I love Mister Rogers, but was a little disappointed in the movie. It was kinda boring.

Well, he was a minister. He was one of the Christians who really practiced what he preached and believed.

How could you not know he was an ordained Presbyterian minister? Oh yeah, it's because he didn't have to constantly remind everyone every chance he got. He chose to live by them rather than broadcast them.

Fred Rodgers is the epitome of a true believer. He practiced the teachings of Jesus, was always kind and caring, never sought conflict and was probably the most decent man on television. If all Christians were like him, I'd have no bad word to say about that belief system.

I actually got to meet him a few times.
I grew up in Pittsburgh, and that's where that show was filmed.
He would some times visit schools in the area, which included mine.
A really great person..

kapt kangaroo was boring too so are the tele tubbies

Apparently Mr Rogers believed in God, but he seemed so great, you can’t really hold it against him

It's not what you believe, but how you act toward other people that matters. I've met dozens of Christians and Muslims and "other" believers in the prison system, and many of them have been decent, friendly, kind people with a sense of humor, willing to help others and looking out for those among them who needed support. And this is a community of convicted felons I'm talking about; I don't usually discuss religion with other staff.

Then again, there are some who wouldn't piss on you to put you out if you were on fire. But that's true anywhere you go, and I don't think either religion or incarceration influences that. Some people are just miserable.

Everybody needs a Mr Rogers.

Riiiiiight.....
Well after all it IS a wonderful day in the neighborhood!
What a stupid show...even as a child I couldn't stomach it!

Of course he believed in god, he was a Presbyterian minister. Be rather difficult to be a minister in a particular religion if one didn’t believe in that god. I’ve never met the man, but based on what I’ve read and seen about him, I feel that he’d accept you no matter what you believed.

Even as a little kid, I found his show uninteresting. It was too slow and nothing much ever happened. Eventually the trolley would come along and take us to the Kingdom of Make-Believe where nothing much would happen there either. It always just kinda bored me.

Consequently, I haven't been motivated to see the movie.

Great film! IMHO the story was as much about journalist Lloyd Vogel who was filled with repressed rage and was a total cynic, but underwent a transformation through meeting and getting to know Fred Rogers.

Not seen this one yet.

I saw that movie a few months ago and thought it was quite good. It's a little hard to believe someone could actually be that kind and gentle of a person. The world needs more people like Fred Rogers.

The movie was based on an article published in Esquire magazine.

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I rarely place too much credibility in anything out of Hollywood. Perhaps it is based on actual events or persons, but It is just entertainment.

He was a minister but my gripe was always that his persona was unrealistic, milk-toastish unreal.