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Collateral Beauty

Collateral Beauty

Drama

Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.

The critical consensus

Will Smith stars in this horrifyingly cutesy Will Smith film in which bereavement is offset by soft-focus platitudes about wonder and compassion.

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 13/12/2016

A few joyous moments of unintentionally hilarious dialogue aside, this is truly tedious.

Elena Lazic, Little White Lies, 21/12/2016

Will Smith sells himself short yet again in this torturously schmaltzy rip-off of A Christmas Carol.

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Matthew Turner, The List, 20/12/2016

It’s the script itself which acts as the deadweight here in what turns out to be one of the soggiest, most manipulative melodramas imaginable.

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent, 20/12/2016

In a month of A Monster Calls and Manchester By The Sea, Collateral Beauty serves up a hollow portrait of grief. Despite its quality cast and slick visuals, the result is sombre and saccharine rather than uplifting.

**(*)(*)(*)Ian Freer, Empire Online, 22/12/2016

It makes so little sense it begins to seem as if the filmmakers are pranking us.

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 22/12/2016

A manipulative misfire of a film.

**(*)(*)(*)Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 23/12/2016

A grieving Will Smith and supporting cast of A-listers fail to convince in this cynical seasonal weepie.

**(*)(*)(*)Wendy Ide, The Observer, 01/01/2017


Features about Collateral Beauty

Collateral Beauty: how does Helen Mirren compare with film's great Grim Reapers?

Ryan Gilbey, The Guardian, 14/12/2016

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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