Passes the Bechdel test

The Mummy Returns

Name: The Mummy Returns
Released: 2001

2001. Directed by Stephen Sommers, written by Stephen Sommers.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
3 women characters. 7 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 173.
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.

The film

Many years ago, in Ancient Egypt, the Scorpion King led a menacing army, but when he sold his soul to Anubis, he was erased from history. Now he is only a myth...or is he? Rick and Evelyn O'Connell are still discovering new artifacts, along with their 8 year old son Alex. They discover the Bracelet of Anubis. But someone else is after the bracelet. High Priest Imhotep has been brought back from the dead once again and wants the bracelet, to control the Scorpion King's army. That's not the only problem. Imhotep now has Alex and with the bracelet attached to him, doesn't have long to live.

Released: 04 May 2001
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 6.4 / 10
Metascore: 48 / 100
Awards: 6 wins & 19 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

O'Connell 156 lines, man
Alex 74 lines, man
Jonathan 72 lines, man
Evy 70 lines, woman
Ardeth Bey 40 lines, man
High Priest 27 lines, man
Meela 26 lines, woman
Imhotep 25 lines, man
Izzy 22 lines, man
Lock-Nab 12 lines, man

Full cast, 24 people

Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell
Rachel Weisz as Evelyn O'Connell / Nefertiri
John Hannah as Jonathan Carnahan
Oded Fehr as Ardeth Bay
Arnold Vosloo as Imhotep
Patricia Velásquez as Meela / Anck-Su-Namun
Freddie Boath as Alex O'Connell
Dwayne Johnson as Mathayus / The Scorpion King
Alun Armstrong as Baltus Hafez
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Lock-Nah
Shaun Parkes as Izzy Buttons
Bruce Byron as "Red" Willits
Joe Dixon as Jacques Clemons
Tom Fisher as Jacob Spivey
Aharon Ipalé as Seti I
Quill Roberts as Shafek
Donna Air as Show Girl
Trevor Lovell as Mountain of Flesh
Brian Best as British Museum Mummy (uncredited)
Sean Cronin as High Priest (uncredited)
Rocky Taylor as Man in Alley (uncredited)
Rene Costa as Digger (uncredited)
Salem Hanna as Egyptian Digger (uncredited)
Max Cavalera as Scorpion King (voice) (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 4 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 173

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 4	0	3
5 to 8	4	14
9 to 12	6	13
13 to 16	4	5
17 to 20	0	5
21 to 24	2	3
25 to 28	0	1
29 to 32	2	3
33 to 36	12	22
37 to 40	18	55
41 to 44	8	31
45 to 48	0	28
49 to 52	1	1
53 to 56	5	18
57 to 60	0	7
61 to 64	0	16
65 to 68	0	1
69 to 72	0	1
73 to 76	0	3
77 to 80	3	18
81 to 84	10	24
85 to 88	5	25
89 to 92	5	38
93 to 96	2	10
97 to 100	2	1
101 to 104	5	24
105 to 108	1	2
109 to 112	0	11
113 to 116	1	17
117 to 120	2	5
121 to 124	1	13
125 to 128	1	9
129 to 132	5	11
133 to 136	0	2
137 to 140	0	7
141 to 144	0	10
145 to 148	0	2
149 to 152	0	5
153 to 156	5	6
157 to 160	1	7
161 to 164	0	5
165 to 168	1	2
169 to 172	2	8
173 to 173	2	3

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scene

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

ANCK: Nefertiri. EVY: Anck-sunamun. Anck smiles, pleased·that Evy knows who they both are. ANCK: Good.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 19 are women's.

116 lines from women, 495 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

3 women and 20 men in the cast. 7 women and 18 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 16 of 643. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 47 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 16% of the words (1,188), men 84% (6,140). Women have 19% 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 13 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 30% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Stephen Sommers (man)
Written by: Stephen Sommers (man)
Produced by: James Jacks (man), Sean Daniel (man)
Shot by: Adrian Biddle (man)
Edited by: Bob Ducsay (man), Ray Bushey III (gender not listed), Kelly Matsumoto (woman)
Music by: Alan Silvestri (man)
Production design by: Allan Cameron (man)
Costumes by: John Bloomfield (man)
Cast by: Joanna Colbert (woman), Kate Dowd (woman)