42 |
| 73 to 75 | 4 | 3 |
| 76 to 78 | 11 | 13 |
| 79 to 81 | 7 | 15 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 22 |
| 85 to 87 | 3 | 9 |
| 88 to 90 | 3 | 11 |
| 91 to 93 | 3 | 7 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 31 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 30 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 7 |
| 103 to 105 | 8 | 20 |
| 106 to 108 | 5 | 35 |
| 109 to 111 | 0 | 63 |
| 112 to 114 | 2 | 18 |
| 115 to 117 | 4 | 43 |
| 118 to 118 | 2 | 7 |
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.
MOANING MYRTLE: I'm Moaning Myrtle. I wouldn't expect you to know me. Who would ever talk about fat, ugly, miserable, moping, moaning Myrtle? HERMIONE: She's a little sensitive.
HERMIONE: Go away! MOANING MYRTLE: Ooh, wait till you see. It's awful! HERMIONE: Do you remember me telling you the Polyjuice Potion was only for human transformations...? HERMIONE: It was cat hair I plucked off Millicent Bulstrode's robes! Look at my face!
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 18 are women's.
175 lines from women, 820 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
21 women and 45 men in the cast. 7 women and 34 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 11 of 1,010.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 74 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 19% of the words (2,890), men 81% (11,938). Women have 18% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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
6
Two men
100
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 23% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Chris Columbus (man)
- Written by
- Steve Kloves (man)
- From the novel by
- J.K. Rowling (woman)
- Produced by
- David Heyman (man)
- Shot by
- Roger Pratt (man)
- Edited by
- Peter Honess (man)
- Music by
- John Williams (man)
- Production design by
- Stuart Craig (man)
- Costumes by
- Lindy Hemming (woman)
- Cast by
- Karen Lindsay-Stewart (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
5 women, 12 men, 26 not listed
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Visual Effects
1 women, 9 men, 21 not listed
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Production
5 women, 7 men, 14 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 15 men, 8 not listed
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Art
2 women, 8 men, 12 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
5 women, 5 men, 11 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 4 men, 7 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 5 men, 3 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 12 on average. Men: 38 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Emma Watson 12
Men
Daniel Radcliffe 13, Rupert Grint 14, Tom Felton 15, Toby Jones 36, Jason Isaacs 39, Kenneth Branagh 41, Robbie Coltrane 52, Alan Rickman 56, Richard Harris 72
Exhibit H: the money
It made 8.8 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $100 million
- Box office
- $877 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 118 scenes and 1,010 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
