![]() The movie technically passes the test, but so slightly that a fail is entirely debateable. Carla Jean’s mother, Agnes Kracik, who was named in the novel, was never referred to in the movie with a name, save for a split-second scene in which her name is written. ![]() In the translation from Cormac Mccarthy’s novel of the same name, a few characters were watered down to condense it to a film format. It’s barely a conversation, and there is also some contention as to whether or not it passes the first part of the Bechdel Test: There being two named female characters. However, after doing some research, I found there was a scene in which Carla Jean speaks to her mother about medication. So, the Mako Mori Test? Hard fail.Īs for the Bechdel Test: Initially, I assumed it failed hard as well. And she’s the closest to a strong female character in the whole movie. Carla Jean, the wife of Llewelyn Moss, one of the leads, barely speaks throughout the movie, presenting a shallow, very two-dimensional character. There are a small handful of women in the movie, most of them unnamed, who serve solely as plot devices for the leading roles, all of which are male. I’ll start with the Mako Mori test, because holding the Mako Mori test to this movie is a joke. ![]() However, after looking at the movie in relation to the Bechdel (And Mako Mori) Tests, I found that it definitely fell short. ![]() There was nothing about the movie I can think of which didn’t floor me. It was tense, well-written, the performances were phenomenal. ![]()
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