Bechdel Test Movie List

Although, technically, Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) and Kelly (Anna Faris) talk to each other about something besides a man, they only make small talk.

But earlier there's a scene where Charlotte talks on the phone to a friend about her stay in Tokyo and her sadness/loneliness.

Not sure this passes at all.

The woman on the phone isn't a character, AND she's not actually listening to Charlotte talk about her loneliness (she's actually being distracted by her child I think, and ends the call without listening to her!). Charlotte is talking to thin air.

Charlotte and Kelly don't actually speak to each other - Kelly speaks to the group sat round the table: "promise me you'll all try this power-cleanse" and "my dad is an anorexic".

Charlotte's reply ["really?"] is not directed at Kelly, we don;t see or hear Kelly's reaction to this.

I agree with the rating but I must pose the question whether the film passes a reverse Bechdel test. That is, one where two men talk to each other about something other than women.
While it might pass this test, it does not do so on a substantive level.
I argue that it fails a reverse as well emphasising the personal issues of the characters over gender oriented conversation.

I agree with the rating, particularly because of philology's reasoning. If it doesn't pass the bechdel, it definitely doesn't pass a reverse, and that is because the personal character issues are emphasized rather then any conversation around their genders.