The House Bunny by Crystal Burger

For the Bechdel Test I decided to choose the movie The House Bunny. This movie is about the main character Shelly, who grew up as a child in a foster home, but grew into a beautiful woman and moved into the Play Boy Mansion. She grew up learning all about how to be pretty and sexy and how to make boys like her. After being sabotaged by another bunny in the house Shelly is thrown out on her own and comes across the sorority house of Zeta where the girls are in desperate need of everything she's become an expert at: parties and boys. Eventually at the end of the movie Shelly learns that not all guys are all about wanting someone dumb and sexy, one man in particular. The girls of the house also learn how important it is to be yourself and that there's more to life than boys.

Considering there are 7 girls living in the Zeta house, there was one in particular that played a more important role in the movie with Shelly and that was Natalie. She was a very smart student who gave up her beliefs in hopes of getting a guy to like her. Her and Shelly shared many conversations, many of which were about boys and how to be sexy and not "too smart", but they did share conversations besides those topics such as what else they could do to save the Zeta house, or about what truly made Shelly happy. This movie did pass the Bechdel Test because it showcased two female characters talking with each other about things besides boys. 

This movie for me is definitely not a feminist film, but I do believe that there's more to it than meets the eye. I do feel it is very gender based in the way that the goal for the girls throughout the movie is to cater themselves to what boys want. Be smart, but not too smart. Be funny, but not too funny where you out do him. Be sexy but not inappropriate, etc. Although on the other hand, aside from all the male catering, the moral is made clear at the end. Always be who you are and never let anyone change you just because they say you aren't good enough, especially when it comes to boys.