Managed to catch A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood just now, with Tom Hanks in top form, embodying the sweetness and savvyness of Mr Rogers. I wondered if the filmmakers might indulge themselves in some Spielbergian sentimentality (which, let's face it, the subject gives plenty of excuses for) but admirable restraint was the order of the day. Proceedings were kept low-key and the film worked wonderfully as a result.
Proof, if one needs it, that goodness and decency are way more interesting than their dreary opposites.
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