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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.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language and sexual content

Runtime: 85 mins

Genre: Theatrical Release

Theatrical Release:Aug 11, 2006 Limited

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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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
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Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
05/15/07
BBC

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
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Peter Keough
Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix

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.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
05/20/06
Ed Scheid
Ed Scheid
Boxoffice Magazine

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
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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?).

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
08/10/06
Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor

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Full Review Source: Cinema Signals | comment Comment
01/16/07
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

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

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.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
04/19/09
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

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

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

This is a mature and very smart movie, one that evokes the secret histories of loves lost and longings that never fade completely.

Full Review Source: Contra Costa Times | comment Comment
08/12/06
Mary F. Pols
Mary F. Pols
Contra Costa Times

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."

Full Review Source: DVD Clinic | comment Comment
01/23/07
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
DVD Clinic

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

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

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
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05/18/07
Empire Magazine

Initially, the split screen seems like a quirky idea. But it gets old fast.

Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
12/07/07
Amber Wilkinson
Amber Wilkinson
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