Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, A

director: Marielle Heller

writer: Noah Harpster & Micah Fitzerman-Blue

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

release date: November 22nd, 2019

runtime: 1 hr. 49 min.

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 kindness, love and forgiveness from America's most beloved neighbor.