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Conversation(s) with Other Women (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 53 Fresh: 39  Rotten:14 Average Rating: 6.6/10
 
Consensus: The chemistry between stars Helena Bonham Carter and Aaron Eckhart carries this intimate tale of middle-aged romance.
 

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Rated: 15

Runtime: 84 mins

Theatrical Release: 18-05-2007

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 wedding and start flirting in a back room. Slowly it becomes evident that they have some kind of... 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: Cerina Vincent, Brianna Brown, Thomas Lennon, Olivia Wilde, Bryan Geraghty

Screenwriter: Gabrielle Zevin
Producer: Ram Bergman, Bill McCutchen, Kjehl Rasmussen
Composer: Starr Parodi

DVD Info

Release:

Sep 10, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame

Audio:

  • (unspecified) - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Production Interview - Helena Bonham Carter - Star, Aaron Ekhart - Star

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Original Storyboards

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3.5/5

Canosa demonstrates a playful and inventive filmmaking style with this insightful story of a relationship told from various perspectives

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05/05/07
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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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

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An intriguing deconstruction of a failed relationship, long past its point of no return.

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06/01/07
Kam Williams
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A near-perfect amalgamation of cinematic technique and content.

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03/01/07
Shirley Sealy
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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."

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Scott Weinberg
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01/16/07
Jules Brenner
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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.

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01/11/07
David Cornelius
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You spend more time watching the technique than the interplay between Carter and Eckhart.

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11/16/06
Michele Kenner
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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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.

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09/15/06
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
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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.

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09/15/06
Ty Burr
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The observations about love and sex and time and memory are uncommonly sharp and true.

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09/01/06
Jim Emerson
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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.

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08/31/06
Tasha Robinson
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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

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08/31/06
Amelie Gillette
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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.

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08/31/06
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
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