Despite what the description says this is not a true story. Despite what the marketing implies it is not about Mister Rogers. This film is a fictional family melodrama that turns Mister Rogers into a would be therapist for a man named Lloyd Vogel (Said to be based on Tom Junod though the two have almost nothing in common). This is a movie that proves filmmakers felt they couldn't make an interesting story out of the life of Fred Rogers so they had to inject it with yet another cliche family drama about yet another man with daddy issues. I am fine with movies taking some dramatic license it is almost expected but this ratio of fact to fiction is about 10% fact and 90% fiction. Tom Hanks and the cute little scene transitions are the only thing that elevate this movie and make it even remotely worth watching.
