Collateral Beauty October 25, 2018May 12, 2022 Admin What’s the Tomatometer®? Critics SIGN UP | LOG IN MOVIES TV SHOWS NewRT PODCAST NEWS SHOWTIMES TRENDING ON RT Top Gun: Maverick Most Anticipated TV & Streaming Firestarter Candy WATCH TRAILER COLLATERAL BEAUTY PG-13 2016, Fantasy/Drama, 1h 37m 13% TOMATOMETER186 Reviews 64% AUDIENCE SCORE10,000+ Ratings WHAT TO KNOW CRITICS CONSENSUS Well-meaning but fundamentally flawed, Collateral Beauty aims for uplift but collapses in unintentional hilarity. 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Rating: PG-13 (Thematic Elements|Brief Strong Language) Genre: Fantasy, Drama Original Language: English Director: David Frankel Producer: Bard Dorros, Michael Sugar, Allan Loeb, Anthony Bregman, Kevin Scott Frakes Writer: Allan Loeb Release Date (Theaters): Dec 16, 2016 Wide Release Date (Streaming): Mar 14, 2017 Box Office (Gross USA): $31.0M Runtime: 1h 37m Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures Sound Mix: Dolby Digital CAST & CREW Will Smith Howard Ed Norton Whit Kate Winslet Claire Michael Peña Simon Dame Helen Mirren Brigitte Naomie Harris Madeline Show all Cast & Crew CRITIC REVIEWS FOR COLLATERAL BEAUTY All Critics (186) | Top Critics (56) | Fresh (25) | Rotten (161) Why did it get made? And how much did its gifted cast of big names have to be paid to enable them to suspend disbelief and commit themselves to such a concentrated dose of drivel? January 20, 2017 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review… Sandra HallSydney Morning Herald TOP CRITIC Collateral Beauty sets a record: it is probably the worst movie each of these fine actors will ever do. January 11, 2017 | Rating: 0.5/5 | Full Review… Paul ByrnesSydney Morning Herald TOP CRITIC Despite its quality cast and slick visuals, the result is sombre and saccharine rather than uplifting. January 9, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… Ian FreerEmpire Magazine TOP CRITIC As it proceeds the plot becomes increasingly predictable and the “surprise” elements will surprise only the most credulous. January 6, 2017 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review… David StrattonThe Australian TOP CRITIC The only thing more remarkable than the crudeness of the central idea is the extensive cast of A-listers who decided this synthetic weepy with its fortune-cookie wisdom was a good thing to do. January 1, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… Wendy IdeObserver (UK) TOP CRITIC If it were any more pretentiously fey it would evaporate; any more arch and it could stand at the top of the Champs-lyses overseeing traffic. December 29, 2016 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review… Nigel AndrewsFinancial Times TOP CRITIC Collateral Beauty should be seen by no one, not even ironically, as its device-laden attempt to draw out tears remains calculating, absurdly structured, and borderline offensive. April 5, 2022 | Rating: 0.5/4 | Full Review… Brian EggertDeep Focus Review I agree that it’s emotionally manipulative but it’s also inspirational and a heartwarming, if unrealistic, reminder to see the beauty all around us… August 26, 2021 | Full Review… Hosea RupprechtPauline Center for Media Studies The closest this train wreck will get to Oscar is if some guy with that name makes the poor choice to go see it during its theatrical run. August 17, 2021 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review… Matt BrunsonFilm Frenzy The worst thing here, perhaps, is that it seems to be Frankel’s direction that convolutes everything. September 5, 2020 | Rating: 1.5/4.0 | Full Review… Richard PropesTheIndependentCritic.com It’s very sappy. May 8, 2020 | Full Review… Avaryl HalleyMovie Bitches It was only half bad. May 8, 2020 | Full Review… Andrew GaldiMovie Bitches View All Critic Reviews (186) AUDIENCE REVIEWS FOR COLLATERAL BEAUTY Jul 27, 2017 https://cinephilecrocodile.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/collateral-beauty-dir-frankel-2016.html Anthony LSUPER REVIEWER Apr 27, 2017 A touching, yet somewhat confusing character drama, Collateral Beauty is a compelling film about love and reconciliation. To save their firm from collapsing three managers collaborate to hire a group of actors to play Death, Time, and Love, and confront their dysfunctional CEO who is grief stricken from the death of his daughter and has written to them out of desperation. Starring Will Smith, Edward Norton, Kate Winslet, Michael Pena, and Keira Knightley, the film features an incredibly strong cast; however their performances are pretty middling. And there are a few plot holes and reveals that don’t quite make sense. Still, the story takes some interesting turns and plays against conventional stereotypes. While it’s not as clever as it thinks it is, Collateral Beauty is an entertaining and heartfelt film. SHOW MORE Dann MSUPER REVIEWER Jan 30, 2017 Everyone shows up to work on this floundered hope of a film ( ironically meant to foster hope ), that actually fails from the very beginning, from the first moments of film, to hide that everyone is in fact clock-watching until it’s time to go home. Only Norton even appears to be trying. SHOW MORE Kevin M. WSUPER REVIEWER Dec 27, 2016 Even though the premise is a little too far fetched I dud enjoy this. It was a pretty good performance from Will Smith but Helen Mirren was superb, as always. 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