At a wedding, a couple (Helena Bonham Carter and Aaron Eckhart) flirt and end up in a hotel room.  Director Hans Canosa eventually reveals that the two have been together before – though one or two lines of the dialogue before this revelation show the contrary.  They reunion serves to explain how past incidents have led to the present.

From the plot, the exercise spells art in the full sense of the word.  For one, to enjoy CONVERSATIONS, the viewer should be captivated with actors Bonham or Eckhart, maybe be convinced and totally affected by the characters they play or perhaps be involved in theatre or some similar venture.  The film is shot in split screen.  For a film so intent on realism, Canosa’s film is too talky and everyone in the film looks too perfect.

The split screen serves several purposes such as allowing the viewer the opportunity to see the action of one actor and the other at the same time; watch the present and a flashback simultaneously or reveal alternative responses to an action.  Though more can be displayed on screen, the dramatization is lost at times especially when looking at two things at once.  Distraction leading to confusion occurs at certain points of the film, when the viewer is puzzled which reaction to believe.  The nudity scenes – when they occur – take the focus off all other occurrences in the other screen. 

Carter and Eckhart offer brave performances but it is difficult to sympathize with characters too confident of themselves.  The ‘other women’ of the film title refer to the same woman (Carter) at different stages in her life.  It is purported that Eckhart would have slept with two different women, though it is still Carter at two different times.  i.e. people change.

CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER WOMEN is an interesting theatrical exercise but it lacks the reality of real life and effect of others on the couple’s relationship.  Everyone else is mostly shut out of the two split frames.  Even the early versions of the couple are peripheral and only exist so that the couple has something to talk about.