Passes the Bechdel test

Into the Woods

Name: Into the Woods
Released: 2014

2014. Directed by Rob Marshall, written by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
12 women characters. 9 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 4 scenes out of 113.
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

Into the Woods is a modern twist on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales in a musical format that follows the classic tales of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel, all tied together by the couple from the tale of Rapunzel, here a baker and his wife, and their wish to begin a family tied up with the witch who has put a curse on them.

Released: 25 Dec 2014
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Rated: PG
IMDb: 5.9 / 10
Metascore: 69 / 100
Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. 11 wins & 75 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Baker 229 lines, man
Wife 138 lines, woman
Jack 117 lines, man
Cinderella 108 lines, woman
Lrrh 98 lines, woman
Witch 86 lines, woman
C’S Prince 46 lines, man
Jack’S Mother 25 lines, woman
Steward 23 lines, man
Rapunzel 18 lines, woman

Full cast, 22 people

Anna Kendrick as Cinderella
Meryl Streep as Witch
Lilla Crawford as Little Red Riding Hood
Emily Blunt as Baker's Wife
Johnny Depp as Big Bad Wolf
James Corden as Baker
Chris Pine as Cinderella's Prince
Mackenzie Mauzy as Rapunzel
Christine Baranski as Stepmother
Daniel Huttlestone as Jack
Tammy Blanchard as Florinda
Lucy Punch as Lucinda
Billy Magnussen as Rapunzel's Prince
Tracey Ullman as Jack's Mother
Richard Glover as Steward
Frances de la Tour as Giant
Simon Russell Beale as Baker's Father
Joanna Riding as Cinderella's Mother
Annette Crosbie as Granny
Andy Hayes as Villager (uncredited)
Scott Plumridge as Villager (uncredited)
Karl Farrer as Village Man (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 113

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	0	4
4 to 6	2	2
7 to 9	0	0
10 to 12	1	0
13 to 15	0	1
16 to 18	11	6
19 to 21	6	3
22 to 24	2	2
25 to 27	12	6
28 to 30	23	4
31 to 33	3	0
34 to 36	8	1
37 to 39	10	7
40 to 42	13	8
43 to 45	5	3
46 to 48	6	1
49 to 51	8	3
52 to 54	37	54
55 to 57	9	6
58 to 60	7	3
61 to 63	17	2
64 to 66	2	3
67 to 69	38	4
70 to 72	0	7
73 to 75	0	11
76 to 78	10	44
79 to 81	21	33
82 to 84	16	8
85 to 87	8	10
88 to 90	22	16
91 to 93	5	2
94 to 96	10	11
97 to 99	35	30
100 to 102	42	23
103 to 105	37	20
106 to 108	50	52
109 to 111	19	33
112 to 113	42	38

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.

CINDERELLA: rises and shyly retreats, but the STEPSISTERS sweep around her menacingly. FLORINDA: LOOK AT YOUR NAILS! LUCINDA: LOOK AT YOUR DRESS!

FLORINDA: HURRY UP AND DO MY HAIR, CINDERELLA! FLORINDA: pulls at one of LUCINDA’S bows. FLORINDA: ARE YOU REALLY WEARING THAT? LUCINDA: grabs CINDERELLA.

LRRH: She wouldn’t get lost. CINDERELLA: I’m sure she’ll return.

LRRH: SO IT’S HER FAULT--! NO, IT ISN’T! CINDERELLA: THEN WHOSE IS IT?

LRRH: Maybe I shouldn’t have strayed from the path... CINDERELLA: Maybe I shouldn’t have attended the Ball...

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 54 are women's.

537 lines from women, 461 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

12 women and 9 men in the cast. 9 women and 7 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 8 of 1,059. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 33 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 54% of the words (8,499), men 46% (7,186).

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

3 of the 14 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 28% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Rob Marshall (man)
Written by: James Lapine (man)
Produced by: Marc Platt (man), John DeLuca (man), Callum McDougall (man), Rob Marshall (man)
Shot by: Dion Beebe (man)
Edited by: Wyatt Smith (man)
Music by: Stephen Sondheim (man)
Production design by: Dennis Gassner (man)
Costumes by: Colleen Atwood (woman)
Cast by: Francine Maisler (woman), Bernard Telsey (man), Tiffany Little Canfield (woman)