Directed by Marielle Heller
Written by  Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster 
Starring Tom Hanks, Christine Lahti and Matthew Rhys
Running Time: 1 hour and 48 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG

by Allison Yakulis

When Tom Junod began his profile Can You Say...Hero? on Fred Rogers for Esquire magazine, the very article that this film cites as its source material, he didn’t start it with Mister Rogers’ birthdate or his childhood or his first foray into television as composer and puppeteer on The Children’s Corner or even the birth of the show that would launch him into enduring fame. He instead started with this: