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]] Mutants (2009) [imdb]

This movie passed 3 of 3 tests (although dubious). It was entered by Kelly Garbato on 2011-08-13 03:51:48.

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Kelly Garbato said:
This is a difficult movie to evaluate, since the bulk of the story involves a couple - a man and a woman - holed up in an abandoned building in the midst of a zombie plague. (Most of the dialogue is them talking to one another.) The cast is rounded out with very minor characters: two women and six or so men. Sonia exchanges two lines of dialog with Perez, a woman soldier; one is about a male patient in the ambulance they're sharing, the other concerns their escape plans. While this should give the film a minor pass, I don't think Perez's name was uttered in the film itself, though her character is credited a name in imdb. As for the third woman, she talks *at* Sonia (giving her orders, for example), but the two don't really talk *to* one another.

All that said, there's not much dialogue between the men, either; I'm not even sure this flick passes the reverse Bechdel.
Message posted on 2011-08-13 03:51:48

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