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Collateral Beauty
PG13 (SINGAPORE)
2017
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Collateral Beauty
Positive Reviews
19
Negative reviews
87
Average Rating
1.7
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1.5
(Yes, this is really the premise.).A reader might presume that this high concept ensemble gaslighting would result in farce and disaster and not, say, ..
Av Club
3.5
Collateral Beauty takes that one step beyond with a complex look at human emotions that requires a little patience to get into its overly complicated ..
Den Of Geek
4.5
Hes made a great looking film that uses New York in winter to its fullest, creating a glossy postcard of a movie that makes the city far more glamorou ..
Den Of Geek
0.5
Hes a passive caricature, enlivened only by Smiths restrained performance, all bloodshot eyes and repressed rage, who acts exactly like a grieving hum ..
Den Of Geek
1.5
Maybe she should have.Sure, the script would be the same paint by numbers melodrama, but at least there might be a kernel of artistry to interpret in ..
Indie Wire
2.0
Movies like Manchester By The Sea and The Final Girls spark conversation and value perspective, but Collateral Beauty murders your pet hamster, points ..
We Got This Covered
1.5
Come expecting a good cry from this mawkish holiday slush and youll leave disappointed.
Austin Chronicle
2.5
However as much as this David Frankel directed, Allan Loeb written holiday effort tries to proffer a rosy, merry glow and peddle profundity, any affec ..
Screen Daily
3.0
But at times, it gets a little overbearing and even the dry humour employed makes the suffering feel endless.
ETimes (TOI)
3.0
But at times, it gets a little overbearing and even the dry humour employed makes the suffering feel endless.
ETimes (TOI)
0.0
Instead of dealing with emotions and relationship in an honest manner, Collateral Beauty offers nothing but platitudes and smug self satisfaction.
Collider
0.5
The film argues that acting isnt just artistic expression; its a calling thats on par with a licensed psychiatric professional.
Collider
1.5
That analytical approach carries over to all aspects of this strangely cold and uninviting holiday film.
Vulture
1.9
Now along comes Collateral Beauty to spoil it all by milking bereavement for shoddy bromides and cheap tears.
Rogerebert
2.0
Collateral Beauty is a perplexing film, a movie that feels so excited to get to specific moments that it completely bypasses any logic on how such mom ..
IGN
1.0
Will Smith plays a advertising executive who has lost his six year old daughter to cancer, and in his grief is pestered on the streets of New York by ..
Telegraph
1.5
Someone, somewhere just put these two words together misguidedly thinking it was deep and profound, when it means nothing.
The Young Folks
1.5
Instead, for most of the film youll scoff at the half hearted cynicism, cumbersome visual metaphors, forgettable humor, and the fact that Collateral B ..
Cinema Blend
1.5
Everyone else here, though, pretty much has their eyes focused on their paychecks.
Ny Daily News
2.5
Sadly, the movie is so damn manipulative, instead of making your eyes leak tears itll just have them rolling back in your head at the inanity of it al ..
JoBlo
2.5
Scriptwriter Allan Loeb, the man behind more than one Kevin James vehicle, attempts Christmastime magic a la Miracle on 34th Street, but ends up conju ..
The Globe And Mail
4.0
Most notable about the film is its multilayered exploration of grief.
Spirituality And Practice
1.5
Watching it youre more likely to snicker than to wipe away tears.
One Guys Opinion
1.5
Its meant to be inspiring, and it ends in hugs and growth.But even the filmmakers seem skittish about the premise.
Village Voice
2.5
Whatever the meaning of Collateral Beauty and the title is given an incomplete but understandable definition in the film it is to be appreciated for t ..
Rogers Movie Nation
1.5
The premise stretches credulity even before the actors start giving the conspirators personal advice that sounds suspiciously otherworldly.
Chicago Reader
1.3
Collateral Beauty is junk that thinks its meaningful about grief and believes it is doing good.
Mark Reviews Movies
1.0
However glorious the cast, almost nothing can rescue a Christmas cancer movie, or certainly not one this tonally deaf.In Collateral Beauty, Naomie Har ..
The Times
1.5
Collateral Beauty is soggy garbage intended to make you cry, but its so clumsy in its manipulations that you almost feel sorry for it, the way you wou ..
Eric Ds Nider
3.0
Heartstrings resist such clearly calculated tugging; good tearjerkers tend to be a bit more messy.
News Review
2.5
Sadly, the answer is no as it misses the basket in what amounts to a cinematic air ball.
Screen It
0.0
Its all very Christmas Carol, minus the warmth, wonder and genius of Dickens.I cant say more without risking spoilers.
