Will Smith is lead character Howard and co-partner of an advertising firm. The show begins with him giving a spell about "What is your Why?" And talks about how Love, Life and Death are the basis for advertising.
3 years later we see Howard meticulously setting up this Domino set, and tripping them all, crazily cycling head-on into traffic. He had list his 6 years old daughter, Olivier, and lost his will to live. His colleague and co-partners hire a PI to spy on him and found out he's been writing letters to Love, Death and Time. His partner's mom has this crazy idea to impersonate these abstractions, based on his interactions with his mother suffering from Alzheimer. Love (played by Keira Knightly) bumps into this partner and gives him the perfect line for an ad, gives him the slip and I must say they both have great on screen chemistry. She lures them into her practice session and there, Death (Helen Mirren) and Time (Jacob Lattimore) are hired to impersonate these abstractions and provoke Howard into giving up his share of the company.
They managed to successfully and we notice how Howard's partners are also finding Love (from his daughter), buying Time (to find a sperm donor and have a baby), and learning to face Death (he's unwell and dying but not told anyone).
Howard himself finally signs the papers, goes for the grieving parents session and meets the lead facilitator. They hang out at the café for a nice meal and chat. On Christmas Eve he came over and she asks him the same question- what is the name of your daughter and how did she die? That's when i finally realise this lady facilitator is his wife. According to the show 79% of married couples divorce with the death of a child. That's really high!
His parents have also sorted out their battles. Overall i think its a beautiful movie with a few moments of reflection. Especially the lines which Love delivers- I'm sad, sometimes I cry, sometimes I'm sexy and sometimes I'm happy. I'm also there in your sadness and grieve. I'm in you.
Howard's last note to his wife, which she found romantic was "wish we could be strangers again." They ultimately did and got to start anew.
Read another review here https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/collateral-beauty-searches-meaning-heartbreak-and-death
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