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Its occasional use of split screen may feel gimmicky at times, but Conversations With Other Women is a bold, inventive drama carried by its two charismatic leads. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

Reunited at a wedding after many years, former lovers (Helena Bonham Carter, Aaron Eckhart) again feel the pull of a mutual attraction neither is willing to admit. Escaping the reception for the privacy of a hotel room, the unnamed pair explore the choices of the past that led them to the present.
  • Rating:
    R (Sexual Content|Language)
  • Genre:
    drama, comedy
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Hans Canosa
  • Producer:
    Ram Bergman, Kerry Barden, Bill McCutchen
  • Writer:
    Gabrielle Zevin
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     limited
  • Release Date (Streaming):
  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $379.1K
  • Runtime:
  • Production Co:
    Gordonstreet Pictures, Prophecy Pictures Ltd.
  • Sound Mix:
    Dolby Digital

Cast & Crew

Helena Bonham Carter
Woman
Aaron Eckhart
Man
Nora Zehetner
Young Woman
Erik Eidem
Young Man
Olivia Wilde
Bridesmaid
Thomas Lennon
Videographer
Cerina Vincent
Sarah the Dancer
Brianna Brown
Bride
Brian Geraghty
Groom
Hans Canosa
Director
Gabrielle Zevin
Writer
Hans Canosa
Film Editor
Ram Bergman
Producer
Kerry Barden
Producer
Bill McCutchen
Producer
Kwesi Collisson
Executive Producer
Mark R. Harris
Executive Producer
Kjehl Rasmussen
Executive Producer
Glen Reynolds
Executive Producer
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Critical Consensus: A Brave New "World," A "Step" Down, And No Screenings for "Pulse" and "Zoom"
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Critic Reviews for Conversations With Other Women

All Critics (62) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (46) | Rotten (16)

  • I was hooked to the screen, to the film's sense of time and place and risk, to the intelligence of the talk and the intimations of pleasure and regret in Bonham Carter's performance.

    June 17, 2013 | Full Review…

    David Thomson

    The New Republic

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    May 18, 2007 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
    Empire Magazine

  • 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.

    September 15, 2006 | Full Review…

    Ann Hornaday

    Washington Post

  • 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.

    September 15, 2006 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

    Ty Burr

    Boston Globe

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

    September 1, 2006 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

    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.

    August 31, 2006 | Rating: B

    Tasha Robinson

    AV Club
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Audience Reviews for Conversations With Other Women

  • Sep 28, 2015
    Conversations with Other Women is a film for people who enjoy conversation and experimentation. It is very much an ambiguous and paradoxical film: is this improvisational honesty? Is it alternate reality? The split screen feels like it is a natural element and yet remains a fascinating device throughout. Recommended to fans of errant romance.
    Robert B Super Reviewer
  • Nov 07, 2013
    In the hands of Carter and Eckhart, this story about an affair is lush and full of the mixed chemistry associated with two people who are drawn to each other and repulsed due to emotional baggage. Fantastic work.
    John B Super Reviewer
  • Aug 14, 2013
    HBC and Aaron Eckhart meet at a wedding, and we get the impression that it's not the first time. Their characters' history is hinted at in split-screen flashbacks with doe-eyed Nora Zehetner as the former, whose resemblance to early-aughts HBC is really quite inspired, but her accent could use a little work. We know these ex-lovers are gonna fuck tonight, but the cat-and-mouse foreplay is still subtly suspenseful, with underhanded barbs and guarded tellings of their separate pasts. The script IS basic with no notable or quotable aphorisms, but I like that. The characters aren't trying to impress each other. HBC and Eckhart are so easy together that it's clear to see how the act of having sex doesn't really matter and how cheating on their SOs essentially isn't meant to be a hurtful or sinful thing, but a matter of course for the soul-connected. I didn't love or hate the split-screen technique. At first I found it difficult to watch because I couldn't tell where the angles and POVs were, but I got over it and enjoyed the few moments where the screens showed the future and the characters' different reactions. The end when the screens match up confuses me though. Do they end up together? Should they?
    Alice S Super Reviewer
  • Oct 03, 2011
    There are always two sides to every story...
    Andreia C Super Reviewer
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