
Forrest Gump is a simple man with a low I.Q. but good intentions. He is running through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His 'mama' teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his destiny. Forrest joins the army for service in Vietnam, finding new friends called Dan and Bubba, he wins medals, creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspires people to jog, starts a ping-pong craze, creates the smiley, writes bumper stickers and songs, donates to people a... (Full plot summary below)
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Forrest Gump is a simple man with a low I.Q. but good intentions. He is running through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His 'mama' teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his destiny. Forrest joins the army for service in Vietnam, finding new friends called Dan and Bubba, he wins medals, creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspires people to jog, starts a ping-pong craze, creates the smiley, writes bumper stickers and songs, donates to people and meets the president several times. However, this is all irrelevant to Forrest who can only think of his childhood sweetheart Jenny Curran, who has messed up her life. Although in the end all he wants to prove is that anyone can love anyone.
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| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonZemeckis, an undisputed master of film technology, shows off an equal aptitude for vivid storytelling. |
| Flipside Movie EmporiumRob VauxExquisitely made, expertly crafted... and a work of purest, blackest evil. |
| South Florida Sun-SentinelCandice RussellAs played to perfection by recent Oscar winner Tom Hanks, who is fast proving that he has no acting limits, this film is a social comedy that reaches heights of wit and cleverness. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe movie supports its optimistic agenda by evading or overlooking many hard realities of the historical period it supposedly wants to explore and understand. The result is a winning but ultimately dishonest portrait. |
| FlavorwireJason BaileyA weirder, darker, and better movie than its reputation suggests. |
| New York Daily NewsDave KehrA dark and driven work, haunted by violence, cruelty and a sense of the tragically absurd. |
| Orlando SentinelJay BoyarThe movie's technical tricks are great fun, as is its musical soundtrack, which captures the essences of the eras it traverses. But when you come right down to it, it's the oddly magnetic personality of Forrest himself that is the biggest draw. |
| GuardianDerek MalcolmAll this might have seemed like pressing optimism a bit without the bland but still potent presence of Tom Hanks at its centre, clearly on his way to another Oscar nomination. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsDragan AntulovThis film is both serious and funny, entertaining and thought-provoking and it could make people laugh and cry with equal degree of ease. |
| Common Sense MediaMichael ScheinfeldMoving and wonderful, but parent preview a good idea. |