Saturday, 24 January 2026

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

a film by Marielle Heller
based on an article by Tom Junod

If not for this film, watched quite by chance, I would never know who Fred Rogers was. For his portrayal of Rogers, Tom Hanks earned a score of nominations for best supporting actor — whoa, wait a minute. Best supporting actor? Isn’t it Mister Rogers who is the main character here, so shouldn’t it have been “best actor”? Apparently not. Matthew Rhys as Lloyd (ostensibly the protagonist), like the whole Lloyd’s family story, didn’t convince me at all. Still, well worth watching, especially when it’s cold and miserable as it is in the Peninsula now.

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