Passes the Bechdel test

Shrek the Third

Name: Shrek the Third
Released: 2007

2007. Directed by Raman Hui and Chris Miller, written by William Steig and Andrew Adamson and Jeffrey Price.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
12 women characters. 11 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 6 scenes out of 89.
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

When King Harold (John Cleese) of Far, Far Away dies, the clumsy Shrek (Mike Myers) becomes the immediate successor of the throne. However, Shrek decides to find the legitimate heir Artie (Justin Timberlake) in a distant kingdom with his friends Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) to be able return to his beloved house in the swamp with the pregnant Fiona (Cameron Diaz). Meanwhile, the envious and ambitious Prince Charming (Rupert Everett) joins the villains of the fairytales plotting a coup d'état to become the new King.

Released: 18 May 2007
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Rated: PG
IMDb: 6.1 / 10
Metascore: 58 / 100
Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award. 5 wins & 17 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Shrek 192 lines, man
Donkey 96 lines, man
Prince Charming 90 lines, man
Artie 79 lines, man
Fiona 66 lines, woman
Puss 44 lines, man
Merlin 33 lines, man
Snow White 27 lines, woman
Captain Hook 19 lines, man
Rapunzel 15 lines, woman

Full cast, 42 people

Mike Myers as Shrek (voice)
Eddie Murphy as Donkey (voice)
Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona (voice)
Antonio Banderas as Puss in Boots (voice)
Julie Andrews as Queen Lillian (voice)
Justin Timberlake as Prince Artie (voice)
John Cleese as King Harold (voice)
Larry King as Doris (voice)
Rupert Everett as Prince Charming (voice)
John Krasinski as Lancelot (voice)
Ian McShane as Captain Hook (voice)
Seth Rogen as Ship Captain (voice)
Eric Idle as Merlin (voice)
Susanne Blakeslee as Evil Queen (voice)
Cody Cameron as Pinocchio / Three Pigs (voice)
Christopher Knights as Blind Mice / Heckler / Evil Tree #2 / Guard #2 (voice)
Cheri Oteri as Sleeping Beauty / Actress (voice)
Regis Philbin as Mabel (voice)
Amy Poehler as Snow White (voice)
Megan Hilty as Snow White (singing voice)
Maya Rudolph as Rapunzel (voice)
Amy Sedaris as Cinderella (voice)
Conrad Vernon as Gingerbread Man / Rumplestiltskin / Headless Horseman (voice)
Aron Warner as Wolf (voice)
Jasper Johannes Andrews as Ogre Baby (voice)
Guillaume Aretos as Raul (voice)
Kelly Asbury as Master of Ceremonies / Fiddlesworth (voice)
Zachary James Bernard as Ogre Baby (voice)
Andrew Birch as Evil Tree #1 (voice)
Sean Bishop as Drivers Ed Instructor / Hall Monitor / Teacher (voice)
Kelly Cooney Cilella as Cheerleader / Tiffany / Mother (voice)
Walt Dohrn as Van Student / Xavier / Principal Pynchley / Nanny Dwarf / Evil Knight / Singing Villain (voice)
Dante James Hauser as Ogre Baby (voice)
Jordan Alexander Hauser as Ogre Baby (voice)
Tom Kane as Guard #1 (voice)
Tom McGrath as Gary (voice)
Chris Miller as Puppet Master / Announcer / Mascot / Singing Villain (voice)
Latifa Ouaou as Cheerleader / Guinevere / Woman (voice)
Alina Phelan as Cheerleader (voice)
David P. Smith as Waiter / Evil Dwarf (voice)
Mark Valley as Cyclops (voice)
Kari Wahlgren as Old Lady (voice)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 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 89

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Show the numbers

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

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.

FIONA: "Congratulations on your new mess maker..." Oh, `mess maker.' "Hopefully this helps. Love, Cinderella." PRINCESSES: Oooo! Aaaah!

SLEEPING BEAUTY: Eww. Wait, babies poop? RAPUNZEL: Everyone poops Beauty.

RAPUNZEL: Say goodbye to romance. DRAGON: Yort. FIONA: Um sorry... but how many of you have kids?

SNOW WHITE: Everybody stay calm. We're all going to die! FIONA: Everyone in! Now.

SNOW WHITE: I'm sorry but this just isn't working for me. SLEEPING BEAUTY: Everything's always about you, isn't it? It's not like your attitude is helping, Snow. SNOW WHITE: Well maybe it just bothers you that I was voted fairest in the land. RAPUNZEL: You mean in that rigged election?

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 18 are women's.

156 lines from women, 691 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

12 women and 28 men in the cast. 11 women and 47 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 5 of 878. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 155 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 14% of the words (1,014), men 86% (6,218). Women have 18% 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

3 of the 14 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 23% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Chris Miller (man)
Written by: Peter S. Seaman (man), Jeffrey Price (man), Chris Miller (man), Aron Warner (man)
Story by: Andrew Adamson (man)
Produced by: Denise Nolan Cascino (woman), Aron Warner (man)
Edited by: Joyce Arrastia (woman), Michael Andrews (man)
Music by: Harry Gregson-Williams (man)
Production design by: Guillaume Aretos (man)
Costumes by: Israel Segal (gender not listed)
Cast by: Leslee Feldman (woman)