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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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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

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
Tasha Robinson
Tasha Robinson
AV Club

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

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.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
08/31/06
Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune

There's a reason Before Sunrise and Before Sunset were done as two movies, not one.

Full Review Source: Metromix.com | comment Comment
08/31/06
Matt Pais
Matt Pais
Metromix.com

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.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
08/26/06
E! Online
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It can be tricky to watch both screens at once (Conversations With Other Women rewards multiple viewings), but it's invigorating to see a filmmaker exploring technique as metaphor.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
08/25/06
Moira MacDonald
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

Eckhart and Bonham-Carter use their mutual charm to maximum effectiveness, sparring off each other with ease, and practically sending sparks through the screen ...

Full Review Source: Cinematical | comment Comment
08/24/06
Kim Voynar
Kim Voynar
Cinematical

... 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

Conversations with Other Women feels like a one-act play stretched into a feature film and padded with those visual gimmicks.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
08/21/06
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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Le film d'Hans Canosa apparaît comme un effort d'une grande maturité, dégageant une spontanéité et une honnêteté surprenante pour un film majoritairement axé sur les dialogues

Full Review Source: Panorama | comment Comment
08/18/06
Jean-François Vandeuren
Jean-François Vandeuren
Panorama

The chemistry between Bonham Carter and Eckhart is wonderful to watch.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
08/14/06
Jane Stevenson
Jane Stevenson
Jam! Movies

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

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

The split-screen gimmick is just that, but you could do a lot worse than watching the two gifted lead actors gab.

Full Review Source: New Times | comment Comment
08/13/06
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

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

This is entertainment by and for adults.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
08/12/06
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle

Conversations is all about the push and pull of opposing forces with nary a winner in sight.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
08/12/06
Glenn Whipp
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News

The technique heightens the drama, illustrating how each character is in his or her own lonely little world.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
08/12/06
Lisa Rose
Lisa Rose
Newark Star-Ledger

By fade out, the movie has run out of air: the quick, clever dialogue flattens out and it becomes contrived.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
08/12/06
Stephen Williams
Stephen Williams
Newsday
 
 
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