Rolling Stone
1.0
The concept album that is Arethas Gold follows the chronology of Aretha Franklins hits, all released in 1967 and 1968, apex years of the decade not ju ..
Pop Matters
1.0
Mirren, alas, is also called upon to say the title of this movie out loud at a crucial moment in the narrative.Collateral Beauty is certainly a case o ..
The Wrap
2.5
Believe it or not, this is what passes for a heartwarming story in David Frankels Collateral Beauty, a weepy drama that manages to be glossy, goopy an ..
News Day
2.5
In fairness, what the filmmakers are trying to do here is hard to pull off.It takes a lightness of touch, a rightness of tone.
Film Journal
1.0
Much like the row of multi coloured dominoes in the admans office, Collateral Beauty topples under the weight of its pseudo profundity.
Hindustan Times
1.0
Here comes Will Smith in a red Santa suit bearing Collateral Beauty, the perfect holiday movie about dying children. Isnt that something to spread the ..
Hindustan Times
2.0
Its a common Hollywood misconception that hanging a few baubles and some tinsel on any old tosh will mitigate the cynicism of the central idea.It does ..
The Guardian
1.0
Collateral Beauty continues on its silly, fatuous way and wraps up bereavement with a few fantasy platitudes.
The Guardian
1.5
(Photo: Barry Wetcher) This wildly distasteful premise is meant to be cute and enlightening, like a modern Frank Capra flick, but this is hardly Its a ..
Az Central
1.0
Against all the odds, the exercise ends up providing spiritual therapy for all.
Smh
0.5
Collateral Beauty sets a record: it is probably the worst movie each of these fine actors will ever do.
Smh
1.5
It has nothing to teach us about how to process a profound loss. It does, however, have something to say about what passes for serious in a studio fil ..
Npr
1.3
A fluffy story of tragedy and friendship and hugging and important life lessons that would have felt more at home on a TV show back lot.
Star Tribune
0.0
Collateral Beauty, a grotesquely mawkish film, with the death of a six year old girl at its narrative heart, deserves even more cynicism.
Daily Mail
2.2
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 playin ..
Ew
1.0
The cheesy platitudes come thick and fast, with only a twinkly eyed Mirren (accessorising Death with a fetching blue hat) looking like shes having any ..
Flim List
3.0
Lack of Depth and the Assumption of Ignorance Collateral Beauty had so much potential one of the most frustrating things about watching this film was ..
Film Inquiry
2.0
Despite its quality cast and slick visuals, the result is sombre and saccharine rather than uplifting.
Empire
3.0
The fabulous cast saves this sentimental holiday drama, but it still ultimately feels more like a big budget Hallmark Christmas movie than an awards c ..
Common Sense Media
2.5
Collateral Beauty is warm, fuzzy, lousy and likable.The cast is surprising.
Sf Gate
3.0
This one is a good one time watch with your family for its hatke story and heartfelt performances.
Book My Show
1.5
Fantasy, which is by definition extraordinary, requires an extraordinary sensibility to realize it with any sense of substance.
New Yorker
5.0
Every so often there comes a movie so tasteless, so nakedly pandering, so bodaciously ill conceived that youve got to see it to believe it.This year, ..
Time
0.6
Not every tear tastes bittersweet.The difference between the film that Collateral Beauty is and the film that its previews are trying to sell us is fa ..
Slant Magazine
2.5
The movie manages to be simultaneously superficial and heartbreaking.
Washington Post
1.5
It seems unlikely that any director could convincingly transform this much plastic into something resembling reality.
The New York Times
1.3
Collateral Beauty should win some kind of award for Best Execution of a Truly Dreadful Concept.
Chicago Tribune
2.5
Its frustrating that the impressive cast is instead squandered on far fetched story developments and telegraphed pathos.
Boston Globe
2.2
The final, collateral surprise makes no sense whatsoever, a sprinkling of faux mysticism that is this films final insult.
Reeling Reviews
1.5
This is a movie choked with bad cola commercial slogans it thinks are Oscar drama trailer lines.
Uproxx
0.0
It is an exercise in futility.).Gaslighting is precisely what they propose to do and Brigitte and the others are ultimately okay with it.
Flickfilosopher
1.0
Theres a wretched lie at the heart of this ghastly, ghastly film.
The Irish Times
2.0
Howard never blames his partners for their emotional manipulation, and the movie expects the same unreasonable indulgence from its audience.
Las Vegas Weekly
1.9
Its a raw, difficult subject and Collateral Beauty drops the ball.
