Apr 25th   
Collateral Beauty* (12A)            
(Odeon Colchester)                                  

(US 2016)                              

An advertising executive cuts himself off emotionally from friends and writes letters of grief to Love, Time and Death  - who then meet him in human form.
Initially intriguing but ultimately over-ambitious piece of whimsy with no real central focus (its main star only partly appears and is crowded out by his equally famous co-stars), which gets mawkish after the first hour, and the twists in the tale are easily identifiable.

Written by: Allan Loeb.
Producers: Bard Docros, Michael Sugar, Allan Loeb, Anthony Bregman, Kevin Frakes.
Director: David Frankel.
Starring: Will Smith, Edward Norton, Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren, Keira Knightley, Naomie Harris, Michael Pena, Jacob Latimore.
Photography: Maryse Alberti.
Music: Theodore Shapiro.

COLLATERAL BEAUTY. The premiere at Leicester Square on December 15th 2016 - the same day as the general release of Rogue One . As a result, in spite of its stars, it became another victim of collateral box office.