Bechdel Test Movie List

There's the old woman who boos Buttercup in the dream sequence. However, she's booing her for having left Wesley behind. So it passes the first two tests but not the third.

Does booing count as talking to each other? :-)

If my memory serves me well, she doesn't just "boo" but tells her she forgot about her true love (so she speaks). However I'll admit I am unsure if Buttercup replies, in which case it wouldn't be a conversation.

Buttercup does reply - she says, "They would have killed Wesley" and the old woman returns, "Your true love lives and you marry another!" So they talk, but it's true it's only about a man.

Okay, I've updated the rating from 1/3 to 2/3.

But the old woman isn't named...dont the characters have to be named?

It definitely passes the first test, as the Queen of Florence speaks, as does Valerie, wife of Miracle Max.

So there are more than two named female characters who speak, but not together (if you discount the "booer" on the basis that she is not named).

Buttercup and the "booing woman" do speak but it's all about Buttercup leaving Westley behind and marrying Humperdink.

The Ancient Booer: Boo! Boo! Boo!
Buttercup: Why do you do this?
The Ancient Booer: Because you had love in your hands, and you gave it up.
Buttercup: But they would have killed Westley if I hadn't done it.
The Ancient Booer: Your true love lives. And you marry another!

Given that the woman is a figment of Buttercup's imagination it would be tough for her to have a name, but thems the rules.

I love this movie, but I don't think it passes. The conversation Buttercup has in her dream with the old woman figure is about men, and I don't recall Valerie or the queen talking to any other female characters. I think the queen has a scene with Buttercup, but I can't recall any significant dialogue - the king gets more lines.

Quick question--looking at the rules listed at the top of the page, where exactly does it stipulate that the women have to be named? It simply says 'two women who talk to each other about something other than a man', 'named' doesn't come into it at all.

So I think this test passes the first two rules, considering the old woman and Buttercup have a conversation.