A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

TriStar Pictures | Release Date: November 22, 2019

7.2	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 200 Ratings

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Mauro_LanariJan 10, 2020

(Mauro Lanari)
A film so manipulative that it is of rare perniciousness. Nothing else to say.

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Bryply732Nov 29, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very boring slow I fell asleep def will never see again I won't even suggest anyone to ever see it can't believe Tom Hanks took this role… Expand

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MdoverkampDec 1, 2019

So here’s why I didn’t like the Mr. Roger’s movie
1) I was under the impression the movie was about Mr Rogers and it really wasn’t 2) I found it emotionless. I was so bored and the triggers that dramas usually create were non-existent 3) ItSo here’s why I didn’t like the Mr. Roger’s movie
1) I was under the impression the movie was about Mr Rogers and it really wasn’t 2) I found it emotionless. I was so bored and the triggers that dramas usually create were non-existent 3) It went slow and was predictable 4) the film is almost 100% fictional I didn’t like it all.… Expand

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GreatMartinDec 3, 2019

I may be one of the very few who never saw Mister Rogers's show and though I heard of him I didn't know what a nice guy he was and hard he worked to be one.

If anyone could play him it had to be Mister Nice Guy Tom Hanks but in spite of theI may be one of the very few who never saw Mister Rogers's show and though I heard of him I didn't know what a nice guy he was and hard he worked to be one.

If anyone could play him it had to be Mister Nice Guy Tom Hanks but in spite of the role he is playing, with his name and picture the only ones in the ads, he is more of a supporting player. Yes they show bits and pieces of him interacting with people, doing songs and using hand puppets on his television show but the main character is Matthew Rhys. His role as Lloyd Vogel, a writer for Esquire magazine, brings him in touch with Fred Rogers as he is on an assignment to do a 400 word story of the man as a hero.

The main story revolves around Vogel and his father Jerry, played by Chris Cooper, who is an alcoholic and left his wife and children when she was dying. Without giving any spoilers his interview with Rogers turns into Rogers questioning him and learns about Vogel's father when the latter returns upon his daughter's, wedding day. I believe it is the first time the sister and brother have seen their father since he walked out.

By this time you know exactly where the story is heading and where it will end and you keep on waiting for something to happen! Like Rogers this film is a nice film about a nice guy and Hanks plays him to perfection. Once you would like to see him explode but the closest he comes to doing that is banging on the lower keys of the piano. I have seen his wife Joanne Rogers, played in a brief role by Maryann Plunkett, on interviews these past 2 weeks and I wanted to ask her how was it living with a constantly nice guy!

Matthew Rhys does a fine job as Vogel and it was great seeing Susan Kelechi Watson, from "This Is Us", playing his wife. I don't know who's choice it was for him to have that '5 o'clock shadow' but it was a bad choice.

I was surprised to see one of my favorite actresses in the role of the Esquire editor Ellen played by Christine Lahti though the role demands nothing from her. Chris Cooper as the father does his usual fine job while Enrico Colantoni role in an abbreviated role as a publicist for the show.

"A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" is a nice film but too low key.… Expand

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cnkutyFeb 23, 2020

This isn’t the Mr. Rogers I remember. He was emotionally intelligent, not some pushy magician who could see into your soul. This was very disturbing.

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SIPPIOFeb 19, 2020

Love Mr.Rogers & I like Tom Hanks...…...
But hate this movie...……………………...

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Arne_SaxonmyFeb 23, 2020

I don't know Mr. Rogers and just recently got to know his old show. I want to mention a strange thing i noticed in the first 20 minutes of the movie: When the director shows the Back stage of Mr. Roger's Neighbor show, we don't see any of theI don't know Mr. Rogers and just recently got to know his old show. I want to mention a strange thing i noticed in the first 20 minutes of the movie: When the director shows the Back stage of Mr. Roger's Neighbor show, we don't see any of the (male)directors of the show there - or anywhere after that - and instead we see "Maggie" (Margaret Whitmer) one of the producers and a chick who's the first AD...So now we change contemporary history because of feminism?… Expand

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