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]] Cashback (2006) [imdb]

This movie passed 3 of 3 tests. It was entered by Kelly Garbato on 2013-07-26 01:32:45.

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Kelly Garbato said:
It passes the test, but just barely. At a party, Sharon is introduced to Ben's ex Suzy, as well as his best friend's date, whose name I forget (she does have a name though, which I distinctly remember because Shaun does not; hardy har har!). The whole exchange takes but a second or two. Otherwise the women in this film don't interact with one another at all.

Incidentally, this is easily the worst movie I've seen in recent memory. Ben, a sad sack art student turned insomniac turned supermarket worker, finds that he has the ability to freeze time (or he thinks he does, anyway). Naturally, he uses this newly discovered superpower to immobilize, undress, and sketch unwitting women out on a cereal run. Meanwhile, his boss is sexually harassing the sole woman at work and, while Sharon does eventually exact revenge with a well-aimed piece of popcorn, the unwanted touching and propositions are mostly played up for laughs. Best friend Shaun isn't any better; his "abuse" at the hands of offended women is a running gag. In the most egregious example, he places his penis in a bag of popcorn and laughs when his date accidentally grabs him instead of the food she expected. And don't even get me started on the denouement (obsessing over a girl who wants nothing to do with you is so romantic!).

With few exceptions (Shaun's mother, maybe?), women are treated as nothing more than sexual objects. This is a movie that was pretty much made by and for the male gaze and rape culture. I kind of hate myself for sitting through the whole thing.
Message posted on 2013-07-26 01:32:45
Irene disagreed with the rating and said:
Theres no conversation between two women. The girlfriend of Ben and his exgirlfriend just get introduced to each other, saying "hello", they dont say a Word.
So this film does not pass the test at all.
Also, the movie has a lot of scenes in which women are shown as sexual objects, all of them naked, and the most disgusting is when the boy stops the time and starts to get a lot of women undressed in a supermarket without any consent.
Message posted on 2017-08-08 15:30:29

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