Rent Collateral Beauty (2016)
3.2 of 5 from 295 ratings
1h 33min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- When successful New York ad executive Howard Inlet (Will Smith) suffers a personal tragedy and retreats from life, his friends devise a drastic plan to reach him before he loses everything. Featuring an all-star cast this thought-provoking drama explores how even the deepest loss can reveal moments of beauty, and how the constants of love, time and death interlock in a life fully lived.
- Actors:
- Will Smith, Edward Norton, Kate Winslet, Michael Peña, Helen Mirren, Naomie Harris, Keira Knightley, Jacob Latimore, Ann Dowd, Liza Colón-Zayas, Natalie Gold, Kylie Rogers, Shirley Rumierk, Alyssa Cheatham, Benjamin Snyder, Mary Beth Peil, Andy Taylor, Michael Cumpsty, Jonathan Rivera Morales, Joseph Castillo-Midyett
- Directors:
- David Frankel
- Producers:
- Anthony Bregman, Bard Dorros, Kevin Scott Frakes, Allan Loeb, Michael Sugar
- Writers:
- Allan Loeb
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Helen Mirren
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 08/05/2017
- Run Time:
- 96 minutes
- Languages:
- Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, English Audio Description Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Castillian, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German Hard of Hearing, Greek, Icelandic, Italian Hard of Hearing, Norwegian, Swedish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- A Modern Fable: Discovering Collateral Beauty: Join the cast and crew as they reveal how they were inspired to look at their own lives in a new light
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- Not released
- Run Time:
- 96 minutes
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Reviews (5) of Collateral Beauty
It is a rarity that I would watch a smooshy, sentimental film out of choice... - Collateral Beauty review by Schrödinger's Cake
It is a rarity that I would watch a smooshy, sentimental film out of choice. More usually it is because someone else would like to see it, and I have been roped in as an unruly wingman (for which I have my daughter to thank on this occasion).
Having started with very low expectations and absolutely no idea about the plot, I was in fact pleasantly surprised though. I laughed out loud, shed a tear more than a few times, and came to the credits having thoroughly enjoyed the journey.
A fine example of the genre.
6 out of 6 members found this review helpful.
Exposition, exposition. Then more exposition. - Collateral Beauty review by CP Customer
One of the golden rules of scripwriting is "show, don't tell".
In this film the cast spend most of their time telling us what happened. That's why it's soooooo boring.
Helen Mirren steals the show as "death". Will Smith blubs a lot. Kate Winslet blubs a lot. Keira Knightley manages to look very plain. I never noticed before how her mouth hangs open, so often.
The concept is quite good. Sad man is confronted by actors playing life forces. If only they'd kept things mysterious, maybe started off with weird things happening through Will's eyes, then kept us guessing as to what was going on instead of droning on about this happened, that happened, so let's make this happen.
There's a slight twist at the end. It's not particularly exciting.
1 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
A great cast wasted. - Collateral Beauty review by RD
Let's face it, that cast list is epic. How can this film not be good? Well, I'm not sure how they managed it, but it is rare that a film bored me as much as this one. Predictable, soppy, full of trite platitudes, and heaven help us, angels! This is movie making in the mode of cancer charity TV adverts. Avoid
1 out of 4 members found this review helpful.