Collateral Beauty

Name: Collateral Beauty
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: December 16, 2016
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 23
Cast: Ann Dowd, Edward Norton, Helen Mirren, Jacob Latimore, Kate Winslet

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New Line Cinema | Release Date: December 16, 2016 | PG-13

Starring: Ann Dowd, Edward Norton, Helen Mirren, Jacob Latimore, Kate Winslet, Keira Knightley, Michael Peña, Naomie Harris, Will Smith

Summary: When a successful New York ad executive suffers a personal tragedy and retreats from life, his friends devise a drastic plan to reach him before he loses everything. Pushing him to the very edge, they force him to confront the truth in surprising and profoundly human ways. From Oscar-winning director David Frankel, this thought-provokingWhen a successful New York ad executive suffers a personal tragedy and retreats from life, his friends devise a drastic plan to reach him before he loses everything. Pushing him to the very edge, they force him to confront the truth in surprising and profoundly human ways. From Oscar-winning director David Frankel, this thought-provoking drama explores how even the deepest loss can reveal moments of beauty, and how the constants of love, time and death interlock in a life fully lived.… Expand

Director: David Frankel

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 97 min

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Lawrence Toppman

Dec 14, 2016

Many critics will complain about emotional manipulation, but I share Roger Ebert’s view: “Some people like to be emotionally manipulated. I do, when it’s done well.” I think “Beauty” does it well. Read full review

Tom Russo

Dec 15, 2016

Too well-meaning and too infused with genuine poignancy from Smith and Harris for the film to be dismissed as just a trigger for our snark reflex. But it’s a shame that the tears Smith sheds aren’t serving a better conceived story. Read full review

Leah Greenblatt

Dec 14, 2016

These actors are too good to be entirely sunk by the sheer silliness of the material (with the exception of Smith, who seems fully committed to playing the role of a human frown-face emoji). Read full review

Randy Cordova

Dec 14, 2016

This wildly distasteful premise is meant to be cute and enlightening, like a modern Frank Capra flick, but this is hardly "It's a Wonderful Life." Instead, the movie keeps tripping over itself. Read full review

Dominick Suzanne-Mayer

Dec 15, 2016

It is not a bad film because of its sincerity of intention. It’s a bad film because it manages to make that sincerity feel disingenuous as it goes on, more and more so with each passing scene. Read full review

The Telegraph Robbie Collin

Dec 15, 2016

I still can’t quite believe it exists, though I may yet find myself shouting about it on the street. Read full review

Alan Scherstuhl

Dec 13, 2016

Maybe you'll be at a dinner. Maybe nobody will believe you. Or maybe they will, and someone will say, "Hollywood is terrible at making movies about trauma.” Read full review

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AndyChaplin

Jan 18, 2017

Well I loved it.......... Can't understand why so many people seem to have not liked it. The only thing I would have changed were a couple of scenes at the end which may have been superfluous.

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habitatdreaming

Apr 26, 2017

Will Smith deserves an Academy Award for his heartfelt performance. Death, Love and Time playing with my own emotions, I felt so deeply what Will and all the other characters were portraying... I was in tears as this movie poured out the power of Love in it's many forms, how love can be soWill Smith deserves an Academy Award for his heartfelt performance. Death, Love and Time playing with my own emotions, I felt so deeply what Will and all the other characters were portraying... I was in tears as this movie poured out the power of Love in it's many forms, how love can be so joyous but yet so painful and then so healing, then Time, how precious is time to us all, and then Death, how we fear death but we can choose to be in peace with it and not fight it. Oh my gosh I absolutely loved this film and when it finished, honestly, I couldn't wait to want to see it again. This movie is BEAUTIFUL in more ways then one and I highly recommend it... it's a must see.… Expand

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jermaine999

Dec 19, 2016

First of all, all of the negative reviews of this film are coming from people who never actually saw the film. If you read what they said, you can tell that they've only seen the trailer at best. I can't understand why this movie is getting so much bad press. I watched it this weekend andFirst of all, all of the negative reviews of this film are coming from people who never actually saw the film. If you read what they said, you can tell that they've only seen the trailer at best. I can't understand why this movie is getting so much bad press. I watched it this weekend and I absolutely loved it. The jokes were funny. The emotional parts were definitely heart felt and authentic. The acting was amazing. And the script was one of the best I've seen this year. Just for perspective, I went to see Star Wars: Rouge One the night before I watched this and Collateral Beauty is much more entertaining. I actually wanted to see it again once I left the theater. Star Wars on the other hand almost put me to sleep. Mind you, I'm a huge Star Wars fan. I've never seen such an aggressive attempt to sabotage a film before in my life. Every major publication trashed this film. Meanwhile, every review about Star Wars: Rogue One has been nothing less than a celebration. Fact is, Rogue One has more characters than a Donald Trump tweet and can (and will) put the biggest Star Wars fan to sleep at some point midway through. Pay no attention these reviews. Go see Collateral Beauty for yourself. You be the judge.… Expand

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ABDURAHMAH

Sep 9, 2017

Хороший актерский состав,необычный сюжет и УИЛЛ СМИТ сделают ваш вечер прекрасным!

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LeZee

Sep 16, 2017

Love. Time. Death.

I think I underestimated this flick. Despite a wonder cast, I judged the film before watching it. I was surprised how beautiful film it was. Though not a film of the year. It was like 'A Christmas Carol', except the past, present and future were replaced with differentLove. Time. Death.

I think I underestimated this flick. Despite a wonder cast, I judged the film before watching it. I was surprised how beautiful film it was. Though not a film of the year. It was like 'A Christmas Carol', except the past, present and future were replaced with different topics. And for each topic, separate set of characters with one twist at the end. The overall film was short and sweet.

A successful businessman man who had lost his child seems not able to come out of the sorrow. His partners are worried for him, as well as the firm's future. So they come up with an idea to bring back their partner that they hire actors to help him recover. How the remaining tale turns out and the last part of the story brings an emotional ending.

There were lots of actors for just an 90 minute film. But everybody had a fair share. Nobody was greater than others. Smith had less dialogues as his role demanded that. From all, Winslet role was so ordinary, comparing her star value. Knightley was good, but her one of the dialogues about 'love' was awesome. Norton, Pena and Mirren, all were good in their respective parts.

An emotional film, but I don't think it appeals enough to everybody. As I'm being a fan of that theme, I felt it should have been a bit strong in those parts. Other than that it was a good film, a family friendly drama. It was not based on any book, though, looks like one. Surely worth a watch, especially if you love tearjerker films.

7/10… Expand

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DMLYxCritic

Feb 23, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Grief is such a powerful plot point, but you always have to make sure to go about delivering the message in the right way. Collateral Beauty, however, did not. I guess it all came down to the casting choice. Will Smith had the charisma of a potato, and only Helen Mirren was great. The plot holes were very visible that it's a wonder how people sat through with all of them. The story does not make sense, and sadly, no matter how much I wanted to like the film, it did not do it for me. The cinematography was great, however.… Expand

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JesseDillinger

Apr 25, 2023

a stupid STUPID movie. "Let's make this grieving guy look like he's mentally unstable to get him tf out of here" what a horrible movie

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