Conversations with Other Women

A film about a conversation between a man and a woman. The man is played by the charismatic Aaron Eckhart and the woman is played by the zany Helena Bonham Carter. The director then shot everything from the perspective of two different people. The left side for the man, the right side for the woman. The whole thing is incredibly strange, relatively short and with very long dialogues. Sometimes you don’t even need a dialogue to make it clear to everyone what is going on. This film was interestingly made, but I did not find it exceptional, unlike others. (16.02.2015)

An interestingly made romance, which begins as a flirt between two wedding guests who coincidentally meet during the wedding celebration, and continues with their mutual conversation, where the viewer learns more and discovers that these two are connected much deeper than just through one encounter, and their relationship contains many more layers and has gone through various twists and turns. The flirt turns into a love act and ends with painful decision-making and reflecting on their lives. Each shot of the film is captured from the perspective of both protagonists at the same time, with the screen divided in half, thus portraying the female and male perspectives. An original and likable film, which relies primarily on the performance of Helena Bonham Carter. Overall impression: 90%. (28.03.2009)

It’s a huge risk to base a whole film around a conversation between two actors, but this one managed to pull it off. Helena Bonham Carter is a safe bet, and I do like Aaron Eckhart, but he pleasantly surprised me anyway. The dialogue perfectly dissected the past and present, and even the split screen worked really well. (17.12.2021)