Collateral Beauty (2016)

Directed by

David Frankel

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, comedy drama, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 5,568 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An ad executive named Howard Inlet stops engaging with life after a personal tragedy. He writes letters to abstract concepts like Love, Time, and Death, and gets surprising responses that help him find meaning.

melancholicreflectiveemotionalslow-burnsentimentalcontemplativebittersweet

What happens

Collateral Beauty is a 2016 American fantasy drama film directed by David Frankel and written by Allan Loeb. The film stars an ensemble cast of Will Smith, Edward Norton, Keira Knightley, Michael Peña, Naomie Harris, Jacob Latimore, Kate Winslet, and Helen Mirren. The story follows Howard Inlet, a successful New York advertising executive who suffers a great tragedy, and retreats from life where he seeks answers from the universe by writing letters to Love, Time, and Death. Receiving unexpected personal responses, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty. Collateral Beauty premiered at the Dubai International Film Festival on December 13, 2016, and was released in the United States on December 16, 2016. It was panned by critics, but grossed $88 million worldwide against its net $36 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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