ReelViews
2.5
Faux profound statements like that one, unfortunately, are about as illuminating as it gets.That means the anger in these scenes is all surface, no de ..
Hollywood Reporter
1.5
Its message that time is abundant comes through in the glacial pace of its one hour 36 minute running time, but its Hallmark wisdom about the collater ..
The Atlantic
3.0
Its one that will cause you to leave the theater thinking and wiping tears from your eyes, and neither of those are bad things.
Tony Medley
1.5
Collateral Beauty is nonsensical, but its not nonsensical in a Winters Tale flying rainbow horse way.Its just dull.
Pajiba
1.0
Instead, for reasons that professional scruples demand that I leave unspoiled even though basic human decency in some ways compels me to do the opposi ..
Los Angeles Times
1.9
But it doesnt work.Not only are the coincidences tying everyone together tiresome, the tropes that are trotted out as if they are something imaginativ ..
Movie Freak
2.2
That cast does its best to sell a story about love, loss and grief that is so shmaltzy it should come with a bouquet of flowers and a box of chocolate ..
Detroit News
0.0
Its called Collateral Beauty, and its as deep as an inspirational kitty poster and twice as cutesy.
Groucho Reviews
3.0
And it is indeed refreshing to see a truly original studio backed star vehicle that isnt an action movie, animated comedy, or franchise friendly thril ..
Forbes
1.5
By the time it reaches its ridiculous, largely nonsensical climax, it could accurately be called a very bad film.That it is not among the worst of the ..
Consequence Of Sound
2.5
The movie, which is never boring, at least, boasts an opening half hour that seems to contain a fair degree of promise, as the movies eclectic yet und ..
Reel Film
1.5
Lots of good actors sit in front of a locked down camera and deliver some of the blandest work of their career.
Vox
2.8
But given the story Collateral Beauty is trying to tell about grief and loss, its lacking necessary vitality and raw emotion.
The Play List
1.0
Kenneth Lonergans Manchester By The Sea is a scrupulously crafted, emotionally honest take on grieving. David Frankels Collateral Beauty is the exact ..
Now Toronto
2.5
In a lot of ways, you could just say that Frankel overcooked some nice raw ingredients.
Deseret News
2.5
Its all a bit too much and yet not enough, although for the cast its a great showcase for the range of emotional performances and will no doubt provid ..
Urban Cine File
0.0
Smug, lazy and clumsily manipulative, Collateral Beauty is grief porn for sociopaths.
Film Ink
2.0
At this point, Collateral Beauty passes its torch to more inviting hands.
Ner Dist
3.0
...a movie best suited for those not afraid to wear their hearts on their sleeves.
Maki At The Movies
1.3
The Will Smith weepie Collateral Beauty couldnt be more calculated and manipulative if it slapped you on the back, shoved a giant lollipop into your m ..
New York Post
3.0
It wont be for everyone, but it was for me, flaws and all.I guess I found its collateral beauty (sorry, I couldnt resist).
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
1.0
This looks like it could be pretty terrible but in an entertaining way.
Lw Lies
0.5
Collateral Beauty Demands the Sacrifice of Your Human Tears The Hollywood tearjerker is an art form of pure privilege.
The Stranger
2.5
For this is a deeply strange movie, packed with a listers wrestling with Hallmark Card dialogue, and suffering from the laughable delusion that it has ..
Independent Ie
2.5
Its a slickly made movie with a first rate cast, but occasional glimpses of gritty honesty arent quite enough to counteract sudsy philosophising that ..
Contact Music
1.0
For some, Collateral Beauty will be a thinking mans tearjerker, a clever combination of idea and execution.
Film Racket
2.5
Look, we could do a whole lot worse than corny Christmas uplift right now.Nakedly sentimental and obsessed with its own gravity, Collateral Beauty is ..
Vanity Fair
2.5
Describing the plot without tacit mockery isnt easy, but Ill try.
Wsj
1.5
Evoking the likes of Charles Dickens yet without the wit or intelligence, and Frank Capra bar the necessary charm, Collateral Beauty is a film that su ..
Matts Movie Reviews
0.6
One would expect with so many great talents that someone, anyone, would pop.Nope.
The Filmy Ap
2.5
But the films best pairing is Mirren and Pena, who provide the film with its lone source of from the heart feeling.
Patriot Ledger
2.5
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Sltrib
1.0
The producers of Collateral Beauty have done a marvellous job in managing to persuade so many A list stars to appear in a thoroughly appalling movie.
