A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Tom Hanks is the perfect choice for this (role), someone we all associate with the same warmth and affection as Rogers. A very uplifting film, that gives you a bit of faith in just how good people can be.

A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood is like an anti-Joker in how it confronts the mental health challenges of its main character. Instead of nihilism, hopelessness and violence, this film opts for hope.

Beautifully set-up...a really strange, really interesting, really oddly-uplifting film...

Another superbly tuned project by director Marielle Heller, this miraculously swerves the schmaltz to create something quietly profound and spiritual. A beautiful day indeed.

Subtle, melancholy and deeply felt in its sincerity.

What a difference a day makes, when it's a day as beautiful as this.

…half holy-fool, half Jedi-mentor, Fred Rogers is an amusing character whose memory nails this gentle, controlled drama tightly to a heartfelt, feel-good path…

Chances are you will come out of A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood either abundantly cheery or in a puddle of tears. But you will certainly come out feeling a little wiser and kinder of heart.

There’s a sweetness to the script unlike anything I’ve seen this year even though the focus is on Vogel’s life. Truth be told, the essence of Fred Rogers- his kindness and care for beings- is felt even when he is not on screen.

That universality is further channeled in Tom Hanks’ wonderful performance as Fred Rogers himself...