Passes the Bechdel test
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007. Directed by David Yates, written by Michael Goldenberg and J.K. Rowling.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
23 women characters. 14 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 4 scenes out of 162. -
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 rebellion begins. Lord Voldemort has returned, but the Ministry of Magic is doing everything it can to keep the wizarding world from knowing the truth – including appointing Ministry official Dolores Umbridge as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts. When Umbridge refuses to teach practical defensive magic, Ron and Hermione convince Harry to secretly train a select group of students for the wizarding war that lies ahead. A terrifying showdown between good and evil awaits in this enthralling film version of the fifth novel in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Prepare for battle.
- Released
- 11 Jul 2007
- Genres
- Adventure, Family, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 71 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards. 17 wins & 50 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Harry 417 lines, man
- Hermione 139 lines, woman
- Dumbledore 128 lines, man
- Umbridge 99 lines, woman
- Ron 84 lines, man
- Sirius 77 lines, man
- Fudge 45 lines, man
- Mcgonagall 44 lines, woman
- Snape 42 lines, man
- Hagrid 34 lines, man
Full cast, 88 people
- Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
- Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley
- Emma Watson as Hermione Granger
- Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge
- Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange
- Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid
- Gary Oldman as Sirius Black
- Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort
- Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore
- Alan Rickman as Severus Snape
- Richard Griffiths as Vernon Dursley
- Brendan Gleeson as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody
- Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy
- Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood
- Katie Leung as Cho Chang
- Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick
- Fiona Shaw as Petunia Dursley
- Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall
- David Thewlis as Remus Lupin
- Emma Thompson as Sybill Trelawney
- Julie Walters as Molly Weasley
- David Bradley as Argus Filch
- Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy
- Robert Hardy as Cornelius Fudge
- George Harris as Kingsley Shacklebolt
- Natalia Tena as Nymphadora Tonks
- Mark Williams as Arthur Weasley
- Harry Melling as Dudley Dursley
- Jason Boyd as Piers
- Richard Macklin as Malcolm
- Kathryn Hunter as Arabella Figg
- Miles Jupp as TV Weatherman
- Jessica Hynes as Mafalda Hopkirk (voice)
- Adrian Rawlins as James Potter
- Geraldine Somerville as Lily Potter
- Peter Cartwright as Elphias Doge
- Brigitte Millar as Emmeline Vance
- Timothy Bateson as Kreacher (voice)
- James Phelps as Fred Weasley
- Oliver Phelps as George Weasley
- Bonnie Wright as Ginny Weasley
- Jamie Wolpert as Newspaper Vendor
- Nicholas Blane as Bob
- Daisy Haggard as Lift (voice)
- Chris Rankin as Percy Weasley
- Sian Thomas as Amelia Bones
- Jamie Waylett as Vincent Crabbe
- Josh Herdman as Gregory Goyle
- Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom
- Ryan Nelson as Slightly Creepy Boy
- William Melling as Nigel 2nd Year
- Apple Brook as Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank
- Devon Murray as Seamus Finnigan
- Alfred Enoch as Dean Thomas
- Afshan Azad as Padma Patil
- Shefali Chowdhury as Parvati Patil
- Jim McManus as Barman
- Nick Shirm as Somewhat Doubtful Boy
- Sam Beazley as Everard
- John Atterbury as Phineas
- Arben Bajraktaraj as Azkaban Death Eater
- Richard Leaf as Dawlish
- Tony Maudsley as Grawp
- Alec Hopkins as Young Severus Snape
- Robbie Jarvis as Young James Potter
- James Walters as Young Sirius Black
- Charles Hughes as Young Peter Pettigrew
- James Utechin as Young Remus Lupin
- Jason Piper as Centaur
- Michael Wildman as Centaur
- Richard Cubison as Death Eater
- Peter Best as Death Eater
- Tav MacDougall as Death Eater
- Richard Trinder as Death Eater
- Nathan Clarke as Gryffindor Student (uncredited)
- David Heyman as Healer in Portrait (uncredited)
