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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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Having been locked up in Burton's toy chest for so long, [Bonham Carter] is all the more dazzling in this wistful two-character infidelity drama.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
08/12/06
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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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

Mostly it works because this is about two people desperately trying to do the impossible: to reconcile the past with the present, reality with fantasy, and desire with responsibility.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
08/12/06
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
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Theirs is an affair not worth remembering.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
08/12/06
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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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

Despite the occasional distracting glitches in the split screen, this is one of the best small pictures of the season

Full Review Source: Greenwich Village Gazette | comment Comment
08/11/06
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette

Brian DePalma's Before Sunset.

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

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

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

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 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

Hans Canosa's studied debut feature stars Aaron Eckhart and Helena Bonham Carter as old flames who meet, years after parting, and have a short fling.

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08/10/06
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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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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Though the movie is occasionally too clever-talky for its own good, it has the authentic ring of an elegy for love lost when one partner grows up while the other runs in place.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
08/10/06
Ella Taylor
Ella Taylor
L.A. Weekly

It may be dotted with fine observations, yet somehow the charm of its novelty grows stale, and the airless feeling of a closed set begins to fester.

Full Review Source: New Yorker | comment Comment
08/07/06
Anthony Lane
Anthony Lane
New Yorker

The split screen sabotages [Canosa's] best intentions; it's a conceit that only manages to make the viewer irritable.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
08/03/06
Rex Reed
Rex Reed
New York Observer
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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

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

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 battle of the sexes is restaged to clever but inconsequential effect in Conversations With Other Women.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/30/06
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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