A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood is a 2019 American drama film directed by Marielle Heller. It is based on the 1998 Esquire article “Can You Say… Hero?” by Tom Junod, about Fred Rogers. The film stars Tom Hanks as Rogers and Matthew Rhys as Junod.
A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2019, and was released in the United States on November 22, 2019, by Sony Pictures Releasing.
The film received positive reviews from critics, who praised Hanks’s performance and the emotional power of the story.