Passing the Bechdel Test

The Bechdel Test rates movies based on three criteria:

1. It has to have at least two women in it
2. Who talk to each other
3. About something besides a man.

Think about it.  How many movies can you think of that fulfill these three criteria?  Not easy, is it?  Now think about movies that fill the opposite criteria:

1. It has to have at least two men in it
2. Who talk to each other
3. About something besides a woman.

In case you need some help identifying popular movies that pass the test, check out Hanna, Gnomeo & Juliet, or Red State.  I was disappointed to see that The Adjustment Bureau, which M and I watched recently, barely passes the test.  One reviewer notes this:

Emily Blunt's character Elise is the only one that matters in the story. She does, at least twice, talk to other women: 1) when she wants to dance at her studio, she asks the receptionist if she's allowed (but the receptionist is unnamed); 2) she asks her friend (named in the credits), if she can use the bathroom before her wedding.

What really makes it dubious is that both times Elise is doing what she's doing because she's unsure about a relationship with a man.

Some recent examples of movies that do not pass the test, check out The Green Lantern, Source Code, and Shrek Forever After.

• Do you consider the Bechdel test when choosing movies?
• What are some of your favorite movies that pass the test?