Scmp
2.5
Theres been plenty of advertising for Collateral Beauty perhaps audiences have been given a taste and simply arent interested
The Film Pie
1.3
Its quite possible Collateral Beauty will move you to tears. Then again, its quite possible youve been moved to tears by commercials about dogs that b ..
Chicago Sun Times
2.5
Tears are jerked, heartstringstrampled, and the performances are sincere all around.
Punch Drunk Critics
2.0
But then even that ruse is tone def.The movie feels it is whimsical and magical.
We Live Entertainment
2.8
The audience will then cry tears of joy and will abandon tears of sorrow.
Shockya
1.0
One of those films where simply summarizing the plot doubles as a savage critique.
Metro New York
1.0
If you want to see a movie that deals with loss and grief, please go watch Manchester by the Sea instead.David Frankel directs from a screenplay by Al ..
Solzy At The Movies
1.9
If youve been waiting for a star studded holiday film that contrives in silly manner to foist good feelings about connectedness to your fellow man, th ..
Post Gazette
2.0
Despite the best efforts of a stellar cast, absurdly drippy fable Collateral Beauty makes about as much sense as its daft title.
What So
2.5
Despite the sheer lunacy of its plot, Collateral Beauty is BORING.
Lainey Gossip
2.5
All in all, there are some fine moments, solid performances, and interesting ideas but ultimately this film is unsatisfying at best and appalling at w ..
Black Girl Nerds
2.0
But combine all of that together, and it still wont prepare you for the nauseating disaster that is Collateral Beauty.
Concrete Play Ground
3.1
Also, you probably wont want to watch it more than once for once its domino chains of causality and plot twists are revealed, theres nothing behind th ..
National Post
1.5
Collateral Beauty is not a good movie.You will likely find it terrible.
Blacknerd Problems
2.0
It is an interesting situation where you have many wonderful talents in one movie, yet it does not take you anywhere or make you feel for any of the c ..
The New Paper
1.0
Sounds dreadful doesnt it.Believe or not it, it gets a whole lot worse.
Daily Star
2.0
Collateral Beauty is a touch of magic Christmas story with a great cast, but the storytelling is so ham fisted that its all for naught.
Toronto Sun
1.3
Collateral Beauty asks us to believe that three intelligent, well meaning businesspeople would hire three actors to portray philosophical concepts in ..
Sf Examiner
1.0
The ending twist dives so deep into maudlin sappiness that were left snorkelling through syrup.
Vue Weekly
0.0
Its not daring indie cinema.Its just embarrassingly juvenile crapola.
Us Magazine
2.5
But it undermines itself by mixing in greedy manipulation, a forced magical element and a painfully precious ending that makes any meaningful message ..
Yahoo
2.5
A disappointing movie, overall, that lacks any self awareness, Collateral Beauty has no real heart in its shallow depths.
Film Ireland
3.0
At the same time, this tragic tale truly does offer catharsis and hope.
Abc News Go
1.9
Collateral Beauty is a pretty terrible movie, but it left me with one overarching thought: My life, and surely yours, too, would be vastly improved if ..
Seattle Times
3.8
Its hard to predict if audiences will want to take such an emotional ride at the holidays, but the supporting performances and overall message make it ..
Buffalo News
0.5
I only idly cared that all these A list actors signed on to this Very Bad Idea like, truly, What is your why
Pgh City Paper
2.0
Collateral Beauty certainly has something to say.And it is a worthy something.
The Mercury
1.3
Collateral Beauty is hackneyed and a waste of time.Its the movie equivalent of finding coal in your Christmas stocking.
Reel Bob
1.9
The absurd premise body checks the movies well meaning intentions right out of the hockey rink, across 4th Street, into the river and downstream to th ..
M Live
1.0
The muddled morality and cognitive dissonance of the storys players will leave you with many questions.
All Movie
2.0
Nope, its this magical realism minus the magic tower of contrived bullshit that Collateral Beauty is proudest of and keeps pushing in our faces.There ..
Reviews Antagony Ecstasy
2.0
Fine performances, especially an award worthy turn by Helen Mirren, are hampered by a disjointed story that never fully comes together.
Movie Reviews Cinemaclips
2.5
Its not a complete disaster. If youre up for a good cry and dont mind a bit of simplistic lecturing on how to cope with loss in this big, bad, old wor ..
Perth Now
2.5
And with this cast, its well worth a look. isnt perfect, but its heart is in the right place.And with this cast, its well worth a look.
Cleve Land Movie Blog
1.8
If Collateral Beauty is in the eye of the beholder perhaps its best to look away.
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