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Conversation(s) with Other Women (2006)

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Reviews Counted:56

Fresh:41

Rotten:15

Average Rating:6.5/10

Consensus: The chemistry between stars Helena Bonham Carter and Aaron Eckhart carries this intimate tale of middle-aged romance.

Runtime: 85 mins

Genre: Theatrical Release

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Aaron Eckhart and Helena Bonham Carter give dazzling performances in Hans Canosa's CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER WOMEN. Playing unnamed characters, Eckhart and Bonham Carter meet up at a New York City... Aaron Eckhart and Helena Bonham Carter give dazzling performances in Hans Canosa's CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER WOMEN. Playing unnamed characters, Eckhart and Bonham Carter meet up at a New York City wedding and start flirting in a back room. Slowly it becomes evident that they have some kind of past together. As they consider spending the night in her hotel room -- and how that will affect their current lives -- secrets are revealed and futures are put in jeopardy. CONVERSATIONS is primarily a two-character drama, an acting tour de force for Eckhart (ERIN BROCKOVICH, THANK YOU FOR NOT SMOKING) and Bonham Carter (A ROOM WITH A VIEW, THE WINGS OF A DOVE). Director Canosa (ALMA MATER) shot the film in dual frame, shooting every scene with two cameras in order to capture different emotions and angles, and then projects them in split screen. Thus, the two frames sometimes show the same action from differing perspectives, and other times the present can be seen on one screen and the past on the other (as well as an imagined past, present, or future). The split-screen-effect results in longer takes and stronger emotions, allowing the audience inside the minds of these two not necessarily very likable characters. Gabrielle Zevin's script is biting and cynical yet romantic, giving depth to the man and the woman even though the film is just them talking for nearly an hour and a half. The soundtrack features compelling songs by Carla Bruni and Rilo Kiley. [More]

Starring: Helena Bonham-Carter, Aaron Eckhart, Nora Zehetner, Cerina Vincent

Starring: Helena Bonham-Carter, Aaron Eckhart, Nora Zehetner, Cerina Vincent, Brianna Brown, Thomas Lennon, Olivia Wilde, Bryan Geraghty, Yury Tsykun, David Franklin

Director: Hans Canosa

Director: Hans Canosa
Screenwriter: Gabrielle Zevin
Producer: Ram Bergman, Bill McCutchen, Kjehl Rasmussen
Composer: Starr Parodi
Studio: Fabrication Films

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Engrossing from start to finish, Conversations with Other Women is a stimulating man/woman tussle about life, love and the whole damn thing. It's funny, unexpected, philosophical and romantic with a dash of melancholy thrown in for good measure

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
04/05/08
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a soothing salve for blockbuster-bruised cinemagoers starved, like Conversations' own lovers, for something real and substantial

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
08/10/06
Jay Antani
Jay Antani
Filmcritic.com

... a high-concept chamber drama in which the screen expresses what the two fumbling former lovers can't.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
08/24/06
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

An unconventional love story about a couple who try to recapture the enchantment of their long-ago relationship and learn they have to let go with equanimity in middle age.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
08/10/06
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

The charm of Conversations With Other Women, a gimmicky but oddly moving two-character drama that flies in from who knows where, is its intelligent knowingness.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
09/15/06
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe

Brian DePalma's Before Sunset.

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
08/11/06
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

a slippery delight with as much tension as a standard thriller, but the smarts of a literate drama, both of which it is.

Full Review Source: Killer Movie Reviews | comment Comment
08/14/06
Andrea Chase
Andrea Chase
Killer Movie Reviews

An intimate movie in every sense, Conversations With Other Women sets out to explore well-trammeled yet at the same time uncharted territory without grinding any axes.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
08/10/06
Carina Chocano
Carina Chocano
Los Angeles Times
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It's hard to think of a recent movie that nails the circular games of adults trying to get laid and then talking their way out of it.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
07/14/06
Jason Clark
Jason Clark
Slant Magazine

Canosa demonstrates a playful and inventive filmmaking style with this insightful story of a relationship told from various perspectives

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
05/05/07
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

The film is technically brilliant but emotionally shallow; take away the split screen gimmick, and you have a romantic drama that wouldn't be worth its running time.

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
01/11/07
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
DVDTalk.com

That the movie holds viewers' attention despite its contrivances is a testament to the script and acting.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
03/30/06
John DeFore
John DeFore
Hollywood Reporter

Might never have worked if not for the personality, charm and palpable chemistry between its two leads.

Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | comment Comment
08/11/06
Edward Douglas
Edward Douglas
ComingSoon.net

The observations about love and sex and time and memory are uncommonly sharp and true.

Full Review Source: RogerEbert.com | comment Comment
09/01/06
Jim Emerson
Jim Emerson
RogerEbert.com

Director Hans Canosa's bittersweet chronicle of an encounter between two unnamed guests at a New York City wedding reception is a daring, feature-length experiment in 'dual-frame' or 'split-screen' filmmaking.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
08/12/06
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Eckhart delivers a complicated performance, veering from aggressive to abashed, and stopping at puppy-eager, jealous, and conflicted along the way

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
08/31/06
Amelie Gillette
Amelie Gillette
AV Club

Conversations with Other Women is a small drama, but with the attention to character and emotionality, it plays on screen as something larger.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
08/12/06
Pam Grady
Pam Grady
Reel.com

The posturing twosome in the movie are themselves a compendium of stylish ticks in need of substantive redemption -- for once, the gimmick is a perfect reflection of the characters.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
08/14/06
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail

The film ultimately becomes too contrived to be anything but a fleeting diversion, but kudos to these emerging filmmakers for daring to make something a little bit different and, for the most part, intriguing.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
09/15/06
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
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An innovative technique--splitting the screen into two parts throughout--works somewhat but becomes a distraction.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
06/27/06
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve
 
 
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