Review of Conversations with Other Women (2006) by Chris G — 12 Apr 2009

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) 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.