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The Craft

1996. Directed by Andrew Fleming, written by Peter Filardi and Andrew Fleming.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    18 women characters. 22 of them speak.
  2. Yes 2. Who talk to each other
    In 34 scenes out of 142.
  3. 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.

Poster for The Craft

The film

Sarah has always been different. So as the new girl at St. Benedict's Academy, she immediately falls in with the high school outsiders. But these girls won't settle for being powerless misfits. They have discovered "THE CRAFT," and they are going to use it.

Released
03 May 1996
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Rated
R
IMDb
6.5 / 10
Metascore
55 / 100
Awards
1 win & 7 nominations total
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Sarah 139 lines, woman
  2. Nancy 127 lines, woman
  3. Bonnie 78 lines, woman
  4. Rochelle 67 lines, woman
  5. Chris 43 lines, man
  6. Lirio 18 lines, woman
  7. Roger 17 lines, woman
  8. Laura 14 lines, woman
  9. Mitt 8 lines, man
  10. Grace 7 lines, woman
Full cast, 36 people
  • Robin Tunney as Sarah
  • Fairuza Balk as Nancy
  • Neve Campbell as Bonnie
  • Rachel True as Rochelle
  • Skeet Ulrich as Chris
  • Christine Taylor as Laura Lizzie
  • Breckin Meyer as Mitt
  • Nathaniel Marston as Trey
  • Cliff DeYoung as Mr. Bailey
  • Assumpta Serna as Lirio
  • Helen Shaver as Grace
  • Jeanine Jackson as Jenny
  • Brenda Strong as Doctor
  • Elizabeth Guber as Laura's Friend
  • Jennifer Greenhut as Laura's Friend
  • Arthur Senzy as Vagrant
  • Endre Hules as Monsieur Thepot
  • Mark Conlon as Swimming Coach
  • Christine Louise Mills as Stewardess
  • William Newman as Street Preacher
  • Erin Tavin as Homeless Mother
  • Rod Britt as Priest
  • Brogan Roche as Insurance Man
  • Rebecca McLaughlin as Biology Teacher
  • Tony Genaro as Bus Driver
  • Janet Rotblatt as Homeroom Teacher
  • Jason Filardi as Paramedic
  • Karyn J. Dean as Whispering Girl
  • Danielle Koenig as Whispering Girl
  • Janet Eilber as Sarah's Mother
  • Esther Scott as Nurse
  • John Kapelos as Ray (uncredited)
  • Kathleen Lloyd as Bonnie's Mother (uncredited)
  • Tory Christopher as Bus Driver (uncredited)
  • Glory Fioramonti as Red-Haired Woman in Car (uncredited)
  • Gloria Koehn Straube as Student (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 142

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 300
4 to 600
7 to 9101
10 to 1253
13 to 1540
16 to 18313
19 to 214511
22 to 24170
25 to 2782
28 to 30123
31 to 3390
34 to 36273
37 to 39160
40 to 42145
43 to 45102
46 to 48111
49 to 5196
52 to 5460
55 to 57170
58 to 60192
61 to 6332
64 to 6610
67 to 6960
70 to 72410
73 to 7551
76 to 78127
79 to 81220
82 to 8420
85 to 87150
88 to 9050
91 to 9320
94 to 96200
97 to 9943
100 to 10257
103 to 105100
106 to 10812
109 to 11185
112 to 114143
115 to 11720
118 to 12090
121 to 123190
124 to 126180
127 to 12900
130 to 13210
133 to 135230
136 to 13870
139 to 14190
142 to 14220

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.
ROGER: I told them not to put everything in one place. JENNY: It’s certainly got personality..
ROGER: Hmm. That’s not exactly to code... It’s going to take some fixing up. But my. “nesting instinct is- raging. What do you _ think? | .. a . SA… JENNY: Stop worrying. She’ ll be okay.
SARAH: Nothing. BONNIE: I think we should take Sarah to the candle shop? SARAH: I’m not really into candles. ROCHELLE: You'll like these.
SARAH: Yes. LIRIO: You going to pay for those? Not like your friends. LIRIO: You know how to use candles? SARAH: You light the wick.
LAURA: It was nice to meet you, Sarah. “~~ SARAH: Bye, Laura.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 86 are women's.

508 lines from women, 82 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

18 women and 13 men in the cast. 22 women and 14 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

A woman speaks the first line. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 10 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

  • First line by a woman
  • Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 85% of the words (5,490), men 15% (971). Women have 86% 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

Exhibit F: behind the camera

2 of the 10 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 42% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
Andrew Fleming (man)
Written by
Peter Filardi (man), Andrew Fleming (man)
Produced by
Douglas Wick (man)
Shot by
Alexander Gruszynski (man)
Edited by
Jeff Freeman (man)
Music by
Graeme Revell (man)
Production design by
Marek Dobrowolski (man)
Costumes by
Deborah Everton (woman)
Cast by
Pam Dixon (woman)

The crew, department by department

  • Sound

    3 women, 11 men, 5 not listed

  • Art

    6 women, 2 men, 5 not listed

  • Other crew

    3 women, 3 men, 6 not listed

  • Camera

    1 women, 5 men, 4 not listed

  • Production

    4 women, 4 men, 1 not listed

  • Costume & Make-Up

    4 women, 1 men, 1 not listed

  • Directing

    1 women, 2 men, 2 not listed

  • Visual Effects

    1 women, 0 men, 3 not listed

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit G: how old the stars were

Women: 26 on average. Men: 30 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Fairuza Balk 21, Neve Campbell 22, Robin Tunney 23, Christine Taylor 24, Rachel True 29, Assumpta Serna 38

Men

Nathaniel Marston 20, Breckin Meyer 21, Skeet Ulrich 26, Cliff DeYoung 51

Exhibit H: the money

It made 1.7 times what it cost.

Budget
$15 million
Box office
$24.8 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 142 scenes and 629 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works

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