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By Sandy Cohen (62) for Associated Press (1,685) on 14 Dec 2016

With its cast of Oscar-caliber actors and pervasive theme of loss, Collateral Beauty should have been a deeply moving tear-jerker…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 14 Dec 2016

A totally shameless, crudely manipulative tearjerker, but despite incredibly strenuous effort, it doesn't even succeed on that low level…

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By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 14 Dec 2016

Although it continuously slips into being overly sentimental, it's hard not to be pulled in by the film's tale of love, loss and the time it…

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By Eric Henderson (366) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 14 Dec 2016

David Frankel's film argues that the power of miracles can be manufactured by those who can fund them…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 14 Dec 2016

Collateral Beauty is a pretty terrible movie, but it left me with one overarching thought: My life, and surely yours, too, would be vastly…

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By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 14 Dec 2016

Many critics will complain about emotional manipulation, but I share Roger Ebert’s view: “Some people like to be emotionally manipulated…

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By Nell Minow (2,357) for Beliefnet (937) on 14 Dec 2016

Its heartfelt sincerity and lovely performances beguiled me into its world…

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By Leah Greenblatt (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 14 Dec 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…

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By Matt Singer (625) for ScreenCrush (954) on 14 Dec 2016

So many of the decisions by director David Frankel and writer Allan Loeb make absolutely no sense…

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By Vincent Mancini (369) for FilmDrunk (362) on 14 Dec 2016

There isn't a single character in Collateral Beauty who isn't an overused stock drama crutch, and even with all that cheap manipulation it…

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By Greg Wakeman (87) for CinemaBlend.com (1,378) on 14 Dec 2016

You'll get choked up at specific points in Collateral Beauty, but it overextends itself trying to placate to all of its plots and never comes…

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By Scott Mendelson (400) for Forbes (586) on 14 Dec 2016

It's a true original, it's well-acted by a deep bench of terrific actors, and it works more often than it doesn't…

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By Randy Cordova (352) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 14 Dec 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…

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By Will Ashton (75) for The Playlist (3,871) on 14 Dec 2016

Manipulative and over-engineered, starring high-profile actors doing all they can elicit deep compassion, Collateral Beauty fails to make an…

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By Gregory Wakeman (182) for CinemaBlend.com (1,378) on 14 Dec 2016

You'll get choked up at specific points in Collateral Beauty, but it overextends itself trying to placate to all of its plots and never comes…

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By Sarah Ward (538) for Screen International (2,241) on 14 Dec 2016

Collateral Beauty never manages to shake off its all-too-deliberate air or willingness to follow the easiest path…

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By Edward Douglas (1,395) for Den of Geek (424) on 13 Dec 2016

Despite the strange direction the plot takes, this is a film that goes with old school traditional values in the vein of movies like Miracle…

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By Michael Sauter (58) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 13 Dec 2016

[Collateral Beauty's] tangle of bright and trite ideas pretty much guarantees that it will not be remembered as a Yuletide classic…

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By Dan Callahan (211) for TheWrap (3,203) on 13 Dec 2016

Collateral Beauty is certainly a case of outright sentimental damage, not beauty, but of course the word collateral also means money that can…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 13 Dec 2016

Will Smith should be looking for better movies…

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