Fantastic!

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Mr. Rogers would be upset if he knew how the writers turned his philosophy into a leftist agenda. Despite some genuine insights into a wonderful man, the movie overall pushes liberal politics.. There is a cameo of a smiling Hilary Clinton and soon after a clip with no context to it making a FoxNews host look nasty. This is not a heartwarming movie. This is a definite, deliberate political agenda in time to influence voters before the Fall midterms.Playing on emotions, using people with disabilities to advance a political agenda. It is insulting to Mr. Rogers memory.

I was always disappointed that there was never a Mr. Rogers Neighborhood movie, you know with him appearing as himself. It's great to know that this is the closest we'll ever get. I honestly feel bad for kids born past 2001 who never watched the show when it was on the air. It was unbelievable that anyone would make up bad things about such a wonderful person. Penn and Teller criticized Mohandas Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and the Dalai Lama. Everyone EXCEPT Mr. Rogers.Some people would say the best role model is Jesus. Who would be the best role model of the past 100 years? I know he didn't get as famous as Albert Einstein or Martin Luther King Jr., but I think most people should say Mr. Rogers. I knew they would bring up the ugly bit about the Westboro Baptist Church's reaction. You do have to mention the negative. I forgot how he taught about such serious real life issues, like divorce.I will be religious forever because he was a truly religious man and anyone who is against an ideology that would create such a wonderful person is hard for me to be friends with. I know I said I wouldn't mention by depression, but I have to now. It's easy to say that this cheered me up as will anything featuring Mr. Rogers. There were even cool things they didn't even mention. He was colorblind, so he was literally racially colorblind! I knew that this would be my favorite movie of the year before even watching it. ****

"He was a minister...but he didn't wear a collar, he wore a sweater." I've heard it said that Fred Rogers must've been an angel, or even the second coming of Christ. This thinking is dangerous; it relieves us of our responsibility as humans. If he's a God, then we can just admire; if he's human, we must aspire. The movie is a cathartic blanket, and when Daniel the Tiger sings the duet with Lady Aberlin, the crying is constant from there on out. A soothing balm of sincerity and hope for scary and cynical times.

A lot of times, the breadth or reach of a documentary depends on how large of an audience it can appeal to. So many times, documentaries focus on a niche subject with a similarly small viewership base. "Won't You Be My Neighbor" is able to bypass this problem, however, but focusing on a man that seemingly everybody knows: Fred Rogers.For a basic overview, "Neighbor" follows both the life/career of Fred Rogers, as well as setting that in parallel to his iconic "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" show on public television. Rogers' family (including his wife and two sons) are interviewed, as well as those who worked on and starred in the show with him.In a political and social climate where hate and "mean-ness" seem to spew from every nook and cranny, "Neighbor" provides the perfect hour-and-a-half balm for that, as one of the strong suits here is showing just how genuinely "nice" of a man Fred Rogers was (which is what inevitably came out in the show and ultimately made it such a treasure). It was also interesting to learn that Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister, voted Republican, and championed inclusion and equal rights his entire life. Those things don't necessarily track in today's world, so it is nice to see someone who wasn't "one or the other"."Neighbor" is equally fascinating on how Fred's show was so different than anything else on the air (public or otherwise) at that time. He practically saved the entire public television model (testifying before a commission about its worth), and then used it to tackle issues that are difficult for children to deal with, talking to them in a very straightforward yet kind way. He was absolutely fearless in this respect, also using silence and slow-pacing to intentionally counter-act the "pie in the face" and action/adventure Saturday morning kiddie fare he so despised.Overall, this is a documentary that will strike a chord with nearly every one of its viewers. Practically everyone on this Earth knows something about Mr. Rogers, and for so many of those people he spoke directly to them (through the television) on a consistent basis. It's supremely emotional, incredibly informative, and just a refreshing reminder of the simple (yet extraordinary) value of human decency and kindness.