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Helena Bonham Carter, Aaron Eckhart, Nora Zehetner, Erik Eidem, Brianna Brown ... see more see more... , Brian Geraghty , Olivia Wilde , Thomas Lennon , Cerina Vincent , Yury Tsykun , David Franklin , Philip Littell , Rozanne Sher , Veronica Reyes , Emily Fernandez

An encounter between two people with a shared past and conflicting futures is played out on a split-image screen in this offbeat drama. An unnamed man (Aaron Eckhart) and woman (Helena Bonham Carter) ... read more read more...are enjoying drinks and cigarettes in a hotel room after attending a wedding reception. At first, the two seem to be playing a flirtatious game, as he cheerfully but confidently advances toward her, and she seems at once attracted and put off by his bravado. Their pas de deux is shot and edited in split screen, with his image appearing in one half of the divided frame and hers appearing in the other. As time wears on, the man and woman begin crossing their appointed boundaries, and in some sequences one half of the frame represents the present while the other shows us events in the past. We learn that the man and woman had a tempestuous affair when they were in their late teens, and both are now committed to other people -- she has a husband, while he has a steady girl. How will the experiences of their past affect their present, and are they willing to betray their lovers for an evening's pleasure? Conversations With Other Women was the first feature film from director Hans Canosa. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 24 min.

Directed by: Hans Canosa

Release Date: August 11, 2006

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  • hunterjt13
    February 26, 2011
    hunterjt13
    A man and a woman flirt at a party, and we gradually learn that their history is far more complex and intertwined than at first glance.
    This story is told completely using split screen, and though this gimmick works effectively at the end, most of it is truly annoying. Part of w... read moreriting and filmmaking is about making choices - what to show, what to reveal through dialogue, images, or subtext - and this film abdicates many of the more important choices, electing instead to overload the viewer with too much information.
    Also, I found the story rather cliche. We know fairly early what is going to happen here, and though the reveal at the beginning of the second act comes as a bit of a surprise, there isn't much beyond that.
    There is an awful lot of dialogue - this is one of the most talky films I've seen recently - but there aren't many memorable lines or moments, and it seems like very little is actually communicated between these two characters.
    What I liked were the few moments when the split screen worked to reveal each character as lonely and isolated and when the reaction was just as important as the words.
    Overall, even if you find the gimmick interesting, I doubt the basic story will seem all that original.
  • LWOODS04
    February 25, 2011
    LWOODS04
    Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Aaron Eckhart, Nora Zehetner, Erik Eidem, Thomas Lennon, Olivia Wilde, Cerina Vincent, Brian Geraghty, Brianna Brown

    Director: Hans Canosa

    Summary: Sparks fly at a wedding reception when a man (Aaron Eckhart) and woman (Helena Bonham Carter) with... read more an ambiguous connection are reunited in this stylish romantic drama. As the layers of their past relationship gradually peel back, they rekindle a smoldering flame.

    My Thoughts: "Unique directing style that I liked. I loved the story and how it played out. It gradually gives you bits and pieces of their story, which is smartly done keeping you intrigued the entire film. I just adore Helena Bonham Carter. She's such a great actress. Aaron Eckhart and Helena did a fantastic job at keeping your full attention. It can become very boring when a story just has one or two actor's through an entire film. But they are great actor's and managed without much to keep my attention. Great movie."
  • MidnightMadwoman
    November 4, 2010
    MidnightMadwoman
    This is a rather fascinating movie. The split-screen is a rather inventive way of telling this story, which is quite small and about a man and a woman whose relationship and feelings toward each other are not entirely clear, least of all to them. I very much enjoyed the way this ... read morefilm moved; it took its time getting where it was going, and revealed the characters' past very slowly and organically. The split screen allows the film to either separate the characters in space or give it a free hand with which to reach into the past or to another point in the present. The overall feeling is that the two, for whatever their relationship are never really together. The dialogue is also hypnotic and the performances ring very true. I should rent this again.
  • lewiskendell
    June 6, 2010
    lewiskendell
    Ever seen an entire movie in split-screen? First it's pretty cool and a little disorienting, then it seems a little unnecessary and gimmicky, and finally you get used to it. Was the movie better for it's rather unique approach? Maybe a little bit. It certainly wasn't worse. I app... read morereciate what the filmmakers were trying to do, at the very least.

    As for the movie itself, it's an interesting take on the romantic genre. A man meets a woman at a wedding reception, and it's slowly revealed that they have a history together. A history that isn't quite finished, despite the years that have passed since they've seen each other. You learn about their past and their present concurrently, thanks to the previously mentioned split-screen wizardry.

