Review of Collateral Beauty (2016) by Scott D — 06 Jan 2017

Ticks all the boxes to get an emotional response and is that not what film is for.

This review of Collateral Beauty (2016) was written by Scott D on 06 Jan 2017.

Collateral Beauty has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Max N (202) on 15 Jan 2019

This movie is really terrible. The previews lied about what this movie was about. Everyone's acting in it was really good…

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By Millo T (667) on 25 Jul 2018

It tries to solve the impossible to solve, and it's not so deep as it presumes about (even less than in the trailer), but, in the way, you…

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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 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 Jim T (453) on 30 Aug 2018

Will Smith was brilliant. Though the critics have there opinion Will Smith was brilliant…

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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 Jb1296 (15) on 21 Jun 2018

Collateral Beauty is a film which mainly centers around the emotional core and how some people deal with loss of a family member…

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By Dmlyxcritic (33) on 23 Feb 2020

Grief is such a powerful plot point, but you always have to make sure to go about delivering the message in the right way…

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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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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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