An all-star cast submits to flagrant actor abuse in “Collateral Beauty,” which is every bit as lame as its title. To paraphrase Groucho Marx, this is a movie where we watch Will Smith, Edward Norton, Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren, Naomie Harris, Keira Knightley and several other fine players bore holes in themselves so that we can watch the sap run out.
Smith plays Howard, the co-head of a major Manhattan ad agency who is first seen giving an inspirational speech to his besotted staff as he asks the question, “What is your why?” Smith is initially semi-sprightly, but there is already a sad little shine in his eyes that swiftly grows into a puddle of photogenic sorrow after we find out that his young daughter has died.