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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]] The Boondock Saints (1999) [imdb]

This movie passed 0 of 3 tests. It was entered by Kalaria on 2010-05-21 21:52:11.

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Kalaria said:
There is only one named female character: Rosengurdle Baumgartner, a lesbian portrayed as man-hating and unreasonably prickly. There is a deleted scene featuring the unnamed mother, however she does not communicate with any other female character.
Message posted on 2010-05-21 21:52:11
Diana disagreed with the rating and said:
There are two women in the movie. They're drug addicted prostitutes.
Message posted on 2012-02-29 05:51:48
Scarlett Morgan disagreed with the rating and said:
There were at least 5 women(including the deleted scene with their mother and friend) 2 in the factory and Rosengurtle.
Message posted on 2013-01-29 00:13:40
Meilo disagreed with the rating and said:
Rosengurtle Baumgartener, Donna (Rocco's girlfriend), and Rayvie (Donna's friend). None of them talk to each other, but they exist and are named in the movie.
Message posted on 2013-07-25 15:36:09
Devin Mandi disagreed with the rating and said:
There are 4 female characters in this film, Rosengurtie (the trainee at the meat packing plant), Donna (Rocco's druggie ex girlfriend), Rayvie (Donna's friend), and Sally McBride (the channel 22 news anchor) All of whom have speaking parts but at no time do two of the named female characters, or any two women for that matter, have a conversation with one another.
Though Donna and Rayvie are together in the scene when Rocco is rushing to leave the apartment they speak only to him and not to each other. For these reasons this movie, while having at least two named female characters, does not pass the Bechdel test.
Message posted on 2014-03-12 20:45:22
Augustine disagreed with the rating and said:
Three scenes come close to passing the test, or at least parts of the test.

1) When Rocco demands the name of Donna's cat, Rayvie whispers its name to Donna.

2) When people are fleeing the courthouse, the young Irish woman goes to reporters and begins speaking. The two reporters with tape recorders are both women.

3) In the closing credits, Sally McBride is interviewing unnamed locals, many of whom are women. The locals include two pairs of women; one pair is talking to each other about the Saints, but one pair is talking about whether they should even be speaking to the reporter.
Message posted on 2024-08-29 03:32:16

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