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]] Killing Them Softly (2012) [imdb]

This movie passed 0 of 3 tests. It was entered by James on 2012-10-04 23:40:11.

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James said:
No named women appear.
Message posted on 2012-10-04 23:40:11
Jake said:
Only one woman in this film has a speaking part. She is a prostitute who is humiliated, by both her client and the film's hero, for no good reason. The only other woman in the whole story is seen in the distance through a car's windscreen. There needs to be a lower level of failure.
Message posted on 2012-10-22 05:54:23
Charlotte said:
Hard to imagine a more spectacular fail. One unnamed prostitute is the only female part. Women are disparaged throughout. Absolutely vile.
Message posted on 2012-11-02 13:44:33
DD said:
Excuse me but I'm a woman and I don't see the problem with this. Since when do women have to be everywhere all the time? This is a movie about 2 crooks, a hitman, another hitman, a guy who asks them for a favour and a couple of mobsters. They happen to be all guys. Mobsters tend to use prostitutes, so they needed a woman to play a prostitute.


Jesus Christ, people, calm down. It's just a story.
Message posted on 2012-11-11 12:12:06
Jen said:
To DD, so I guess you're saying that women can't be crooks, hitmen, or mobsters, and that only women can be prostitutes? I think you're missing a big point here... It's not that women have to be in every movie, but that people like you don't even consider them for traditionally "male" roles.
Message posted on 2012-12-22 01:36:37

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