A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood

Year: 2019

Grade: B

Country: USA

Director: Heller

Review

fred rogers is one of the few people in public life who appears to be the genuine article. wysiwyg. he’s corny and all that, but he’s authentic and that goes a long way. the angle of it being about the author who writes about mr. rogers is novel and allows for you to approach him through that jaded lens. as a result it never becomes a hagiography. they are foils for each other and rogers is a foil for the author’s dad as well. he’s a foil for all of us in a way because he’s practically perfect in every way (to borrow a phrase). zoe cried.

Watched in theater