POSITIVES…
Tom Hanks as Mr Rogers is absolutely fantastic. Amazing performance!
Matthew Rhys is also excellent as our cynical and abrasive audience surrogate Lloyd Vogel, and makes a good example of how Mr Rogers can affect people in a positive way.
The supporting cast from Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Cooper, and Enrico Colantoni, were also good in this.
I appreciated the delicate balance in tone and drama that was achieved here, that keeps it from getting too precious and trite.
Loved all the little bits showcasing how strangers react to the presence of Mr Rogers. Heck, any scene with Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers were definitely awe inspiring.
Gotta love the miniatures shown in this film. Make sure to stick around during the end credits for more.
With this movie, and just as with the documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” everybody should be exposed to the themes and lessons that Mr Rogers relays to us.
Like Mr Rogers, this movie is inspirational in all the right ways. I suppose just as this film was inspired by the article “Can You Say… Hero?” by Tom Junod, which it too was inspired by Mr Rogers. Full circle right there.
NEGATIVES…
Not a true negative towards the movie, but there will be people who will be disappointed that the main protagonist for this story is actually not Mr Rogers.
The “gentle” pacing might not be for everybody either.
It’s not exactly an unpredictable narrative by any means, so expect certain familiar plot tropes to come up.
Some of the plot developments may also feel a bit manipulative or at least too convenient.
The last moments before the end credits came up felt tonally “off” to me.
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