Review of Collateral Beauty (2016) by Steve R — 17 Dec 2016

Not a masterpiece, not near as bad as the critics say. Very good acting. Benefits from only being 90 minutes long.

This review of Collateral Beauty (2016) was written by Steve R on 17 Dec 2016.

Collateral Beauty has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Mark_O (468) on 25 Jul 2018

Collateral Beauty is brilliant. Every scene is well acted and explores relationship with depth and a sliver of humor…

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By Alejandro C (588) on 04 Sep 2018

Me ha gustado más de lo que me esperaba. Me daba pereza verla porque no me gustan los dramas, pero está bien, se deja ver…

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Collateral Beauty is the worst kind of pandering pap. It is garbage psycho-babble masquerading as pop-philosophy, set in a Pottery Barn…

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By Karen E (99) on 07 Mar 2018

I am going to be the odd person and disagree with the other reviewers. I loved this movie and feel it is under appreciated…

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By Tim W (1,375) on 18 Jan 2018

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By Rendy Jones (321) for Rendy Reviews (320) on 29 Aug 2018

Way too sentimental with a mean-spirited premise and a ridiculous conclusion…

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By Slippery (4) on 19 Oct 2018

I honestly don't understand why this movie has such low reviews. I absolutely loved this movie…

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By Chris B (2,902) on 08 Jul 2018

The writer was just plain lazy and failed to show the depth of all characters and complexity of the whole story of grief…

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Collateral Beauty seemingly aspires to be blatant grief voyeurism, the kind to which, if a film is lucky, finds a cult following from teenagers…

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One of the best movie for log time, period. Not sure why this movie with such of bad critical score…

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