Bechdel Test: Mortdecai (2015)
Halfway through watching the film, my cousin Gavin leaned over and asked: “Why is this so awful?” He likely just wanted to express how terrible the film is (very) but it’s a genuinely interesting ...
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Bechdel Test: A Million Ways to Die in the West
A Million Ways to Die in the West is the second live-action film from Seth MacFarlane, best known as the creator of Family Guy, American Dad, and The Cleveland Show – shows which pride themselves ...
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Bechdel Test: The Other Woman
The Other Woman is surprisingly fun (with a heavy emphasis on surprisingly). It was selected for this column due to claims it was a film starring three women that doesn’t ever manage to pass the ...
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Bechdel Test: Bad Neighbours
Bad Neighbours (simply Neighbors in the US, a vastly inferior title) contains plenty of topless women, but not so much in the way of bottomless men. And with one exception, the tits aren’t there f...
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Bechdel Test: Muppets Most Wanted
When viewed from a feminist perspective, Muppets Most Wanted brings up two interesting questions: When looking at the representation of female characters, should characters played by men be in...
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Bechdel Test: Are We Officially Dating?
At the very start of the film, for just a few minutes, Are We Officially Dating? (That Awkward Moment in the US) threatens to be an interesting and unique movie. Jason (Zac Efron) recently reads an...
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Bechdel Test: The LEGO Movie
Women are prizes. In film, if you’re male, a protagonist, and you succeed at your goal, you get everything you’ve ever dreamed of… including a woman. It’s more obvious in fairy tales – “Slay th...
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Bechdel Test: Monsters University
Monster’s University is the latest in a long line of Pixar films to fail the Bechdel Test (out of their 14-film catalogue, only A Bug’s Life, The Incredibles, Toy Story 3 and Brave pass). It’s obv...
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Bechdel Test: Zoolander
It’s amazing how often the Bechdel Test is reliant on gray areas, when the opposite is almost never the case. Within ten seconds, Zoolander joins the ranks of “comedy films that immediately pass t...
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Bechdel Test: Her
The new Spike Jonze film, Her, passes the Reverse Bechdel Test in its very first scene. The central character, Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix) briefly chats with Paul, the receptionist at his work (Chr...
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