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Forrest Gump (1994)

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71

Average Rating: 7.1/10
Reviews Counted: 63
Fresh: 45 | Rotten: 18

An overly sentimental film with a somewhat problematic message, but its sweetness and charm are occasionally enough to approximate true depth and grace.

65

Average Rating: 7/10
Critic Reviews: 17
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 6

An overly sentimental film with a somewhat problematic message, but its sweetness and charm are occasionally enough to approximate true depth and grace.

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Average Rating: 4.1/5
User Ratings: 1,119,247

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Movie Info

"Stupid is as stupid does," says Forrest Gump (played by Tom Hanks in an Oscar-winning performance) as he discusses his relative level of intelligence with a stranger while waiting for a bus. Despite his sub-normal IQ, Gump leads a truly charmed life, with a ringside seat for many of the most memorable events of the second half of the 20th century. Entirely without trying, Forrest teaches Elvis Presley to dance, becomes a football star, meets John F. Kennedy, serves with honor in Vietnam, meets

PG-13,

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Eric Roth

Aug 28, 2001

Paramount Pictures

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All Critics (63) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (51) | Rotten (18) | DVD (32)

This tall tale may reach monumental proportions, but Forrest Gump always keeps its magical airiness and grace.

February 20, 2013 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
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Credit for the success of the film has to start with director Robert Zemeckis, who has taken his Back to the Future and Who Framed Roger Rabbit success and parlayed it into a more mature, yet equally entertaining, film.

February 20, 2013 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
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Warm, wise, and wearisome as hell.

February 20, 2013 Full Review Source: New Yorker
New Yorker
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For all its ambition, the movie ends up using great historical events in the service of a dubious sentimentality.

May 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Newsweek | Comments (16)
Newsweek
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A picaresque story of a simpleton's charmed odyssey through 30 years of tumultuous American history, Forrest Gump is whimsy with a strong cultural spine.

January 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment (1)
Variety
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Judging by the the movie's enduring popularity, the message that stupidity is redemption is clearly what a lot of Americans want to hear.

February 5, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comments (118)
Chicago Reader
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Largely enjoyable.

February 20, 2013 Full Review Source: Total Film
Total Film

One can sneer at it, but one can't ignore it.

February 20, 2013 Full Review Source: Radio Times
Radio Times

All 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.

February 20, 2013 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK]
Guardian [UK]

The greatest pleasure the picture affords Americans is most likely a sense of relief; Forrest Gump assures us that we've awakened from the nightmare of history; that all is forgiven, and most has already been forgotten.

January 15, 2013 Full Review Source: The Nation
The Nation

...not a wishful paean to a fantasy version of America, but a portrait of America - its awfulness and beauty, promise and pain - as seen through the eyes of an innocent.

April 23, 2012 Full Review Source: LarsenOnFilm
LarsenOnFilm

This Oscar-winner divided critics in its chronicle of the long journey taken by a slow-witted boy through American history and politics, but there was consensus about the high-caliber acting of Hanks, who won a second, consecutive Best Actor Oscar.

February 27, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comments (2)
EmanuelLevy.Com

Moving and wonderful, but parent preview a good idea.

January 2, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comments (2)
Common Sense Media

Even if its success was overblown, so was the backlash.

January 20, 2010 Full Review Source: Bullz-Eye.com | Comments (4)
Bullz-Eye.com

...people either like Forrest or shun him; there's no in between. Same with the movie. (Blu-ray Edition)

November 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comments (2)
Movie Metropolis

Forrest may be dumb, but he ain't stupid.

November 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis
Movie Metropolis

The wearisome Forrest Gump won six Oscars.

March 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comments (33)
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Unashamedly sentimental, this is a technically triumphant tear-jerker.

February 20, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4
Film4

Despite its flaws, this is simply unmissable.

February 20, 2008 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine

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

February 13, 2008 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment (1)
eFilmCritic.com

See website for more details.

September 19, 2007 Full Review Source: Screen It!
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Audience Reviews for Forrest Gump

A very refreshing feel-good movie that is always entertaining and compelling, even if sometimes it is sentimental and seems a bit vague about its purpose. If you are able to overlook its flaws, you will find it a captivating story of innocence and optimism.
December 23, 2010
blacksheepboy

Super Reviewer

A nice enough concept, fairly well pulled off but is mainly crushed by its own sentimentality and heavy handed emotional manipulation (not to mention ham-fisted politics). Good revision for your 20th century American history exam, otherwise watch Big Fish instead.
September 5, 2011
Louis Rogers

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    1. Forrest Gump: Hello. My name is Forrest. Forrest Gump.
    – Submitted by Jean R (3 days ago)
    1. Forrest Gump: Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.
    – Submitted by Dutch E (57 days ago)
    1. Forrest Gump: The Army was real easy. You just have to stand up straight, make your bed real neat, and always answer every question with 'Yes, Drill Seargent!'.
    – Submitted by Aaron S (5 months ago)
    1. Lt. Dan Taylor: Have you found Jesus?
    2. Forrest Gump: I didn't know we were supposed to be looking.
    – Submitted by Venkatesh S (5 months ago)
    1. Drill Sergeant: You are a goddamn genius Gump!
    – Submitted by Charlie L (6 months ago)
    1. Forrest Gump: Though he did take care of my Bubba- Gump money. He got me invested in some kind of fruit company. And so then I got a call from him saying we don't have to worry about money no more.
    – Submitted by Charlie L (6 months ago)

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