Collateral Beauty Critique
The drama film “Collateral Beauty” (2016) which is directed by David Frankel is centered about the effect of the death of the Advertising Executive’s daughter whose personality drastically changes because prior to the death and greatly affected the company. His drastic change had keep him at a distance from his company and his wife. Later on the distance begins to weigh heavily on his life and began affecting his company. Receiving the unexpected answers, he begins to see how much these things interlock and then realized how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty. Shot in glossy widescreen, the movie makes great use of New York City locations, covering a variety of neighborhoods and capturing the city's iconic features.
Then at a time the story opens with Howard, Whit, Claire, and Simon at a company meeting with all of their employees and staff to discuss the excellent year they've had. The movie then cuts 2 or 3 years later a very important flashback story for the movie because it excellently provided an excitement on what were the status of the company before. The scene Howard at the office in front of a miniature city of dominos representing some plot angles because it's something different since his colleague talks about the status of their company. Howard’s personality after the death of her daughter drastically affected and became distant from the company. Due to this, they are losing many of their large accounts and clients. It is then revealed that it's been two years since Howard lost his young daughter and he's never been the same since she passed. The movie has presented first clues about what is the main context of the plot by introducing metaphorical and symbolical words namely: Love, Time, and Death. The movie correlates this with how people spend their living and money throughout their life, citing them as motivators for the ad campaigns. The movie has presented first clues about what is the main context of the plot by introducing a metaphorical and symbolical words namely: Love, Time, and Death. The movie correlates this with how people spend their living and money throughout their life, citing them as motivators for the ad campaigns.
The concepts of time, love, and death gave the viewers a great way to think the realization or guess of what they really mean. The movie did a great move exploring that three angles on life of the characters. During the last scenes of the film Howard realizes his mental state and behavior are ruining the company. He then voices his gratitude for all that his friends have done for him, and promises to be there in their times of need which is a great realization and development of the character. He then signs documents to ensure the agency's survival meaning that the character development also is not that bad. The scene after the meeting, a domino falls on its own, starting a chain reaction of events that made the movie better because it depicted the dramas in life of the supporting characters. The last scene is Howard and Madeleine walking through the park. They walk under a small bridge and then the camera pans up to Love, Time, and Death standing on top of it. The scene then pans out to a full view of the park which is a great camera work for the movie for the ending.
