Unashamedly sentimental, this is a technically triumphant tear-jerker.
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02/20/08
Forrest Gump (1994)
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Reviews Counted:50
Fresh:36
Rotten:14
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: An overly sentimental film with a somewhat problematic message, but its sweetness and charm are occasionally enough to approximate true depth and grace.
Runtime: 2 hrs 37 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: The title character leads viewers through an accidental travelogue of American social history from the early 1960s through the present in this revisionist fable. Vietnam, desegregation, Watergate,... [More]
Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Reviews for Forrest Gump
Top CriticDespite its flaws, this is simply unmissable.
02/20/08
Top CriticIt could be said that Forrest Gump is the definitive American movie.
01/01/00
Top CriticAs this mawkish conservative movie ultimately goes to prove: ignorance is bliss.
01/26/06
Top CriticZemeckis's film has lots of heart but little in the way of guts or brains.
02/05/07
Top CriticThere's something in the centre of Forrest Gump, and soft is one thing it definitely ain't.
04/02/01
No review available.
01/31/03
I may never fully understand the awe some Gump fans feel over this movie, but it's still a whole lot of good, sweet, silly fun.
10/09/01
It's been awhile since we've had a movie that offered so much and generally managed to deliver on all counts.
01/01/00
It sure seemed great at the time, but Gump is aging, and not very well.
01/01/00
Hanks is superb, reemploying the childlike presence he brought to Big.
01/01/00
This film is both serious and funny, entertaining and thought-provoking and it could make people laugh and cry with equal degree of ease.
12/16/03
Hanks is so charming as Gump, so heroic in his guilelessness and belief in simple virtues, that you want to excuse the film's excesses and overlook Zemeckis' weakness for easy, maudlin sentiment.
01/01/00
An enchanting and creative parable about a contemporary holy fool whose brand of selflessness is free of reason's madness and the ego's frivolous grandeur.
10/13/01
Passionate and magical, Forrest Gump is a tonic for the weary of spirit.
01/01/00
views the world with such an open eye and optimistic attitude that you're willing to overlook how much it simplifies complex phenomena just because it makes you feel so good
08/28/01
No review available.
01/09/03
Forrest may be dumb, but he ain't stupid.
11/04/09
There's only one word to truly describe Forrest Gump: magical.
09/10/02
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