Review of Collateral Beauty (2016) by Heather M — 13 Apr 2017

This is a beautiful and magical story of second chances and moving on after a terrible loss. The twists shouldn't be unexpected, but they are still beautiful.

This review of Collateral Beauty (2016) was written by Heather M on 13 Apr 2017.

Collateral Beauty has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Gomi A (385) on 07 Jul 2018

It's a bad film but it's very generic. It has everything yet it comes up bit boring…

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By Micheal Compton (319) for Bowling Green Daily News (319) on 03 Nov 2018

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By Alex X (11) 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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By Sanja S (15) on 19 Oct 2018

Great idea and acting, but the development of the story and characters could be better. Also, the ending was not well made…

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By Millo T (667) on 25 Jul 2018

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