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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: 15 [See Full Rating] for language and sexual content

Runtime: 85 mins

Genre: Theatrical Release

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... 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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Matthew Turner
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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
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Peter Keough
Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix

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.

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08/26/06
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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.

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08/07/06
Anthony Lane
Anthony Lane
New Yorker

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.

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04/19/09
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

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
David Cornelius
DVDTalk.com

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.

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08/12/06
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star

Theirs is an affair not worth remembering.

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08/12/06
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
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01/16/07
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

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

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08/13/06
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

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

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08/31/06
Matt Pais
Matt Pais
Metromix.com

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

You spend more time watching the technique than the interplay between Carter and Eckhart.

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11/16/06
Michele Kenner
Michele Kenner
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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

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08/03/06
Rex Reed
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