Collateral Beauty went to great lengths to depict a diverse Manhattan, except for the fact that no openly LGBT people are visible anywhere in the film.

| Dec 21, 2022

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.

| Original Score: 0.5/4 | Apr 5, 2022

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...

| Aug 26, 2021

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.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 17, 2021

The worst thing here, perhaps, is that it seems to be Frankel's direction that convolutes everything.

| Original Score: 1.5/4.0 | Sep 5, 2020

It's very sappy.

| May 8, 2020

It was only half bad.

| May 8, 2020

Directed by David Frankel, Collateral Beauty packs an impressive amount of failure into a film that barely crosses the 95-minute mark.

| Apr 29, 2020

Collateral Beauty is fascinating in its badness. From top to bottom, front to back, every single thing about it is completely bonkers, and not in a fun, festive way.

| Mar 27, 2020

All's well that ends well in a film which seems to have sucked all the wisdom it could from the sentimental cognition of a get-well-soon Hallmark card.

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Oct 3, 2019

The story makes you think and reassess your goals and values while taking you on an emotional journey with Will Smith.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 4, 2019

Collateral Beauty is the worst kind of artificial tear jerker that isn't secure in its own message so it decides to beat the viewer over the head with its message.

| May 24, 2019

Collateral Beauty plays like a parody of Oscar bait, with overwrought one-note performances wrapped around an earnest, yet stupid central narrative.

| Original Score: 0/5 | Feb 13, 2019

Collateral Beauty is the worst kind of pandering pap. It is garbage psycho-babble masquerading as pop-philosophy, set in a Pottery Barn.

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Dec 7, 2018

Will Smith delivers a great performance along with Jacob Latimore and Helen Mirren. My only issue with this film is there were too many A-list actors and it seemed everyone was fighting for attention.

| Nov 12, 2018

The "Christmas spirit" in this one is a little damp and flat.

| Nov 7, 2018

It's an overbearing, wannabe tear-jerker that wastes its cast with a story so nasty and mean-spirited it's a mystery how it was green lighted in the first place.

| Original Score: F | Nov 3, 2018

From start to finish, Collateral Beauty is a jaw-dropping piece of cinema, one that is astoundingly inept in every facet of its being.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 1, 2018

Despite a cast that includes six former Oscar nominees (and two winners), Collateral Beauty is essentially a rich person's Hallmark Hall of Fame movie.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 29, 2018

Way too sentimental with a mean-spirited premise and a ridiculous conclusion.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 30, 2018