Bechdel Test Movie List

Arthur's neighbor Sophie briefly interacts with her daughter GiGi about how their bad their building is. This is technically a pass, but it is dubious for various reasons:
- Sophie is more trying to shut her daughter up than actually talk to her; the focus of her interaction is rather on Arthur.
- We don't even know their names from the movie itself, only the credits;
- This is one of those cases where the entirety of the movie passing hangs on basically one line.

a name in the credits should not count, it's not really part of the story or viewers experience

I feel like a womens child will not pass as "woman" and as already stated in the original rating the two females' names are unknown unless you look into the credentials. Therefore the movie should get no pass on this test.

If the characters are not named in the film then I don't think it counts?

I mean, it definitely doesn't pass, we don't get the kids name so... it's a hard no.

I agree that this should not count as a pass. A child definitely counts as a "woman" for the test, but characters only named in the credits and not the actual film should not count as "named" characters - it would be unreasonably otherwise, as some movies name pretty much the smallest extras in the closing credits.

I don't think it counts if they were only named in the credits. Gotta be in the movie itself

Though you learn Gigi’s name in the movie, you only learn Sophie’s name in the credits. She is not a named character. And their short interaction shouldn’t even count. The test is based off observations from Jane Austin where she points out women in fiction are only viewed in relation to men and as stereotypical female roles, as a mother for example.

The name of the character has to be in the movie not in the credits

This passes since many characters in other movies aren't named. The Xenomorph in Alien doesn't have a name but it is female and counts.

It's interesting how much there is a necessity to voice disagreement with this when the movie goes against the interests of a certain political leaning.

When did knowing the character's names become part of the rating? If both had stated their names would that have made this a more feminist-friendly movie? It passes because the rules are that they talk about something other than a man. I didn't chose the rating system but it's intentionally this simple.

The whole rating system means nothing because whether this passes or not doesn't impact the movie at all.

The test is only meant as one way of testing how feminist a movie is. This just happens to be an example of a pretty misogynist film that passes by a technicality.

I know that this film isn't "about" female rep, but I also think it doesn't have to be to pass the Bechdel test, because the test isn't asking for much in the first place. I agree that the film passes but very, very dubiously, as many others have pointed out.

Forget the names. The test states 2 WOMEN. Not 1 woman and 1 girl. A mother/daughter pair is clearly not what is meant to be in mind for this test.

Names in credits are not named characters.