Forrest Gump (1994)
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.
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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"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
Jul 6, 1994 Wide
Aug 28, 2001
Paramount Pictures
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Cast
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Tom Hanks
Forrest Gump -
Robin Wright
Jenny Curran -
Gary Sinise
Lt. Dan Taylor -
Mykelti Williamson
Bubba Blue -
Sally Field
Mrs. Gump -
Michael Conner Humphreys
Young Forrest -
Hanna R. Hall
Young Jenny Curran -
Joe Alaskey
Richard M. Nixon -
Sam Anderson
Principal Hancock -
Geoffrey Blake
Wesley -
Charles Boswell
Aging Hippie -
Michael Burgess
Cleveland -
Dick Cavett
Himself -
Peter Dobson
Young Elvis Presley -
Nora Dunfee
Elderly Southern Woman -
John William Galt
President Johnson -
Harold G. Herthum
Doctor -
Mike Jolly
Club Patron -
George Kelly
Barber -
Jason McGuire
Fat Teen -
Byron Minns
Wounded Soldier -
Afemo Omilami
Drill Sergeant -
Bob Penny
Cronie -
Paul Raczkowski
Man in VW Bug -
Brett Rice
High School Football Co... -
Sonny Shroyer
College Football Coach -
Mary Ellen Trainor
Jenny's Babysitter -
John Voldstad
Club Patron -
Joe Washington
Local Anchor #2 -
Jeffrey Winner
Club Patron -
David Brisbin
Newscaster -
Hallie D'Amore
Waitress in Cafe -
Peter Bannon
Local Correspondent #2 -
Stephen Wesley Bridgewate...
Hospital Officer -
Kevin Davis
Black Panther -
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Siobhan Fallon
School Bus Driver -
Al Harrington
Local Anchor #1 -
Gary Robinson
Bus Recruit -
Haley Joel Osment
Forrest Junior -
Don Fischer
Army Recruiter -
Aaron Michael Lacey
Lt. Venetti -
Valentino
Chinese Ping Pong Playe...
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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.
Top CriticCredit 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.
Warm, wise, and wearisome as hell.
For all its ambition, the movie ends up using great historical events in the service of a dubious sentimentality.
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.
Judging by the the movie's enduring popularity, the message that stupidity is redemption is clearly what a lot of Americans want to hear.
Largely enjoyable.
One can sneer at it, but one can't ignore it.
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.
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.
...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.
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.
Moving and wonderful, but parent preview a good idea.
Even if its success was overblown, so was the backlash.
...people either like Forrest or shun him; there's no in between. Same with the movie. (Blu-ray Edition)
Forrest may be dumb, but he ain't stupid.
The wearisome Forrest Gump won six Oscars.
Unashamedly sentimental, this is a technically triumphant tear-jerker.
Despite its flaws, this is simply unmissable.
Its flaws don't do it any great harm; it's as comforting as an afternoon nap, but also as refreshing.
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Audience Reviews for Forrest Gump
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- Forrest Gump: Hello. My name is Forrest. Forrest Gump.
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- Forrest Gump: Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.
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- 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!'.
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- Lt. Dan Taylor: Have you found Jesus?
- Forrest Gump: I didn't know we were supposed to be looking.
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- Drill Sergeant: You are a goddamn genius Gump!
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- 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.
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