Bechdel Test Movie List

Though they center around a woman's quest for vengeance against her former mentor/lover - the titular Bill - and thus involve many instances of women conversing about a man (or what a man ordered them to do), Kill Bill Vols. 1 & 2 pass the Bechdel Test swimmingly. There are a number of examples of women talking to one another about something other than a man. In Volume 1, these include:

* When The Bride confronts Vernita Green, the two discuss what the latter did to the former at Bill's behest; Vernita mentions her daughter several times; and the the two taunt one another as they battle to the death.

* Before The Bride can confront O-Ren Ishii, she must get past O-Ren's personal bodyguard, Go Go Yubari, a young woman. The two give introductions, taunt one another as they fight, and discuss Go Go's loyalty to her "mistress."

* O-Ren and The Bride also trade insults while fighting; O-Ren admires The Bride's Hattori Hanzo sword; and before she dies, O-Ren apologizes for ridiculing The Bride earlier.

* The Bride spares the "wicked life" of Sofie Fatale, O-Ren adviser/lawyer, so that she may carry a message to Bill. We see The Bridge give Sofie the message in a brief exchange.

Technically "The Bride" is not her name.

Um. The Bride may not be her name, but it's not as though we don't get her name because she's a minor character. She's just an unnamed narrator, which is a perfectly valid aesthetic choice. The purpose of the "named' criteria is to make sure incredibly minor characters aren't included.

Her name is revealed in the second installment. The movies were split up only because of length, so they should be regarded as one film (credits in the second film list actors who did not appear int he second film, which implies they are to be taken as one film. There are even plans to release a version with the two combined).

The Bride a.k.a Belatrix Kiddo a.k.a Black Mamba a.k.a Ahrleen(or something, when she's about to marry). Though that her real name is Belatrix Kiddo might not be revealed untill the second movie. But as Scott said, you can almost count them as one movie.

Actually The Bride's name is Beatrix Kiddo, and while we don't realise it until we see the second film, she is named in the first - before Bill shoots her he calls her 'Kiddo'.

This movie, in my opinion, passes the test.

Doesn't Kiddo even introduce herself in the first installment? I think she tells her name to Vernita Green's child - "Hi, I'm..." and then the name is bleeped out. So, she is named - even though the audience only hears the full name in the second movie.

Also, O-ren tells Sofie to translate for her and Vernita tells Nikki, her daughter, who is named, to go upstairs. So, even discounting the Bride (who's named onscreen anyway- it's on her plane ticket), it would still pass.

Actually if you look at the rules it says NOTHING about the character having to be a NAMED character, it just states a)at least 2 women, b)they talk to each other, & c) it's about something other than a man.

Smeagle can you not read? The rules clearly state that the character must be named:

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