    Check it out if you're interested in an adult relationship story, with a bit of an experimental indie spin. I enjoyed it. I may have only decided to see it because of Olivia Wilde's small part, but it ended up being one of the more memorable and honest movies of this type that I've seen.
  • LorenzoVonMatterhorn
    April 13, 2010
    LorenzoVonMatterhorn
    "there are two sides to every love story"

    When a man and woman flirt with each other at a wedding reception, the sexual tension seems spontaneous. As they break from the party to a hotel room, the flirtation turns into a night filled with passion and remorse.

    ... read morent size=+2 face="Century Schoolbook">REVIEW
    Aaron Eckhart flirts with ex Helena Bonham Carter at a wedding ? before long they find themselves alone in a hotel room. Things get complicated. Leads are very good, Eckhart's veneer of smugness gradually, effectively peels away, and I'd almost forgotten the appealing, playful quality Bonham Carter has when she plays down-to-earth. It's shot unconventionally ? completely in split screen so sometimes we have two versions of the one scene, sometimes one shot of the present and one of the past, and sometimes two differing outcomes to the same conversation. The effect adds layers of emotional resonance to what essentially is an hour-and-a-half of two people talking - think Before Sunset meets Timecode. Yeah, that good.

    Still, for all the preceding formal daring and witty wordplay, the poignant final scene in the taxi(s) kicks like a mule.
  • purplemegan
    August 13, 2009
    purplemegan
    I really enjoyed this movie and the more I think about it the more I liked it. It was cute, clever, and very real.
  • sononothing
    April 13, 2009
    sononothing
    I walked into this film thinking that it was going to be a pure gimmick film. Filmmakers love to try to do something different just to be different, not to add anything to the story. Conversations With other Women is about a man (Aaaron Echhart) and a woman (Helena Bonham Carter)... read more who reunite at a wedding and steadily rebuild their relationship to the point that they share a night of passion in a hotel room after the wedding.

    Conversations... is a film full of dialogue. The film is dialogue. The two characters flirt, attack, play, and perforate each other and the bullshit they throw between each other. That brings us to the gimmick: the film is shot as a split screen, which was used in '60's films and American Graffiti, but in this film it works. You see the character saying something and witness the reaction all at the same time. Director Hans Canosa also uses this to throw in a little detail about the lives of the pair and their past. Eckhart and Bonham Carter are great together with with Bonham carter's performance very riveting.

    Conversations with Other Women is a great little film that seems to have been made on a shoestring budget yet captures the soul of the film. A great little gem that seems to have been buried over the last few years. If you get a chance don't miss it.
  • TheMachinist
    July 19, 2008
    TheMachinist
    There was a lot of things I liked here. First of all the acting was superb, always nice to see Helena do her work and Aaron Eckhart did a terrific job too.

    The script was realistic, intelligent, clever and funny with several good moments.

    The split screen was probably the key... read more thing to this film that really blew my mind. Here you could really focus on the persons emotions and the technique helped the story by giving the viewer flashbacks and alternate versions of the situations handeld in the film.

    The last image were the split screen emerges into one... What can I say? Perfect ending to the movie.
  • puffchunk
    January 30, 2008
    puffchunk
    'twasn't terrible. However, I would be fine to never have to sit through 10 minute uncomfortable sex scenes with Helena Carter and Aaron Eckhart. Yikes.
  • Redlats
    January 3, 2008
    Redlats
    I read some of the Flixster reviews. Everybody is commenting about the split screen. OK, it is different, but it doesn't define this movie!

    Two guests at an out-of-town wedding are attracted to each other. They spend an evening discussing, reminiscing, rekindling a past lov... read moree affair. It's a good movie.

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Critic Reviews

Ann Hornaday
September 15, 2006
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

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, in... Full Review

Ty Burr
September 15, 2006
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

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

Michael Phillips
August 31, 2006
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

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

Richard Roeper
August 21, 2006
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

Conversations with Other Women feels like a one-act play stretched into a feature film and padded with those visual gimmicks. Full Review

Rick Groen
August 14, 2006
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

The posturing twosome in the movie are themselves a compendium of stylish ticks in need of substantive redemption -- for once, the gimmick is a perfect reflection of the characters. Full Review

Mick LaSalle
August 12, 2006
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

This is entertainment by and for adults. Full Review

Lisa Rose
August 12, 2006
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger

The technique heightens the drama, illustrating how each character is in his or her own lonely little world. Full Review

Stephen Williams
August 12, 2006
Stephen Williams, Newsday

By fade out, the movie has run out of air: the quick, clever dialogue flattens out and it becomes contrived. Full Review

Kyle Smith
August 12, 2006
Kyle Smith, New York Post

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

Geoff Pevere
August 12, 2006
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

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

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