"Anything that is Mentionable is Managable" - Fred Rogers
We all have our own lives to deal with, and sometimes we just keep on hiding our very own feelings just to Pretend who want us to be or what other want us to be.
But sometimes it is better to show, tell or even share what you feel, in order to deal with it.
"Sometimes, We have to ask for help, and that's OK"
The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 22, 2019, by Sony Pictures Releasing. It received praise from critics for Hanks' and Rhys' performances, Heller's direction, and the heart-warming messages, and grossed $67 million worldwide. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood was chosen by Time magazine as one of the ten best films of the year.[4] For his performance, Hanks was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards, as well as the Golden Globes, Critics' Choice, Screen Actors Guild Awards, and BAFTA Awards, among others.
The film initially begins as an episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, with Mister Rogers showing off a picture board with the portraits of some of his friends. He then introduces the viewer to "a new friend," Lloyd Vogel, who he explains is having a hard time forgiving the person who hurt him, and asks the viewer to think about forgiveness.
In 1998, Lloyd Vogel is an Esquire journalist known for his cynical writing style. He attends his sister Lorraine's wedding, along with his wife, Andrea, and their newborn son, Gavin. During the reception, Lloyd's estranged father, Jerry, wants to discuss Lloyd's dead mother Lila. Jerry says there are two sides to every story, but Lloyd won't hear him and punches him in the face, starting a fight when others try to restrain him.
Lloyd's editor assigns him to interview children's television presenter Fred Rogers for a 400-word article about heroes, but Lloyd feels the assignment is beneath him. He travels to the WQED studio in Pittsburgh to interview Rogers. He sees Rogers on set with a disabled child and then views filming of the programme. A puppet is mad at someone and does not know what to do with his feelings. Afterwards, Rogers is dismissive of his fame and displays concern for Lloyd's nose injury. Lloyd relates to Rogers the issue of his relationship with his father, and the fight.
Determined to expose Rogers' friendly persona as an act, Lloyd watches several episodes of Rogers' show but is unable to discern anything. Lloyd interviews Rogers again when he visits New York. During the interview, Rogers dodges Lloyd's questions and reminisces about raising his two sons. He states that if the things viewers tell him may be a burden he deals with this in many ways. When they mention anger, Fred says a person might swim or even bang the low keys on a piano. Fred then takes out his puppets and asks Lloyd about his childhood "friends" meaning toys. Lloyd says he had Old Rabbit. But when Fred presses him on his parents and the rabbit Lloyd becomes frustrated and ends the interview.
Lloyd arrives home to find Jerry and his girlfriend Dorothy there talking with Andrea. Lloyd berates Jerry for cheating on his mother Lila, while she was dying of cancer. He orders him to leave, but Jerry suffers a heart attack and is transported to the hospital. Lloyd refuses to remain overnight at the hospital with the rest of the family and returns to Pittsburgh to see Rogers.
Exhausted, Lloyd collapses on the set of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe and dreams about his repressed childhood trauma. In his dream, he stumbles into an episode of Rogers' show about hospitals, finding himself wearing rabbit ears and shrunken to the size of Daniel Striped Tiger and King Friday XIII, while Rogers and Andrea tower over him. Lloyd also dreams about Lila, who urges him to release his anger.
Rogers and his wife, Joanne, bring Lloyd to their home to recuperate. Lloyd and Rogers later go to a restaurant, where Rogers asks Lloyd to spend one minute thinking about the people who "loved him into being," and encourages him to forgive Jerry. Lloyd apologizes to Andrea for leaving her and Gavin at the hospital and visits Jerry and Dorothy at their home. He learns that Jerry is dying of cardiac stenosis, which was the reason Jerry attempted to reconnect with Lloyd. Lloyd forgives Jerry, promises to be a better father to Gavin, and writes an article about Rogers' impact on his life. Lorraine, her husband Todd, and Rogers visit Jerry. Rogers asks Jerry to pray for him before he departs. Jerry dies shortly after Rogers' visit and Lloyd's 10,000-word article, "Can You Say ... Hero?" is published as Esquire's cover story.
The film transitions back into the episode about Lloyd that Rogers appears to be telling. He says goodbye to the viewer before exiting his home. A director yells cut, and production wraps for the day at the studio. While various crew members exit the studio, Rogers plays the piano. Once alone he smashes the keys in frustration, before playing normally, signaling the end of another beautiful day.
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