Review of Collateral Beauty (2016) by Michael M — 31 Dec 2016

Great film. Will Smith did an excellent job. not a very happy film for the holidays but none the less a great film. totally disregard the critics. This was good filmmaking with great actors.

This review of Collateral Beauty (2016) was written by Michael M on 31 Dec 2016.

Collateral Beauty has generally received mixed reviews.

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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 Saif M (5) on 30 Sep 2018

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By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 22 Aug 2018

Contrived, annoying silly, and featuring some ripe acting from Smith, this is a Christmas movie turkey with all the starry trimmings…

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By Miles M (43) on 19 Mar 2018

I truly don't understand why all the negative reviews for this film. I shied away from watching it for years because of them…

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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 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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