Collateral Beauty - Actual Damage

I was privileged to watch the premier show of Collateral Beauty sponsored by DesiMartini and Warner Bros.

Rating - 3/5

The cast and acting was superb and this is perhaps the sole reason for this rating. The story was mediocre, dialogues would've been powerful had they been backed by a believable enough storyline. Ending was predictable. The movie had its highs and lows, mostly lows. It felt as if the director failed to connect the dots. One scenes lead to another with no connection whatsoever. At one point, I just wanted the movie to end, had I not been appreciating Will Smith.

If you have nothing better to do on the weekend, go for this. If you do, stay away.

I think the biggest highlights in the movie were the trailers.

*Wonder Woman* is back and she is kicking some serious ass.

*Passengers* Chris and JLaw are mind-blowing!

Now fingers crossed for movies to be as good as the trailers.

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