
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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Extremely rewarding to watch right after reading the biography, The Good Neighbor, allowing you to relive the magic and mystic presence of the only Fred Rogers. Tom Hanks captures Rogers, both in physicality and in essence, weaving wonderful threads of simple wisdom for any of the world’s darkest experiences. His cadence and pacing was perfect. The minute of silence... powerful. Matthew Rhees was, unfortunately, too constant in his portrayal. He sold the sorrow but couldn’t sell the redemption. In the end, he was the same character when he started, even though the script told us otherwise. Maybe it was a direction problem, but it didn’t work.