Passes the Bechdel test

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Name: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Released: 2005

2005. Directed by Andrew Adamson, written by Ann Peacock and Andrew Adamson and Christopher Markus.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
23 women characters. 7 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 1.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.

Poster for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The film

Four children from the same family have to leave their town because of the bombings of WWII. A woman and a professor take the children to their house. While playing a game of hide-and-seek, the youngest member of the family, Lucy, finds a wardrobe to hide in. She travels back and back into the wardrobe and finds a place named Narnia. After going in twice, the four children go in together for the last time. They battle wolves, meet talking animals, encounter an evil white witch and meet a magnificent lion named Aslan. Will this be the end of their journey to Narnia or will they stay?

Released: 09 Dec 2005
Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Rated: PG
IMDb: 6.9 / 10
Metascore: 75 / 100
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 18 wins & 46 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Peter 104 lines, man
Lucy 92 lines, woman
Edmund 79 lines, man
Susan 77 lines, woman
White Witch 48 lines, woman
Mr. Beaver 36 lines, man
Tumnus 30 lines, man
Aslan 24 lines, man
Mrs. Beaver 17 lines, woman
Professor 17 lines

Full cast, 60 people

Georgie Henley as Lucy Pevensie
Skandar Keynes as Edmund Pevensie
William Moseley as Peter Pevensie
Anna Popplewell as Susan Pevensie
Tilda Swinton as White Witch
Liam Neeson as Aslan (voice)
James McAvoy as Mr. Tumnus
Jim Broadbent as Prof. Digory Kirke
Ray Winstone as Mr. Beaver (voice)
Dawn French as Mrs. Beaver (voice)
James Cosmo as Father Christmas
Judy McIntosh as Helen Pevensie
Kiran Shah as Ginarrbrik
Elizabeth Hawthorne as Mrs. MacReady
Michael Madsen as Maugrim (voice)
Patrick Kake as General Oreius
Shane Rangi as General Otmin
Brandon Cook as Boy on Train
Cassie Cook as Girl on Train
Morris Lupton as Train Conductor
Rupert Everett as Mr. Fox (voice)
Philip Steuer as Philip the Horse (voice)
Shelly Edwards as Distraught Mother
Susan Haldane as Distraught Mother
Margaret Bremner as Distraught Mother
Jaxin Hall as Soldier
Terry Murdoch as German Pilot
Katrina Browne as Green Dryad
Lee Tuson as Rumblebuffin the Giant
Sonya Hitchcock as Hag
Elizabeth Kirk as Hag
Felicity Hamill as Hag
Kate O'Rourke as Hag
Lucy Tanner as Hag
Tiggy Mathias as Hag
Gregory Cooper as Faun
Richard King as Faun
Russell Pickering as Faun
Ben Barrington as Centaur
Charles Williams as Centaur
Vanessa Cater as Centaur
Allison Sarofim as Centaur
Alina Phelan as Centaur Archer
Stephen Ure as Satyr
Sam La Hood as Satyr
Bhoja 'BK' Kannada as Red & Black Dwarf
M. Ramaswami as Red & Black Dwarf
Zakiuddin Mohd. Farooque as Red & Black Dwarf
Praphaphorn 'Fon' Chansantor as Red & Black Dwarf
Ajay Ratilal Navi as Red & Black Dwarf
Doungdieo Savangvong as Red & Black Dwarf
Nikhom Nusungnern as Red & Black Dwarf
Cameron Rhodes as Gryphon (voice)
Jim May as Vardan (voice)
Sim Evan-Jones as Wolf (voice)
Douglas Gresham as Radio Announcer (voice)
Noah Huntley as Peter (Older)
Sophie Winkleman as Susan (Older)
Mark Wells as Edmund (Older)
Rachael Henley as Lucy (Older)

Who talks, scene by scene

We couldn't read who says what in this film's script, so there's no dialogue chart for it yet.

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.

LUCY: But I wasn't imagining! SUSAN: that's enough

SUSAN: well, that was nicely handled! LUCY: It was really there...

SUSAN: Get back! SUSAN: Impossible! LUCY: Don't worry, it's probably just your imagination

SUSAN: Did that bird just 'psst' us? LUCY: It's a beaver.

SUSAN: You're blaming us? MRS. BEAVER: Not blaming you dear, thanking you.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 43 are women's.

250 lines from women, 337 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

23 women and 37 men in the cast. 7 women and 17 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 2 of 624. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 12 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 (1,887), men 60% (2,859). Women have 43% 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

4 of the 19 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 19% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Andrew Adamson (man)
Written by: Andrew Adamson (man), Ann Peacock (woman), Stephen McFeely (man), Christopher Markus (man)
From the novel by: C. S. Lewis (man)
Produced by: Matthew Stillman (man), Mark Johnson (man), Philip Steuer (man), David Minkowski (man)
Shot by: Donald McAlpine (man)
Edited by: Jim May (man), Sim Evan-Jones (man)
Music by: Harry Gregson-Williams (man)
Production design by: Roger Ford (man)
Costumes by: Isis Mussenden (woman)
Cast by: Pippa Hall (gender not listed), Liz Mullane (woman), Gail Stevens (woman)