Won't You Be My Neighbor Discussion

Saw it last week at my local Alamo...was extremely well done...and hits your right in the feels.

I don't think it is yet. It's still expanding to more theaters right now.

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hits your right in the feels.

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Damn. Looks like I'll have to watch this one at home. Alone.

This was great! It is awesome that Mr. Rogers was able to own that Senator without even acting like he was trying.

Saw it today. Incredible documentary. Brought back so many feelings and memories I'd forgotten that I'd forgotten.

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He literally disarmed that Senator with kindness.

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it's amazing to watch no matter how many times you've seen it. at the end when they ask who do you think of

For anyone interested in a personal look at Fred Rogers' life, Tom Junod wrote a profile of him for Esquire back in 1998.

Can You Say...Hero?

It is an intensely moving and emotional piece of writing, one of the best profiles I've ever read, and I recommend it to everyone.

I just got home from seeing it. What a brilliant tribute to a gentle soul.

Fred Rogers was too good and pure for this world. We didn't deserve him.

I am happy to see this movie talked about.

This was a great movie about a truly great man. His kindness is well known but it is genuinely surprising in retrospect how few people recognized the thoughtfulness and impact that he had on American society.

There are some laughs along the way too - the photo of the crew member mooning the camera as king freddy was hideously funny. They did touch on some interesting areas where I thought they might fear to tread - including the Tom Snyder interview about his sexuality.

There were a lot of small remarkable moments from the film, to see how children watched him and absorbed his love was really magical. The discussion about him still carrying a little bit of "fat freddy" with him and that informing his drive and his insecurity was well done. Little moments like his puppet duet about not being good enough were even more meaningful and probably brilliant improvisation in light of what the film makers revealed about Fred Rogers. Little moments like the Eddie Murphy shout out were also fun.

Best movie of the year so far IMO.

Saw it last week. My wife really wanted to see it - she rarely really wants to see any movie, so it seemed like a good idea even though I was 50/50 about it. UNTIL I saw it! Really sweet, really touching, really powerful tribute to a true American icon. That one good, soft spoken and gentle man influenced generations for the better and brought light into dark and empty places.

Came away thinking I’ve got a long way to go before I could even hope to be even a fraction of the man Fred Rogers was. Also that I am grateful for his courage and unswerving faith and vision.