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

[[3]] Flight (2012) [imdb]

This movie passed 3 of 3 tests (although dubious). It was entered by Iain MacKinnon on 2013-02-18 22:05:31.

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Iain MacKinnon said:
Margaret speaks, albeit briefly, with another flight attendant, Katerina, about what they did the previous night.
Message posted on 2013-02-18 22:05:31
Jesse disagreed with the rating and said:
In the conversation between Margaret and Katerina, the subtext and point was that Katerina was hiding her romantic relationship with the male pilot. The actual words weren't what the conversation was really "about."
Message posted on 2013-09-26 07:34:03
Matthew disagreed with the rating and said:
I remember a scene where the two flight attendants were talking to each other. However, you could not hear what they were saying, so they could have been talking about the Whip for all we know. That's the only scene in the film (unless there was a little one I forgot about) with two women talking to each other. There were several women in the film, even though they never met.
Message posted on 2014-09-22 04:58:46
Brendan disagreed with the rating and said:
Prior to the crash, Margaret (one of the flight attendants) tells Katarina (another flight attendant) that she went right to bed the night before and asks what Katarina did. We do not hear Katarina's response, but we know from earlier in the film that Katarina spent the previous night with Whip. Later in the movie (at Katarina's funeral), Margaret tells Whip that Katarina told her that she and Whip spent the night together before the crash and that neither Katarina or Whip slept at all. Based on this, we can infer that Katarina's response to the only question asked by Margaret involved a man (Whip).

Later, during the crash, Katarina yells at the third flight attendant to sit back down, but there is no response.

Finally, Nicole speaks briefly with Sheila when the latter picks Sheila up from Whip's farm, but the conversation is about whether Nicole had any trouble leaving Whip.
Message posted on 2021-02-25 22:22:38

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