Director , Marielle Heller , discard Rogers as a worthy protagonist in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood .
`` Director Marielle Heller noted that she does not consider Rogers the protagonist of the film , saying , `` '' He doesn�t have the dynamic nature you need for a protagonist for a movie , but to have him be essentially the antagonist of a movie � who comes into someone�s life and flips it upside down through his philosophy and the way he lived his life � was so smart . `` `` * ''
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood