Conversations with Other Women
Release Date: August 11, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
6
Negative:
1
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88
New York PostKyle Smith
It's brilliant work. Read full review
83
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
The entire film is shot in split screen. Each of the unnamed characters is photographed separately in their own slice of space, the images sutured together with a purposeful imperfection, with occasional overlap and rare moments of union. It gives them the appearance of dancing around one another, almost touching but never getting past the years of emotional scar tissue, even as they work their way to her hotel room. Read full review
80
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
I found the film powerfully erotic, although it has minimal nudity and no explicit sex. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The fine acting and sexy chemistry between Bonham Carter and Eckhart make it work. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
A smart, sexy romantic drama, directed within an inch of its life by Hans Canosa. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
For once, the gimmick is a perfect reflection of the characters. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
Conversations is well-calculated and well-ordered, and it manages an equilibrium that a science lab would envy. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy Burr
The charm of Conversations With Other Women, a gimmicky but oddly moving two-character drama that flies in from who knows where, is its intelligentknowingness. Read full review
70
Village VoiceElla Taylor
Though the movie is occasionally too clever-talky for its own good, it has the authentic ring of an elegy for love lost when one partner grows up while the other runs in place. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
An intimate movie in every sense, Conversations With Other Women sets out to explore well-trammeled yet at the same time uncharted territory without grinding any axes. What it offers is a modest fantasy that will be familiar to contemporaries of Bonham Carter and Eckhart especially. It's sad and funny, satisfying and frustrating, totally familiar. Read full review
70
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
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. Read full review
67
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
The actors, who portray a reunion that is more sparring match than love fest, strike occasional sparks. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
This minor relationship picture comes and goes, but her (Carter's) performance lingers. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore
That the movie holds viewers' attention despite its contrivances is a testament to the script and acting. Read full review
60
VarietyTodd McCarthy
The battle of the sexes is restaged to clever but inconsequential effect in Conversations With Other Women. Very much a case of old wine in a new bottle. Read full review
60
The New York TimesDana Stevens
None of it is quite believable -- the film is too studied, too forward in its conceits to be entirely satisfying -- but Mr. Eckhart and Ms. Bonham Carter approach their roles with intelligence and conviction. Read full review
60
EmpireAnna Smith
Witty and articulate but the continual editing devices can distract from the momentum. Read full review
50
The New YorkerAnthony Lane
In the end, the problem with Conversations with Other Women is not that it pulls an ordinary romance into unfamiliar shapes but that it doesn't pull far enough. 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. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Theirs is an affair not worth remembering. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Despite the resourcefulness of the two leads, the movie finally registers as much ado about very little. Read full review
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