![]() ![]() The next day, Howard attends a meeting with his company's board of directors in which footage of the incidents, with the actors digitally removed, is shown. Love tells Howard he owes it to his daughter's existence to love and that he can't live without it. "Love", "Time", and "Death" confront Howard again but he lashes out at them, particularly Love, externalizing the pain he held inside since his daughter's death. Brigitte encourages him to share the burden with his family. Simon similarly confides with Brigitte about his condition and his fear of death. Amy rejects him, but agrees to commit to their plan if he will make amends with his daughter. Whit goes to convince her to return and declares romantic interest in her. Madeleine tells him that on the day Olivia died, an old woman at the hospital had told her to notice the "Collateral Beauty", which she has learned to recognize as acts of selfless kindness that follow tragedies.Īs the group is discussing the actors' performances, Amy storms out of the room because she feels guilty about manipulating Howard. As Howard meets with Madeleine, she shows him a note from her husband, "If only we could be strangers again." and continues enigmatically "And now we are." Howard also tells her about his recent "conversations" with Death, Time, and Love. In preparation for their roles, Brigitte, Raffi, and Amy spend time with Simon, Claire, and Whit, who are going through personal problems of their own: Simon is secretly battling cancer Whit is struggling to connect with his pre-teen daughter Allison after cheating on her mother and Claire is looking for sperm donors to conceive a child after neglecting her private life for years.Īfter his encounters with "Love", "Time" and "Death", Howard attends a grief support group where he befriends a woman named Madeleine who has lost her own daughter, Olivia, to cancer which led to the end of her marriage. Their plan is for Sally to record these encounters and then digitally erase the actors to make Howard appear mentally unbalanced, enabling them to sell the company. Whit, Claire and Simon hire a trio of struggling actors – Amy, Raffi and Brigitte – to masquerade as the abstracts respectively in order to confront Howard about his letters. Sally intercepts three letters written by Howard which he posted to the abstract concepts of Love, Time, and Death, and presents them to the group. The trio hire a private investigator, Sally Price, to acquire evidence that Howard is unfit to run the company, allowing them to take control. As the majority shareholder, Howard has also undermined their efforts to sell the company. Howard's estranged friends and business partners, Whit Yardsham, Claire Wilson, and Simon Scott fear for Howard's health as well as their company's future, as his behavior has cost them numerous high-profile clients and left them on the verge of bankruptcy. Howard spends his time alone, rarely sleeping or eating, and at the office, building domino chains and structures. Successful advertising executive Howard Inlet becomes clinically depressed after his young daughter's tragic death. It was panned by critics, but grossed $88 million worldwide against its net $36 million budget. Receiving unexpected personal responses, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.Ĭollateral Beauty premiered at the Dubai International Film Festival on December 13, 2016, and was released in the United States on December 16, 2016. It follows Howard Inlet, a successful New York advertising executive who suffers a great tragedy, retreats from life where he seeks answers from the universe by writing letters to Love, Time, and Death. The film stars an ensemble cast of Will Smith, Edward Norton, Keira Knightley, Michael Peña, Naomie Harris, Jacob Latimore, Kate Winslet and Helen Mirren. Collateral Beauty is a 2016 American fantasy drama film directed by David Frankel and written by Allan Loeb. ![]()
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