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Won't You Be My Neighbor?

2018

Morgan Neville

Documentary, Self: Joanne Rogers

7.1

337

Documentary An exploration of the lessons, ethics, and legacy of iconic children's television host, Fred Rogers.

	Author	Review
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"Both nostalgic and immediate, it's a documentary you want to hug"	POS
United States	Amy Nicholson Variety	"It’s impossible to make a deep documentary when every interviewee worships the man so much (...) The documentary’s refusal to scrutinize his legacy, and the man, means it’s best gobbled up as comfort food for an uncertain era."	NEU
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"No matter how much it celebrates Rogers’ career, the movie doesn’t sugarcoat the rough patches (...) [It] is like peering into the past with renewed clarity and wishing his civility had caught on"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Moving and illuminating (...) [Neville] sets out to assess the meaning and impact of an onscreen persona (...) It is that emphasis (...) that makes 'Won’t You Be My Neighbor?' feel like such a gift"	POS
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"A profoundly emotional experience (...) because the story of a kind man in an often unkind era carries with it richness and poignancy."	POS
United States	Noel Murray AV Club	"Moving, inspiring (...) The film’s real strength is its plainness."	POS
United States	Aisha Harris Slate	"Even the most hardened cynics won’t be able to resist it"	POS

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