But the idea certainly must be in many people’s minds as they emerge from the movie theater after seeing “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.”
The film stars Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers, aka Mister Rogers, the iconic children’s television show host. It tells the story of Rogers’ relationship with a journalist who writes for Esquire magazine, based on the real-life reporter Tom Junod but called Lloyd Vogel in the film. Rogers helps the journalist to repair his relationship with his estranged father, and to become a better husband and father himself.
Tom Hanks is excellent as Rogers; in fact, a friend remarked to me that Hanks might have been a better Fred Rogers than even Fred Rogers.