If you grew up with me Rodgers you will face a huge wave of nostalgia. This movie showed the best of him and gave people a sense of hope even if you didn't grow up with me Rodgers you will still feel the impact of this movie and even you will be at the brink of tears by the end.

The progressive makers of this film did the exact thing Fred Rogers warned of. They used the medium to push an agenda and smear their political enemies.I've watched dozens of clips of Mr. Rogers and am already quite familiar with his life. I loved his show as a kid, especially the land of Make Believe. Now it seems like the Left have slipped their hand up Mr. Rogers and made him a puppet for their agenda. They spared no rod from the back of conservatism, Republicans, Nixon, Fox News, fundamental Christianity, for opposing good Fred; whilst carefully ignoring how many ways Progressivism has glaringly failed our children and opposed everything good Fred stood for. The director cherry picks the progressive side of every story, from Nixon's cutting of public TV funding - which he actually didn't - to omitting the name of the church protesting Fred's funeral (we all know it was Westboro Baptist Church, but that was carefully hidden so the viewer can infer "Any Church, USA"). He chooses an unfortunate Fox & Friends clip to personify all of Fox as calling Fred evil, although Fox was reporting on a study by a prof from LSU. The sound byte did its job. Though gays barely represent 3% of the population, it seems Fred was either gay or pro-gay the way the piece portrays his life. And when he was not pro-gay, it's because of money, though not according to him. Again, the hand moved his mouth. I've always been uncomfortable with how much the Left have skewed society to be more accepting of gay pressure on children. The idea of "gay children" was unheard of not long ago.How has progressive left-wing policy hurt children in America? Would their policies be supported by Fred? Besides abortion, the Left believe we should have fewer children, to protect the planet, especially in 3rd world (brown baby) countries. The Left are even for China's forced abortion. How would Fred Rogers feel about that? In progressive cities like Chicago, 1700 children under 17 have been shot since 2011.Progressives stand up for pedophiles like Roman Polanski, who raped a 13 year-old, and Kevin Spacey, who raped boys, but came out as gay and got a pass. Would Fred stand up for trans rights when men who pretend to be women have an extremely high suicide rate?Democratic welfare programs reward girls for getting pregnant early not having the father at home, yet this has resulted in 5x more likelihood of committing a crime and 20x more likely to end up prison. Even in light of this, the filmmaker feels its more important that a few handpicked Republicans be singled out as enemies of Fred Rogers.And with their hand, they can make Daniel Tiger say whatever they want.

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. ****

'WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR': Four Stars (Out of Five)A documentary on the life and career of Fred Rogers, the host of 'MR ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD'. It was directed by Morgan Neville (a veteran director of documentary films). The movie has received nearly unanimous positive reviews from critics, and it's a huge hit at the Box Office as well (for a documentary that is). I enjoyed it.Morgan Neville examines the life, career, and philosophy of Fred Rogers (from the time he first started his classic TV show). Neville interviews Rogers, and many other celebrities who knew him, including former guests from his show. The film really depicts what Rogers was trying to do with his seemingly very simple and kid oriented TV show. His mission was always one of pure love and compassion, the film easily demonstrates. The movie is definitely really positive and sweet; pretty much everything you'd expect a documentary about Mr. Rogers to be like. It does go a little deeper into his philosophy (on why he did the things he did, and what he hoped to accomplish) than I had previously known before. I really respect the film for that, and I respect Fred Rogers a bit more than I previously did as well. The movie is very slow-paced though, and at times a little boring.