Passes the Bechdel test

Snow White and the Huntsman

Name: Snow White and the Huntsman
Released: 2012

2012. Directed by Rupert Sanders, written by Evan Daugherty and John Lee Hancock and Hossein Amini.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
10 women characters. 5 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 3 scenes out of 143.
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

Snow White, imprisoned daughter of the late king, escapes just as the Magic Mirror declares her the source of the Evil Queen's immortality. The Queen sends her men, led by a local huntsman, to bring her back. But upon her capture, the huntsman finds he's being played and turns against the Queen's men, saving Snow White in the process. Meanwhile, Snow's childhood friend, William, learns that she is alive and sets off to save her.

Released: 01 Jun 2012
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 6.1 / 10
Metascore: 57 / 100
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 13 wins & 35 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Eric 143 lines, man
Snow White 123 lines, woman
Ravenna 96 lines, woman
Finn 57 lines, man
William 43 lines, man
Beith 27 lines, man
Muir 19 lines, man
Gort 18 lines, man
Duke Hammond 17 lines, man
Nion 14 lines, man

Full cast, 42 people

Kristen Stewart as Snow White
Chris Hemsworth as The Huntsman
Charlize Theron as Queen Ravenna
Sam Claflin as William
Ian McShane as Beith
Ray Winstone as Gort
Nick Frost as Nion
Noah Huntley as King Magnus
Toby Jones as Coll
Eddie Marsan as Duir
Lily Cole as Greta
Rachael Stirling as Anna
Hattie Gotobed as Lily
Bob Hoskins as Muir
Sam Spruell as Finn
Johnny Harris as Quert
Brian Gleeson as Gus
Vincent Regan as Duke Hammond
Liberty Ross as Queen Eleanor
Chris Obi as Mirror Man
Raffey Cassidy as Young Snow White
Xavier Atkins as Young William
Izzy Meikle-Small as Young Ravenna
Anastasia Hille as Ravenna's mother
Elliot Reeve as Young Finn
Mark Wingett as Thomas
Jamie Blackley as Iain
Dave Legeno as Broch
Greg Hicks as Black Knight General
Peter Ferdinando as Black Knight
Andrew Hawley as Guard on Duty
Joey Ansah as Aldan
Gregor Truter as Duke's Commander
Tom Mullion as Soldier
Matt Berry as Percy
Darren Kent as Emaciated Peasant (uncredited)
Craig Garner as Coll Dwarf Double (uncredited)
Duncan Casey as Ravenna Guard
Ryan Stuart as Mercenary #3 (uncredited)
Neve Gachev as Fendland Woman
Kevin Hudson as Archer (uncredited)
JD Roth-Round as Ravenna Guard

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 5% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 143

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	0	0
4 to 6	0	1
7 to 9	6	6
10 to 12	18	5
13 to 15	1	0
16 to 18	0	1
19 to 21	7	1
22 to 24	2	8
25 to 27	14	1
28 to 30	16	10
31 to 33	5	7
34 to 36	0	0
37 to 39	0	0
40 to 42	0	0
43 to 45	0	0
46 to 48	7	13
49 to 51	15	20
52 to 54	0	3
55 to 57	34	31
58 to 60	0	16
61 to 63	10	40
64 to 66	22	21
67 to 69	8	3
70 to 72	1	1
73 to 75	2	3
76 to 78	3	0
79 to 81	8	45
82 to 84	1	6
85 to 87	10	43
88 to 90	2	3
91 to 93	2	9
94 to 96	2	27
97 to 99	10	25
100 to 102	6	5
103 to 105	1	12
106 to 108	15	14
109 to 111	1	5
112 to 114	1	4
115 to 117	0	0
118 to 120	0	1
121 to 123	1	1
124 to 126	0	1
127 to 129	1	0
130 to 132	0	0
133 to 135	11	1
136 to 138	4	0
139 to 141	3	0
142 to 143	1	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.

SNOW WHITE: Hello?... What's your name? Rose, sitting in a dark corner, goes to her cell bars and looks out. ROSE: I am Rose. Snow White smiles - a friendly face.

SNOW WHITE: She's so beautiful. ANNA: That is not a kind thing to say in these times. Youth one cannot alter... beauty, however. We have sacrificed beauty to raise our children i…

SNOW WHITE: Ten years you locked me away! Ravenna seems to relish this. RAVENNA: And every day, every hour led you to this ,moment. It burned inside you. It drove you forward, and here you are.. Listening only to her hear… RAVENNA: That's it. Fight. Fight for your land... for your loss and for Hope! RAVENNA: Watch them die. You gave them hope and they believed you. You have lead them to their deaths. How foolish your followers.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 39 are women's.

251 lines from women, 394 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

10 women and 31 men in the cast. 5 women and 18 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 2 of 681. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 39 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 40% of the words (4,713), men 60% (7,199). Women have 39% 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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

2 of the 13 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 21% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Rupert Sanders (man)
Written by: Evan Daugherty (man), John Lee Hancock (man), Hossein Amini (man)
Produced by: Sam Mercer (man), Joe Roth (man)
Shot by: Greig Fraser (man)
Edited by: Neil Smith (gender not listed), Conrad Buff IV (man)
Music by: James Newton Howard (man)
Production design by: Dominic Watkins (man)
Costumes by: Colleen Atwood (woman)
Cast by: Lucy Bevan (woman)