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40 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanMany critics will complain about emotional manipulation, but I share Roger Ebert’s view: “Some people like to be emotionally manipulated. I do, when it’s done well.” I think “Beauty” does it well.
- 50VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanBy the end of Collateral Beauty, you’d have to have a heart of stone for the film not to get to you a bit, but even if it does, you may still feel like you’ve been played.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyAudiences who enjoy smiling through tears, and don't mind having their buttons pushed in the most obvious ways, could probably do a lot worse.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreIf “Collateral” fails to move you — and it might, because I was untouched — it may have to do with the clumsy clockwork machinations of a script that has to make its entire unholy and unethical premise seem “logical” and understandable.
- 30Screen DailySarah WardScreen DailySarah WardCollateral Beauty never manages to shake off its all-too-deliberate air or willingness to follow the easiest path. Its life lessons are packaged with cloying, overt mawkishness which aren’t quite the feel-good home run Frankel seems to expect.
- 20The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThis horrifyingly yucky, toxically cutesy ensemble dramedy creates a Chernobyl atmosphere of manipulative sentimentality, topped off with an ending which M Night Shyamalan might reject as too ridiculous.
- 20TheWrapDan CallahanTheWrapDan CallahanCollateral Beauty is certainly a case of outright sentimental damage, not beauty, but of course the word collateral also means money that can be bargained with, and hopefully that’s what the ill-fated cast of this picture received in some abundance.
- 12Slant MagazineEric HendersonSlant MagazineEric HendersonDavid Frankel's film argues that the power of miracles can be manufactured by those who can fund them.
- 0Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlMaybe you'll be at a dinner. Maybe nobody will believe you. Or maybe they will, and someone will say, "Hollywood is terrible at making movies about trauma.”