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Forrest Gump

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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,... 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, and more are presented from the perspective of Tom Hanks's loveably slow-witted Forrest Gump as he finds himself embroiled in situations he can't quite comprehend. Hanks leads an excellent cast, featuring Robin Wright Penn as Jenny, Forrest's lifelong love; Gary Sinise as the irascible Lt. Dan, his Vietnam superior; Mykelti Williamson as Bubba, a shrimp-loving soldier; and Sally Fields as his devoted mother. Robert Zemeckis's emotional, heartwarming film garnered 13 Academy Award nominations and six wins, including Best Picture, Director, Actor--Tom Hanks, and Adapted Screenplay. [More]

Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson

Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field, David Brisbin, Haley Joel Osment

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Screenwriter: Eric Roth
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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Reviews for Forrest Gump

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Despite its flaws, this is simply unmissable.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
02/20/08
Angie Errigo
Angie Errigo
Empire Magazine
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It could be said that Forrest Gump is the definitive American movie.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
01/01/00
Ben Falk
Ben Falk
BBC
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Unashamedly sentimental, this is a technically triumphant tear-jerker.

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02/20/08
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As this mawkish conservative movie ultimately goes to prove: ignorance is bliss.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
01/26/06
Time Out
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This film is both serious and funny, entertaining and thought-provoking and it could make people laugh and cry with equal degree of ease.

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12/16/03
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
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See website for more details.

Full Review Source: Screen It! | comment Comment
09/19/07
Rory L. Aronsky
Rory L. Aronsky
Screen It!

Passionate and magical, Forrest Gump is a tonic for the weary of spirit.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

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.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
10/13/01
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Toeing the centreline like a motherf***er while Rome burns. Can I get an "amen"?

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment 14 Comments
05/23/07
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

Like the best movie actors, Hanks is a superb reactor.

Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Richard Corliss
Richard Corliss
TIME Magazine
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A great film.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
01/13/04
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

What a magical movie.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Both dark and sweet.

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01/01/00
Robert Faires
Robert Faires
Austin Chronicle

The result is an enormously accomplished piece of sentimental glop.

Full Review Source: Movieline | comment Comment
01/09/02
Stephen Farber
Stephen Farber
Movieline

Its flaws don't do it any great harm; it's as comforting as an afternoon nap, but also as refreshing.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
02/13/08
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

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.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Edward Guthmann
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle

This is one summer movie that doesn't evaporate the minute you leave the theater.

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01/01/00
John Hartl
John Hartl
Film.com

It's been awhile since we've had a movie that offered so much and generally managed to deliver on all counts.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Forrest Gump has the elements of an emotionally gripping story. Yet it feels less like a romance than like a coffee-table book celebrating the magic of special effects.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment 5 Comments
05/28/03
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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There's something in the centre of Forrest Gump, and soft is one thing it definitely ain't.

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04/02/01
Andrew Howe
Andrew Howe
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