Tom Hanks Stars As Mister Rogers In A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

“You know everyone has lots of ways of feeling, and all those ways of feeling are fine. It’s what we do with our feelings that matter in this life.” WAMG reviewer Michael Haffner began his fantastic review of the documentary WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? with a quote from Mister Rogers. Read the whole review of WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? here.

Now comes a new film on the person.

Tom Hanks portrays Mister Rogers in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, a timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism, based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. After a jaded magazine writer (Emmy winner Matthew Rhys) is assigned a profile of Fred Rogers, he overcomes his skepticism, learning about empathy, kindness, and decency from America’s most beloved neighbor.

I’m too busy CRYING after watching this first preview. Hanks is sure to get a Oscar nomination for his portrayal of the kind man most of us grew up with.

Inspired by the article “Can You Say. . . Hero?” by Tom Junod, A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD opens November 22nd, 2019.