A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

William Eguizabal of FilmSnobReviews

2019-12-30

With talented actors giving great performances and a VERY gifted director doing her thing you sort of like it for those reasons. Oh…Tom Hanks? He’s incredible here. Read more

Richard Alaba of CineMuseFilms

2020-01-29

While entertaining in its own right, it is hard to watch A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood without reflecting on the erosion of human values in today’s world. That’s the whole point of the film. Read more

Jacob Richardson of Film Focus

2020-01-24

A remarkable oddity of a biopic, whose somewhat despondent undercurrent is ultimately swallowed whole by the irrepressible optimism of Tom Hanks’ Mr. Rogers. Read more

Kevin Hawkins of Film Blerg

2020-01-26

Beautiful Day’s story and moral messages may not be the most groundbreaking, but it’s a film that seldom takes a wrong step. Moreover, its positive energy is a welcome ingredient to popular culture, which could always use a few more personalities like Mr Rogers. Read more

Filipe Freitas of Always Good Movies

2019-12-18

Heller brings intense close-ups into her attentive filmmaking methods, delivering a heart-rendering tribute to a man of generosity that, although singular, struggles with a somewhat overempathetic posture varnished with a beatific gloss. Sometimes flowing like a dream, the film is perhaps too ambitious in its aims, sermonizing more than harmonizing. It’s worth seeing for the positive messages and Hanks' notable performance. Read more

The Massie Twins of Gone With The Twins

2019-12-15

Lloyd’s story is too plain and unaffecting to measure up to what could have been an insightful, emotional journey chronicling one of television’s most revered and respected legends. Read more