- Cliff Lanning as Edgar Bones (uncredited)
- James Payton as Frank Longbottom (uncredited)
- Christopher Rithin as Dennis (uncredited)
- Lauren Shotton as Pansy Parkinson (uncredited)
- Timothy Spall as Peter Pettigrew (uncredited)
- Lisa Wood as Alice Longbottom (uncredited)
- Saskia Strallen as Dumbledore's Army Member (uncredited)
- Kevin Hudson as Talking Prophecy (uncredited)
- River Hawkins as Gryffindor Student (uncredited)
- Lily Bertrand-Webb as Cho's Friend (uncredited)
- Ekow Quartey as Dumbledore's Army Member
- Robert Pattinson as Cedric Diggory (uncredited) (archive)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 4% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 162
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 16 | 101 |
| 5 to 8 | 11 | 49 |
| 9 to 12 | 6 | 15 |
| 13 to 16 | 5 | 66 |
| 17 to 20 | 6 | 39 |
| 21 to 24 | 4 | 21 |
| 25 to 28 | 21 | 9 |
| 29 to 32 | 9 | 7 |
| 33 to 36 | 4 | 3 |
| 37 to 40 | 23 | 40 |
| 41 to 44 | 9 | 35 |
| 45 to 48 | 21 | 14 |
| 49 to 52 | 23 | 22 |
| 53 to 56 | 12 | 23 |
| 57 to 60 | 21 | 25 |
| 61 to 64 | 0 | 24 |
| 65 to 68 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 to 72 | 5 | 6 |
| 73 to 76 | 5 | 36 |
| 77 to 80 | 4 | 9 |
| 81 to 84 | 7 | 23 |
| 85 to 88 | 15 | 35 |
| 89 to 92 | 3 | 20 |
| 93 to 96 | 0 | 3 |
| 97 to 100 | 11 | 23 |
| 101 to 104 | 13 | 6 |
| 105 to 108 | 6 | 12 |
| 109 to 112 | 19 | 43 |
| 113 to 116 | 33 | 58 |
| 117 to 120 | 1 | 12 |
| 121 to 124 | 4 | 3 |
| 125 to 128 | 0 | 2 |
| 129 to 132 | 15 | 30 |
| 133 to 136 | 0 | 6 |
| 137 to 140 | 3 | 15 |
| 141 to 144 | 29 | 20 |
| 145 to 148 | 9 | 16 |
| 149 to 152 | 9 | 13 |
| 153 to 156 | 15 | 63 |
| 157 to 160 | 13 | 152 |
| 161 to 162 | 15 | 18 |
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.
TRELAWNEY: You cannot sack me! UMBRIDGE: I can do whatever I wish! TRELAWNEY: This is my home! UMBRIDGE: Not anymore.
HERMIONE: We’ll also need to keep everyone away from her office. GINNY: We can do that! Me and Luna’1ll guard the hallway. HERMIONE: We'll probably only manage five minutes or so.
UMBRIDGE: Of course I did! Someone had to act! UMBRIDGE: CRUCIO! HERMIONE: No! Please, stop! UMBRIDGE: Well, well.
UMBRIDGE: Much further, is it? HERMIONE: Oh, yes. It’s very well hidden.
UMBRIDGE: Your forest? This forest belongs to the Ministry of Magic! UMBRIDGE: Stay back, you beasts! UMBRIDGE: You cannot attack me! Any attack on a wizard by a half-breed-- HERMIONE: Don’t call them that!
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 28 are women's.
425 lines from women, 1117 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
23 women and 64 men in the cast. 14 women and 36 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 9 of 1,608.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 101 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 30% of the words (4,358), men 70% (10,045). Women have 28% 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
22
Two men
120
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 12 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
- Michael Goldenberg (man)
- From the novel by
- J.K. Rowling (woman)
- Produced by
- David Heyman (man), Lorne Orleans (gender not listed), David Barron (man)
- Shot by
- Sławomir Idziak (man)
- Edited by
- Mark Day (man)
- Music by
- Nicholas Hooper (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
10 women, 15 men, 4 not listed
-
Visual Effects
2 women, 16 men, 8 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 16 men, 3 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 6 men, 5 not listed
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Art
3 women, 5 men, 4 not listed
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Production
2 women, 6 men, 2 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 3 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 36 on average. Men: 45 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Emma Watson 17, Helena Bonham Carter 41, Imelda Staunton 51
Men
Daniel Radcliffe 17, Rupert Grint 18, Ralph Fiennes 44, Gary Oldman 49, Robbie Coltrane 57, Alan Rickman 61, Michael Gambon 66
Exhibit H: the money
It made 6.3 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $150 million
- Box office
- $938 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 162 scenes and 1,608 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
