Passes the Bechdel test

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Name: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Released: 2005

2005. Directed by Mike Newell, written by Steve Kloves and J.K. Rowling.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
24 women characters. 14 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 95.
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 1 out of 3.

Poster for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

The film

When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools—the Triwizard Tournament. But since Harry never submitted his name for the Tournament, who did? Now Harry must confront a deadly dragon, fierce water demons and an enchanted maze only to find himself in the cruel grasp of He Who Must Not Be Named. In this fourth film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, everything changes as Harry, Ron and Hermione leave childhood forever and take on challenges greater than anything they could have imagined.

Released: 18 Nov 2005
Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 7.7 / 10
Metascore: 81 / 100
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 13 wins & 48 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Harry 176 lines, man
Dumbledore 73 lines, man
Hermione 70 lines, woman
Ron 67 lines, man
Madeye Moody 54 lines, man
Voldemort 30 lines, man
Barty Crouch 20 lines, man
Professor Mcgonagall 18 lines, woman
Fred 17 lines, man
Row 17 lines

Full cast, 78 people

Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley
Emma Watson as Hermione Granger
Brendan Gleeson as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore
Robert Pattinson as Cedric Diggory
Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort
Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid
Alan Rickman as Severus Snape
David Tennant as Barty Crouch Junior
Predrag Bjelac as Igor Karkaroff
Clémence Poésy as Fleur Delacour
Stanislav Yanevski as Viktor Krum
Frances de la Tour as Madame Olympe Maxime
Roger Lloyd Pack as Barty Crouch
Miranda Richardson as Rita Skeeter
Gary Oldman as Sirius Black
Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy
Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall
Timothy Spall as Wormtail
David Bradley as Argus Filch
Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick
Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy
Robert Hardy as Cornelius Fudge
Shirley Henderson as Moaning Myrtle
Mark Williams as Arthur Weasley
Eric Sykes as Frank Bryce
James Phelps as Fred Weasley
Oliver Phelps as George Weasley
Bonnie Wright as Ginny Weasley
Jeff Rawle as Amos Diggory
Philip Rham as Death Eater
Olivia Higginbottom as Death Eater
Ashley Artus as Death Eater
Alex Palmer as Death Eater
Shashi Rami as Death Eater
Richard Rosson as Death Eater
Sheila Allen as Ministry Witch
Su Elliot as Ministry Witch
Anne Lacy as Ministry Witch
Flip Webster as Ministry Witch
David Sterne as Ministry Wizard
Christopher Whittingham as Ministry Wizard
Liam McKenna as Ministry Wizard
Campbell Graham as Ministry Wizard
Margery Mason as Food Trolley Lady
Katie Leung as Cho Chang
Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom
William Melling as Nigel
Devon Murray as Seamus Finnigan
Afshan Azad as Padma Patil
Shefali Chowdhury as Parvati Patil
Angelica Mandy as Gabrielle Delacour
Tolga Safer as Karkaroff's Aide
Alfred Enoch as Dean Thomas
Louis Doyle as Ernie MacMillan
Jamie Waylett as Vincent Crabbe
Josh Herdman as Gregory Goyle
Charlotte Skeoch as Hannah Abbott
Robert Wilfort as Photographer
Tiana Benjamin as Angelina Johnson
Henry Lloyd-Hughes as Roger Davies
Jarvis Cocker as Band Lead Singer
Jonny Greenwood as Band Lead Guitar
Philip Selway as Band Drums
Steve Mackey as Band Bass Guitar
Jason Buckle as Band Rhythm Guitar
Steven Claydon as Band Keyboards
Alan Watts as Assistant Judge
Adrian Rawlins as James Potter
Geraldine Somerville as Lily Potter
Sophie Lamont as Student
Hazel Keech as Hogwarts Student (uncredited)
Kevin Hudson as Irish Fan (uncredited)
Charlotte Ritchie as Slytherin Student (uncredited)
Lee Knight as Durmstrang Boy (uncredited)
Lily Bertrand-Webb as Cho's Friend (uncredited)
Roseanna Brown as Slytherin Student (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 13% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 95

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	0	0
3 to 4	0	0
5 to 6	0	5
7 to 8	2	3
9 to 10	0	16
11 to 12	0	2
13 to 14	5	15
15 to 16	11	23
17 to 18	0	7
19 to 20	6	22
21 to 22	10	36
23 to 24	4	20
25 to 26	4	6
27 to 28	2	8
29 to 30	10	7
31 to 32	3	32
33 to 34	3	55
35 to 36	6	5
37 to 38	8	13
39 to 40	9	24
41 to 42	7	6
43 to 44	0	0
45 to 46	0	0
47 to 48	0	0
49 to 50	1	1
51 to 52	0	0
53 to 54	0	0
55 to 56	15	26
57 to 58	13	15
59 to 60	1	5
61 to 62	0	0
63 to 64	0	2
65 to 66	3	9
67 to 68	10	10
69 to 70	2	11
71 to 72	0	13
73 to 74	0	0
75 to 76	0	3
77 to 78	4	7
79 to 80	0	8
81 to 82	2	7
83 to 84	2	46
85 to 86	0	2
87 to 88	0	57
89 to 90	1	40
91 to 92	1	14
93 to 94	1	5
95 to 95	1	4

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.

GINNY: And the ones on the ground? HERMIONE: Death Eaters.

CHO: I really am. Sorry. (NY HERMIONE: Made any progress?

HERMIONE: Wo, of course. She did say no...? HERMIONE GN: She said yes! ?!?

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 20 are women's.

147 lines from women, 590 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

24 women and 53 men in the cast. 14 women and 45 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 8 of 845. 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 (1,628), men 81% (7,167). Women have 20% 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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

4 of the 11 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 22% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Mike Newell (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: Mick Audsley (man)
Music by: Patrick Doyle (man)
Production design by: Stuart Craig (man)
Costumes by: Jany Temime (woman)
Cast by: Mary Selway (woman), Fiona Weir (woman)

The crew, department by department

Other crew

7 women, 14 men, 23 not listed
Visual Effects

1 women, 19 men, 17 not listed
Sound

0 women, 22 men, 9 not listed
Production

6 women, 6 men, 14 not listed
Art

5 women, 11 men, 8 not listed
Costume & Make-Up

5 women, 4 men, 15 not listed
Camera

0 women, 6 men, 10 not listed
Directing

1 women, 5 men, 3 not listed

Women
Men
Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit G: how old the stars were

Women: 15 on average. Men: 40 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Emma Watson 15

Men

Daniel Radcliffe 16, Rupert Grint 17, Robert Pattinson 19, David Tennant 34, Ralph Fiennes 42, Brendan Gleeson 50, Robbie Coltrane 55, Alan Rickman 59, Michael Gambon 65

Exhibit H: the money

It made 6.0 times what it cost.

Budget: $150 million
Box office: $896 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 95 scenes and 845 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works

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