I guess you have to have grown up with mister Rogers being a part of your life for this film to really sit well with you the way it did with me. I won't say that the film is necessarily about Mr. Rogers at all, but rather it is about how deeply his mere presence can calm even the angriest of souls. I watched Mr. Rogers as a child, of course. I was there for his 9/11 announcement on television, urging children to seek comfort in their loved ones in time of peril. Tom Hanks seems to have done a very fair job in portraying him. While I will tip my hat to Tom for a job well done in the film, nothing will ever take the place of the real Fred Rogers. I encourage others to see it. Very rarely do films evoke any type of emotion from a person like me, one who doesn't care for such touchy feely things. I won't lie to you however. I had to hide my face a few times to conceal my tears. :)
Review of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
