A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
4K Ultra HD
Blu Ray
The three quotes describe Fred Rogers' appreciation of life, the sound of the surrounds, and the movie "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood", respectively.
Ralph Potts reviews the Ultra HD Blu-ray release of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, noting that while the 4K UHD visuals are beautiful, they are not as impactful as other films with more visually arresting features.
The UHD release of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood has an impressive 12.1 DTS:X MA soundtrack with object-based sounds and well-handled venue replication, but it does not maximize the capabilities of its track.
The UHD disc of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood contains no extras, but the Blu-ray contains an audio commentary, deleted scenes, featurettes, bloopers, and more.
Ralph Potts reviews Marielle Heller's "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood", which is a story of Mr. Rogers, the beloved children's television host, who has been a part of many generations.
Director: Marielle Heller
Actors: Matthew Rhys, Tom Hanks, Chris Cooper
Plot: Based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Lloyd Vogel.
Disc Release Date: 18 February 2020
all scores
- Video90
- Audio100
The UHD offers a visual refinement over the Blu-ray, itself a fine image under the 1080p constraints. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood has a bit more room to breathe on this format, even if the differences...
A DTS:X soundtrack awaits audiences who view A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood on UHD. There's a modest feel for fuller, more stage filling sounds compared to the Blu-ray's smaller scale 5.1 presentation,...
- Extra50
- Movie100
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood's UHD disc is featureless, but the bundled Blu-ray includes a filmmaker commentary, deleted scenes, featurettes, and more. A Movies Anywhere digital copy code are included...
Director Marielle Heller's (The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Can You Ever Forgive Me?) A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is not a story of Mr. Rogers, the beloved children's television host, but rather of...
- Total80
Fred Rogers takes nothing for granted. He admires life's simple joys, truly enjoying the opportunity to, for example, be in the presence of a string quartet playing beautiful music. He responds with genuine...
- Video80
- Audio80
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood looks beautiful in 4K UHD, but not nearly as beautiful as bolder, more visually arresting features that possess an inherent wow factor. Like its subject, the cinematography...
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is a relatively sedate film, so it never maximizes the capabilities of its 12.1 DTS:X MA track. Don't get me wrong; the sound is impressive, but lacks the wow factor...
- Extra50
- Movie70
All the extras reside on the Blu-ray disc, and the amount of material is extensive.Audio Commentary - Director Marielle Heller and director of photography Jody Lee Lipes sit down for a low-key, somewhat...
Before Sesame Street, before The Electric Company, before Barney the Dinosaur and Thomas the Tank Engine, there was Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. I grew up with it, my kids grew up with it, and chances...
- Total80
If you're looking for a Fred Rogers biopic, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood will likely disappoint you. But if you're interested in a heartfelt salute to a children's television icon that showcases...
- Video90
- Audio94
Ralph Potts reviews the Ultra HD Blu-ray release of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment....
Where the presentation excelled was in the use of object-based sounds during the film’s musical reproduction and the handling of interior/exterior venue replication. When called upon its ability to render...
- Extra70
- Movie90
Disc 1: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Ultra HD Blu-rayDisc 2: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Blu-ray• Over 15 Minutes of Additional Scenes• Blooper Reel• Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers• The People...
Ralph Potts reviews the Ultra HD Blu-ray release of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment....
- Total86
The surrounds contain a mixture of spatial ambience/musical extension as well as directional panning cues that effectively support the front soundstage. There is actually a solid low end that occasionally...