Passes the Bechdel test
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011. Directed by David Yates, written by Steve Kloves and J.K. Rowling.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
36 women characters. 15 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 5 scenes out of 180. -
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, though someone marked that rating as dubious.
The film
In Part 2 of the epic finale, the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalate into an all-out war. The stakes have never been higher and no one is safe. But it is Harry Potter who may be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice as he draws closer to the climactic showdown with Lord Voldemort. It all ends here.
- Released
- 15 Jul 2011
- Genres
- Adventure, Family, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 8.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 85 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 3 Oscars. 50 wins & 96 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Harry 213 lines, man
- Ron 95 lines, man
- Hermione 69 lines, woman
- Dumbledore 62 lines, man
- Voldemort 50 lines, man
- Bellatrix 47 lines, woman
- Snape 40 lines, man
- Neville 38 lines, man
- Griphook 35 lines, man
- Luna 28 lines, woman
Full cast, 107 people
- Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
- Emma Watson as Hermione Granger
- Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley
- Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort
- Alan Rickman as Severus Snape
- Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore
- Warwick Davis as Griphook / Filius Flitwick
- Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange
- Ciarán Hinds as Aberforth Dumbledore
- Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom
- John Hurt as Ollivander
- Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood
- Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid
- Kelly Macdonald as Helena Ravenclaw
- Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy
- Helen McCrory as Narcissa Malfoy
- Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy
- Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall
- David Thewlis as Remus Lupin
- Gary Oldman as Sirius Black
- David Bradley as Argus Filch
- Julie Walters as Molly Weasley
- Gemma Jones as Poppy Pomfrey
- Dave Legeno as Fenrir Greyback
- Miriam Margolyes as Pomona Sprout
- Nick Moran as Scabior
- James Phelps as Fred Weasley
- Oliver Phelps as George Weasley
- Clémence Poésy as Fleur Delacour
- Natalia Tena as Nymphadora Tonks
- Mark Williams as Arthur Weasley
- Bonnie Wright as Ginny Weasley
- Domhnall Gleeson as Bill Weasley
- Graham Duff as Death Eater
- Anthony Allgood as Gringotts Guard
- Rusty Goffe as Aged Gringotts Goblin
- Jon Key as Bogrod
- Ian Peck as Hogsmeade Death Eater
- Benn Northover as Hogsmeade Death Eater
- Hebe Beardsall as Ariana Dumbledore
- Devon Murray as Seamus Finnigan
- Jessie Cave as Lavender Brown
- Afshan Azad as Padma Patil
- Isabella Laughland as Leanne
- Anna Shaffer as Romilda Vane
- Georgina Leonidas as Katie Bell
- Freddie Stroma as Cormac McLaggen
- Alfred Enoch as Dean Thomas
- Katie Leung as Cho Chang
- William Melling as Nigel Wolpert
- Sian Grace Phillips as Screaming Girl
- Ralph Ineson as Amycus Carrow
- Suzie Toase as Alecto Carrow
- Jim Broadbent as Horace Slughorn
- Scarlett Hefner as Pansy Parkinson
- Josh Herdman as Gregory Goyle
- Louis Cordice as Blaise Zabini
- Amber Evans as Twin Girl 1
- Ruby Evans as Twin Girl 2
- George Harris as Kingsley Shacklebolt
- Chris Rankin as Percy Weasley
- Guy Henry as Pius Thicknesse
- Phil Wright as Giant
- Gary Sayer as Giant
- Tony Adkins as Giant
- Penelope McGhie as Death Eater
- Emma Thompson as Sybill Trelawney
- Ellie Darcey-Alden as Young Lily Potter
- Ariella Paradise as Young Petunia Dursley
- Benedict Clarke as Young Severus Snape
- Leslie Phillips as The Sorting Hat (voice)
- Alfie McIlwain as Young James Potter
- Rohan Gotobed as Young Sirius Black
- Geraldine Somerville as Lily Potter
- Adrian Rawlins as James Potter
- Toby Papworth as Baby Harry Potter
- Timothy Spall as Peter Pettigrew
- Peter G. Reed as Death Eater
- Judith Sharp as Death Eater
- Emil Hostina as Death Eater
- Bob Yves Van Hellenberg Hubar as Death Eater
- Granville Saxton as Death Eater
- Tony Kirwood as Death Eater
- Ashley McGuire as Death Eater
- Arthur Bowen as Albus Severus Potter (19 Years Later)
- Daphne de Beistegui as Lily Luna Potter (19 Years Later)
- Will Dunn as James Sirius Potter (19 Years Later)
- Jade Gordon as Astoria Malfoy (19 Years Later)
- Bertie Gilbert as Scorpius Malfoy (19 Years Later)
- Helena Barlow as Rose Weasley (19 Years Later)
- Ryan Turner as Hugo Weasley (19 Years Later)
- Paul Bailey as Gryffindor Student (uncredited)
