A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

After being home bound for a whole week with the flu, I was beginning to get cabin fever. Most of my symptoms are gone [just a lingering cough now] so my hubby and I decided to go see a matinee showing of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.  There were only two other couples in the theater besides us, but the movie's been out since November 22nd. Have you seen it?

Mister Rogers' children's television series was on the air while my children were growing up, but it wasn't one they watched.  

Tom Hanks did a great job portraying Fred Rogers.  One critic said "Many a movie will make you laugh or cry or think, but very few make you want to be a better person." Hanks deserved the Cecil B. DeMille Award he got at the Golden Globes last Sunday.

Without any spoilers [for those who might not have seen the movie yet], it's a true story about a relationship that developed between Rogers and a cynical journalist who had the assignment of profiling him for Esquire magazine.  The core of the movie is goodness, kindness, and forgiveness - Biblical principles Fred Rogers knew well as a Presbyterian minister.  

I wish I could tell you there were lots of tea scenes in the movie, but I didn't see a single teacup.  I had to wait until I got home to give tea its proper recognition!  ;-)

In closing, Happy 38th Birthday, Princess Kate!  I read she celebrated at a family tea party with William, George, Charlotte, and Louis.