▁inspired ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁article ▁" Can ▁You ▁Say ... ▁Hero ?" ▁by ▁Tom ▁Jun od , ▁published ▁in ▁Es quire . ▁The ▁film ▁stars ▁Tom ▁H anks , ▁Matthew ▁Rh ys , ▁Susan ▁Ke le chi ▁Watson , ▁and ▁Chris ▁Cooper . ▁It ▁dep ict s ▁Lloyd ▁Vog el ▁( R h ys ), ▁a ▁trouble d ▁journalist ▁for ▁Es quire ▁who ▁is ▁assigned ▁to ▁profile ▁television ▁icon ▁Fred ▁Rog ers ▁( H anks ). ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁had ▁its ▁world ▁premi ere ▁at ▁the ▁Toronto ▁International ▁Film ▁Festival ▁on ▁September ▁ 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁and ▁was ▁the atr ically ▁released ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁on ▁November ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁by ▁Sony ▁Pictures ▁Re le asing . ▁It ▁received ▁pra ise ▁from ▁critics ▁for ▁H anks ' ▁and ▁Rh ys ' ▁performances , ▁H eller ' s ▁direction , ▁and ▁the ▁heart - w arm ing ▁messages , ▁and ▁gross ed ▁$ 6 7 ▁million ▁world wide . ▁A ▁Beautiful ▁Day ▁in ▁the ▁Ne igh bor hood ▁was ▁chosen ▁by ▁Time ▁magazine ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁ten ▁best ▁films ▁of ▁the ▁year . ▁For ▁his ▁performance , ▁H anks ▁was ▁nominated ▁for ▁Best ▁Support ing ▁A ctor ▁at ▁the ▁Academy ▁Awards , ▁Golden ▁G lob es , ▁Crit ics ' ▁Cho ice , ▁Screen ▁Act ors ▁Gu ild ▁Awards , ▁and ▁B AF TA ▁Awards , ▁among ▁others . ▁ ▁Plot ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9