A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

Name: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Director: Marielle Heller
Genre: History, Family, Drama
Released: 2019-09-07
Duration: 1 h 49 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Matthew Rhys, Tom Hanks, Chris Cooper, Susan Kelechi Watson

History Family Drama

Director: Marielle Heller

Cast: Matthew Rhys, Tom Hanks, Chris Cooper, Susan Kelechi Watson

7.2

Runtime109 min

RatingPG

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An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on life is transformed.

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Director Marielle Heller's warm and thoughtful approach to the life of Fred Rogers creates a deeply moving drama that explores the power of human connection and compassion. With a standout performance by Tom Hanks as the beloved Mr. Rogers, this 2019 film offers a unique and inspiring perspective on the transformative impact of kindness.

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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is a 2019 American biographical drama film on the TV host Fred Rogers, directed by Marielle Heller and written by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, inspired by the 1998 article "Can You Say ... Hero?" by Tom Junod, published in Esquire. It stars Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, and Chris Cooper. It depicts Lloyd Vogel (Rhys), a troubled journalist for Esquire who is assigned to profile television icon Fred Rogers (Hanks).