A good movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect but since this movie had been rather well received and since it was available on Neflix, I thought I might as well check it out. To be honest, I have to admit that I had never heard of Fred Rogers and his TV-show before watching this flick and, on top of that, even as a kid, I didn’t like at all this kind of programs so you could say I was at first rather skeptical. And, that was the first achievement from this movie, the fact that within a few minutes, I really got the vibe of Rogers’s TV-show and I got really sucked in the laid-back soothing vibe coming from his speech pattern and general charismatic aura. On top of that, Tom Hanks gave one of his best performances and completely disappeared in this character, even if I have to admit I had actually never seen the real Fred Rogers. Concerning the rest of the movie, it actually didn’t really focus on Fred Rogers but on a journalist writing an article about him which wasn’t necessarily a bad idea. However, Lloyd Vogel was not an extremely interesting character and the issues going in his life were rather generic and derivative. Furthermore, the fact that Vogel and his father followed exactly Rogers’s advises and philosophy resulting in a completely perfect outcome was not only predictable but, above all, hardly interesting. Basically, they turned the guy into some kind of fixer constantly looking for ways to ‘fix’ other people’s problems but, in my opinion, it actually cheapened Fred Rogers’s fascinating way of approaching life in general. Still, this guy was quite incredible and I kind of wish I had the opportunity to see his show when I was a kid. Anyway, to conclude, even if this movie was not a complete home-run, it was still a really solid feel-good flick and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Fred Rogers’s legacy.