When a successful New York advertising executive (Will Smith) suffers a great tragedy, he retreats from life. While his concerned friends try desperately to reconnect with him, he seeks answers from the universe by writing letters to Love, Time and Death. When his notes bring unexpected personal responses, he begins to understand how these constants interlock in a life fully lived and how even the deepest loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.Collateral Beauty / Film synopsis

'Collateral Beauty' Isn't A True Story But It's As Emotional As Any Real Tale.

Time (Jacob Latimore), Love (Kiera Knightley) and Death (Helen Mirren) were real in the movie.

The last scene is Howard and Madeleine holding hands as they walk through the park. They walk under a small bridge and then the camera pans up to Amy, Raffi, and Brigitte (Love, Time, and Death) standing on top of it. When Madeleine turns around to see what hes looking at, they're not there.

Love, time, death “Love, time, death. These three things connect every single human being on Earth. We long for love, we wish we had more time and we fear death.” The Warner Bros.

Beauty (2020) Directed by Lena Waithe (and very loosely based on Whitney Houston's life), Beauty follows the eponymous young singer torn between her potential career as a musician and Jasmine, her best friend and love interest. The film also stars queer royalty Niecy Nash as Beauty's religious mother.

Beauty (2020) Directed by Lena Waithe (and very loosely based on Whitney Houston's life), Beauty follows the eponymous young singer torn between her potential career as a musician and Jasmine, her best friend and love interest. The film also stars queer royalty Niecy Nash as Beauty's religious mother.

Is Netflix's Beauty based on a true story? Yes and no. Beauty is certainly inspired by the true story of Whitney Houston and Robyn Crawford, although it does not use any names of real-life people for its characters.

There's also the fact that he takes an odd kind of fondness towards Max, and almost sees him as a kindred spirit. One of the film's major points is how Max and Vincent aren't so different, they're both disillusioned men aimlessly going through life, without much purpose.

Tom Cruise, the Villain We would've liked to see more of this side of Cruise, as his whole acting style changes and makes him a more interesting actor. In Collateral, Vincent is methodical, charismatic, and pragmatic, using all the qualities that make Cruise a star for evil.

Vincent is most likely just interested in seeing how far he can push Max but at the same time is taking a shine to him like visiting Max's mother and speaking well of him and saving him in the club. It wasn't just for the cab. Vincent is fully capable of securing another or finding another method to get to his targets.

There's also the fact that he takes an odd kind of fondness towards Max, and almost sees him as a kindred spirit. One of the film's major points is how Max and Vincent aren't so different, they're both disillusioned men aimlessly going through life, without much purpose.

It had me moved to tears. The ending in particular hit hard. A great story, with some terrific performances, a terrific cast, including Helen Mirren and Kate Winslet. Despite the names, I must give full credit to Will Smith, the best performance I've seen from him to date, he had me choked up.

Real beauty comes from within your heart. It blossoms like a rose and transforms into an exquisite energy that's positively infectious. It can be both alluring and life-changing.

A young singer on the brink of a promising career finds herself torn between a domineering family, industry pressures and her love for her girlfriend.

Howards End On Beauty is a 2005 novel by British author Zadie Smith, loosely based on Howards End by E. M. Forster.