A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Neighbor. Icon. Friend.

2019109 min7.0 / 10

A tender, meditative portrait of kindness and redemption centered on Fred Rogers' gentle influence on a cynical journalist struggling with his own estrangement.

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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