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
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
Reviews for Conversation(s) with Other Women
Eckhart delivers a complicated performance, veering from aggressive to abashed, and stopping at puppy-eager, jealous, and conflicted along the way
Eckhart delivers a complicated performance, veering from aggressive to abashed, and stopping at puppy-eager, jealous, and conflicted along the way.
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.
Screenwriter Gabrielle Zevin skillfully changes the tone of the dialogue and, by only gradually revealing details of the couple's past and present, keeps these Conversations continually intriguing.
The gimmick has its poetic moments, but the actors can't do much to make screenwriter Gabrielle Zevin's strategems for characters seem like real people.
The actors, who portray a reunion that is more sparring match than love fest, strike occasional sparks (but why must Carter always look so chalk white?).
Eckhart and Bonham-Carter use their mutual charm to maximum effectiveness, sparring off each other with ease, and practically sending sparks through the screen ...
Director Hans Canosa has made a split-screen experimental student film about two would-be lovers who connect after a wedding party in New York City.
Might never have worked if not for the personality, charm and palpable chemistry between its two leads.
An innovative technique--splitting the screen into two parts throughout--works somewhat but becomes a distraction.
This is a mature and very smart movie, one that evokes the secret histories of loves lost and longings that never fade completely.
One of the most realistically romantic movies I've seen in a while. And I'm not easily impressed by what generally passes for "movie romance."
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.
It's hard to imagine a Gallic film would make such an issue of Carter's character being over the hill at 40 or straight-facedly claiming that Eckhart is fat by any reasonable definition.
Conversations with Other Women feels like a one-act play stretched into a feature film and padded with those visual gimmicks.
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