…half holy-fool, half Jedi-mentor, Fred Rogers is an amusing character whose memory nails this gentle, controlled drama tightly to a heartfelt, feel-good path…

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 1, 2024

Chances are you will come out of A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood either abundantly cheery or in a puddle of tears. But you will certainly come out feeling a little wiser and kinder of heart.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 14, 2024

There’s a sweetness to the script unlike anything I’ve seen this year even though the focus is on Vogel’s life. Truth be told, the essence of Fred Rogers- his kindness and care for beings- is felt even when he is not on screen.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 14, 2024

That universality is further channeled in Tom Hanks’ wonderful performance as Fred Rogers himself...

| Jul 9, 2024

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood might be one of the most profound films about father-son relationships ever made.

| Original Score: 8.9/10 | Nov 2, 2023

Beautiful Day is shockingly insistent on the importance of forced reconciliation at all costs, which I find offensive...

| Dec 5, 2022

Tom Hanks is the perfect choice for this (role), someone we all associate with the same warmth and affection as Rogers. A very uplifting film, that gives you a bit of faith in just how good people can be.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 15, 2022

I had a harder time warming up to A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood than my frozen holiday turkey. It’s an odd piece that’s laudable, but humdrum.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 22, 2022

(Heller) has so many interesting touches (I absolutely love how she uses miniatures) and approaches the story with just the right sensibility. And in the end it’s kindness, hope, and compassion that wins the day.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 19, 2022

What a joy it is that we have this beautiful, playful, magical film

| Original Score: 9/10 | May 13, 2022

The world could use a billion Fred Rogers, or a million in positions of power. Tom Hanks gives an incredible performance in this brilliantly directed film about love, compassion and hope. Full review in Spanish

| Original Score: 9/10 | Apr 7, 2022

As Rogers, Hanks does something exceptional in his career: he disappears.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 23, 2022

The power of the story is such that we believe that Tom Hanks is in his daily life in the roles he represents. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jan 20, 2022

It's told with so much humor and heart.

| Sep 16, 2021

If you're expecting a straightforward biography of Mister Rogers, you might be disappointed...if, however, you hope to be inspired by a story about the way Mister Rogers still affects the world today, you will love this film.

| Aug 12, 2021

It's an airtight little fable of fingers linked in a gesture of friendship, one to one to one and on and on and on forever. Start small, with whomever is standing in front of you, and work from there.

| Jul 2, 2021

It's a typically reliable turn from the two-time Oscar winner and he carries the movie.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 14, 2021

Make sure you've got your tissues, then dig out the companion documentary Won't You Be My Neighbour? and the 1998 article that inspired it all. You can thank me later.

| Apr 13, 2021

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood pays tribute to Fred Rogers in an understated and heartfelt way that he would surely appreciate.

| Feb 17, 2021

A quietly moving retort to modern cynicism.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 16, 2021