introducing the film at Sundance, Neville described his cheery documentary as therapy, only now for adults... It's impossible to make a deep documentary when every interviewee worships the man so much, he gets to keep hiding his true self inside felt
for the many generations that grew up with Rogers' friendly face as their guide, "Won't You Be My Neighbor" is like peering into the past with renewed clarity and wishing his civility had caught on