- Sean Biggerstaff as Oliver Wood (uncredited)
- Vinnie Clarke as Gryffindor Student (uncredited)
- David Heyman as Dining Wizard in Painting (uncredited)
- Charlie Hobbs as Student (uncredited)
- Luke Newberry as Teddy Lupin (uncredited)
- Keijo J. Salmela as Gringotts Goblin (uncredited)
- Spencer Wilding as Knight of Hogwarts (uncredited)
- Harrison Davis as Gringotts Goblin (uncredited)
- Annabelle Davis as Gringotts Goblin (uncredited)
- Samantha Davis as Gringotts Goblin (uncredited)
- Natalie Hallam as Death Eater (uncredited)
- Nikki Bond as Goblin (Uncredited)
- Nick Turner as Death Eater (uncredited)
- George Christodoulou as Hogwarts Student (uncredited)
- Roseanna Brown as Slytherin Student (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 180
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 to 8 | 26 | 27 |
| 9 to 12 | 17 | 19 |
| 13 to 16 | 8 | 68 |
| 17 to 20 | 9 | 21 |
| 21 to 24 | 15 | 50 |
| 25 to 28 | 4 | 7 |
| 29 to 32 | 1 | 5 |
| 33 to 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 to 40 | 0 | 2 |
| 41 to 44 | 4 | 15 |
| 45 to 48 | 11 | 39 |
| 49 to 52 | 9 | 32 |
| 53 to 56 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 to 60 | 12 | 25 |
| 61 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 65 to 68 | 10 | 14 |
| 69 to 72 | 2 | 5 |
| 73 to 76 | 2 | 16 |
| 77 to 80 | 16 | 18 |
| 81 to 84 | 0 | 2 |
| 85 to 88 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 to 92 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 to 96 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 to 100 | 4 | 9 |
| 101 to 104 | 2 | 5 |
| 105 to 108 | 4 | 6 |
| 109 to 112 | 3 | 27 |
| 113 to 116 | 1 | 9 |
| 117 to 120 | 0 | 6 |
| 121 to 124 | 3 | 18 |
| 125 to 128 | 1 | 10 |
| 129 to 132 | 0 | 1 |
| 133 to 136 | 1 | 2 |
| 137 to 140 | 0 | 16 |
| 141 to 144 | 0 | 41 |
| 145 to 148 | 6 | 9 |
| 149 to 152 | 7 | 72 |
| 153 to 156 | 3 | 2 |
| 157 to 160 | 3 | 33 |
| 161 to 164 | 0 | 2 |
| 165 to 168 | 6 | 5 |
| 169 to 172 | 1 | 6 |
| 173 to 176 | 1 | 1 |
| 177 to 180 | 5 | 22 |
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.
HERMIONE: Not long. BELLATRIX: Show me.
BELLATRIX: This sword is meant to be in my vault at Gringotts. How did you get it? HERMIONE: I don’t know what you’re talking about. BELLATRIX: Liar. What else did you take?
BELLATRIX: I’m going to ask you once again: what else did you and your friends take from my vault! HERMIONE: I told you. I don’t know what you’re talking --
FLEUR: This is the closest I could find to what you described, Hermione. HERMIONE: It’s perfect. Thank you, Fleur.
LUNA: The lost diadem of Ravenclaw? Hasn’t anyone ever heard of it? It’s quite famous. CHO: Yes, but Luna, it’s lost. For centuries now. There’s not a person alive today who’s seen it.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 23 are women's.
205 lines from women, 670 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
36 women and 55 men in the cast. 15 women and 32 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 4 of 891.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 60 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 (1,593), men 81% (6,780). Women have 23% 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
8
Two men
74
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 40% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- David Yates (man)
- Written by
- Steve Kloves (man)
- From the novel by
- J.K. Rowling (woman)
- Produced by
- David Barron (man), J.K. Rowling (woman), David Heyman (man)
- Shot by
- Eduardo Serra (man)
- Edited by
- Mark Day (man)
- Music by
- Alexandre Desplat (man)
- Production design by
- Stuart Craig (man)
- Costumes by
- Jany Temime (woman)
- Cast by
- Fiona Weir (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
26 women, 15 men, 2 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
12 women, 7 men, 15 not listed
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Visual Effects
4 women, 15 men, 11 not listed
-
Art
3 women, 9 men, 6 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 13 men, 5 not listed
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Production
3 women, 7 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 5 men, 1 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 33 on average. Men: 43 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Emma Watson 21, Helena Bonham Carter 45
Men
Daniel Radcliffe 21, Rupert Grint 22, Matthew Lewis 22, Warwick Davis 41, Ralph Fiennes 48, Ciarán Hinds 58, Alan Rickman 65, Michael Gambon 70
Exhibit H: the money
It made 10.7 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $125 million
- Box office
- $1.3 billion
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 180 scenes and 891 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
