Passes the Bechdel test
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón, 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
16 women characters. 7 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 141. -
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
In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry, Ron and Hermione, now teenagers, return for their third year at Hogwarts, where they are forced to face escaped prisoner, Sirius Black, who poses a great threat to Harry. Harry must overcome the threats of the soul-sucking Dementors, outsmart a dangerous werewolf and finally deal with the truth about Sirius Black and his relationship to Harry and his parents. With his best friends, Harry masters advanced magic, crosses the barriers of time and changes the course of more than one life.
- Released
- 04 Jun 2004
- Genres
- Adventure, Family, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 7.9 / 10
- Metascore
- 82 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 17 wins & 56 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
- Hermione 129 lines, woman
- Professor Lupin 91 lines, man
- Ron 82 lines, man
- Sirius Black 35 lines, man
- Hagrid 34 lines, man
- Snape 32 lines, man
- Dumbledore 26 lines, man
- Cornelius Fudge 20 lines, man
- Professor Trelawney 18 lines, woman
Full cast, 59 people
- Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
- Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley
- Emma Watson as Hermione Granger
- Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid
- Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore
- Gary Oldman as Sirius Black
- David Thewlis as Remus Lupin
- Timothy Spall as Peter Pettigrew
- Alan Rickman as Severus Snape
- Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy
- Emma Thompson as Sybill Trelawney
- Julie Walters as Molly Weasley
- Richard Griffiths as Vernon Dursley
- Fiona Shaw as Petunia Dursley
- Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall
- David Bradley as Argus Filch
- Pam Ferris as Marge Dursley
- Dawn French as The Fat Lady
- Julie Christie as Madam Rosmerta
- Robert Hardy as Cornelius Fudge
- Mark Williams as Arthur Weasley
- Harry Melling as Dudley Dursley
- Adrian Rawlins as James Potter
- Geraldine Somerville as Lily Potter
- Lee Ingleby as Stan Shunpike
- Lenny Henry as Shrunken Head (voice)
- Jimmy Gardner as Ernest Prang
- Jim Tavaré as Tom
- Abby Ford as Young Witch Maid
- Oliver Phelps as George Weasley
- James Phelps as Fred Weasley
- Chris Rankin as Percy Weasley
- Bonnie Wright as Ginny Weasley
- Devon Murray as Seamus Finnegan
- Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick
- Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom
- Sitara Shah as Parvati Patil
- Jennifer Smith as Lavender Brown
- Bronson Webb as Slytherin Boy
- Josh Herdman as Gregory Goyle
- Genevieve Gaunt as Pansy Parkinson
- Kandice Morris as Girl 1
- Alfred Enoch as Dean Thomas
- Annalisa Bugliani as Mother in Portrait
- Tess Bu Cuarón as Baby in Portrait
- Violet Columbus as Girl with Flowers
- Paul Whitehouse as Sir Cadogan
- Ekow Quartey as Boy 1
- Ricky Sahota as Boy 2
- Jamie Waylett as Vincent Crabbe
- Sharon Sandhu as Girl 2
- Danielle Tabor as Angelina Johnson
- Freddie Davies as Old Man in Portrait
- Peter Best as The Executioner
- Ian Brown as Wizard (uncredited)
- Marianne Chase as Rionach O'Neal (uncredited)
- Tom Ackerley as Slytherin Student (uncredited)
- Hazel Keech as Hogwarts Student (uncredited)
- Tia Kofi as Hogwarts Student (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 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 141
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 to 6 | 9 | 6 |
| 7 to 9 | 11 | 9 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 23 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 11 |
| 19 to 21 | 4 | 3 |
| 22 to 24 | 6 | 31 |
| 25 to 27 | 5 | 7 |
| 28 to 30 | 5 | 15 |
| 31 to 33 | 1 | 6 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 to 39 | 8 | 3 |
| 40 to 42 | 10 | 6 |
| 43 to 45 | 4 | 31 |
| 46 to 48 | 6 | 47 |
| 49 to 51 | 5 | 14 |
| 52 to 54 | 0 | 14 |
| 55 to 57 | 5 | 25 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 9 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 30 |
| 64 to 66 | 1 | 1 |
| 67 to 69 | 11 | 20 |
| 70 to 72 | 11 | 4 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 31 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 3 |
| 82 to 84 | 4 | 10 |
| 85 to 87 | 6 | 9 |
| 88 to 90 | 1 | 29 |
| 91 to 93 | 7 | 4 |
| 94 to 96 | 1 | 1 |
| 97 to 99 | 5 | 21 |
| 100 to 102 | 2 | 2 |
| 103 to 105 | 6 | 11 |
| 106 to 108 | 7 | 71 |
| 109 to 111 | 12 | 34 |
| 112 to 114 | 7 | 9 |
| 115 to 117 | 13 | 25 |
| 118 to 120 | 12 | 13 |
| 121 to 123 | 6 | 4 |
| 124 to 126 | 1 | 1 |
| 127 to 129 | 2 | 0 |
| 130 to 132 | 3 | 3 |
| 133 to 135 | 2 | 13 |
| 136 to 138 | 1 | 25 |
| 139 to 141 | 0 | 7 |
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.
PROFESSOR TRELAWNEY: Welcome, my children. In this room, you shall explore the mysterious art of Divination. In this room, you shall discover if you possess... PROFESSOR TRELAWNEY: ... the Sight. Hello. I am Professor Trelawney. Together, we shall cast ourselves into the future. But know this. One either has the Gift or… HERMIONE: What rubbish.
PROFESSOR TRELAWNEY: Crystal-gazing requires that you clear the Inner Eye. Only then, will you... See. Oh my, what do we have here...? HERMIONE: Here we go again. It's the Grim! It's the Grim! PROFESSOR TRELAWNEY: My dear, from the moment you first arrived in my class, I sensed that you did not possess the proper spirit for the noble art of Divination.…
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 23 are women's.
200 lines from women, 656 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
16 women and 36 men in the cast. 7 women and 24 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 7 of 872.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 44 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 24% of the words (2,362), men 76% (7,537). Women have 23% 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
4
Two men
71
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 28% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Alfonso Cuarón (man)
- Written by
- Steve Kloves (man)
- From the novel by
- J.K. Rowling (woman)
- Produced by
- David Heyman (man), Mark Radcliffe (man), Lorne Orleans (gender not listed), Chris Columbus (man)
- Shot by
- Michael Seresin (man)
- Edited by
- Steven Weisberg (man)
- Music by
- John Williams (man)
- Production design by
- Stuart Craig (man)
- Costumes by
- Jany Temime (woman)
- Cast by
- Jina Jay (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
12 women, 13 men, 23 not listed
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Visual Effects
2 women, 12 men, 19 not listed
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Production
5 women, 11 men, 15 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
7 women, 3 men, 19 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 16 men, 12 not listed
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Art
3 women, 13 men, 11 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 7 men, 11 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 6 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 14 on average. Men: 39 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Emma Watson 14
Men
Daniel Radcliffe 14, Rupert Grint 15, Tom Felton 16, David Thewlis 41, Gary Oldman 46, Timothy Spall 47, Robbie Coltrane 54, Alan Rickman 58, Michael Gambon 63
Exhibit H: the money
It made 6.1 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $130 million
- Box office
- $790 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 141 scenes and 872 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
