Bechdel Test Movie List

/bech·del test/ n.
1. It has to have at least two [named] women in it
2. Who talk to each other
3. About something besides a man

[[0]] There Will Be Blood (2007) [imdb]

This movie passed 0 of 3 tests. It was entered by Holland Novak on 2008-09-05 15:21:38.

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RedUnderTheBed disagreed with the rating and said:
Have you looked at the imdb page? There's a truckload of named female characters, they probably don't talk but they're still there.

Mary Elizabeth Barrett ... Fanny Clark
Hope Elizabeth Reeves ... Elizabeth
Message posted on 2010-06-11 07:45:08
sigh disagreed with the rating and said:
this is a case where i think the movie should be exempt from the test. given that the movie is a historical period piece set in a time when there was rampant inequlaity between men and women especially out west where the movie takes place it would be inaccurate to have anything not related.
Message posted on 2011-12-28 04:50:21
Verlaine76 said:
No exceptions. failing the Bechdel test isn't saying the movie is bad or sexist, it's just that so few movies pass the test. TWBB is a great movie about men. We need more great movies about women.
Message posted on 2012-06-10 10:03:46
Molly said:
Sigh: where do I begin with your comment? Women were more unequal in the past but they were still 50 percent of the population back then and they still had convos not centered around men, and they had names back then too. Just because they were considered inferior doesn't that they didn't have stories or a presence, influence on history, and didn't have thoughts idea, actions worthy of being portrayed. May be a great film, but still fails the the test.
Message posted on 2012-11-16 23:58:08

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