A Beautiful Day in the Neighbor-Tom Hanks
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Tom Hanks stars as the late children's TV host Fred Rogers in "A Beautiful Day in the Neighbor." (LACEY TERRELL/SONY PICTURES)

Late in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighbor” — the film starring Tom Hanks as beloved children’s TV host Mister Rogers — a journalist writing an article about Fred Rogers is told, “It isn’t really about Mister Rogers, I mean it is, but there’s a lot of you in here.”

The same can be said about the film. In many ways it isn’t about Rogers — at least not in the sense of a traditional bio-pic — but at the same time, it is completely about him.

A Beautiful Day in the Neighbor-Matthew Rhys
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Matthew Rhys stars as journalist assigned to interview Fred Rogers in "A Beautiful Day in the Neighbor." (LACEY TERRELL/SONY PICTURES)
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Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers sitting on the set of "Mister Rogers Neighborhood" in "A Beautiful Day in the Neighbor." (LACEY TERRELL/SONY PICTURES)
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Tom Hanks stars as Mister Rogers in "A Beautiful Day in the Neighbor." (COURTESY OF SONY PICTURES)

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