Forrest Gump Reviews

Exquisitely made, expertly crafted... and a work of purest, blackest evil.

| Original Score: 1/5

It was competently made but overlong and occasionally infuriating.

Full Review | Original Score: 0 out of -4..+4

Judging by the the movie's enduring popularity, the message that stupidity is redemption is clearly what a lot of Americans want to hear.

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A vile, irresponsible film whose massive success says some very frightening things about America.

The wearisome Forrest Gump won six Oscars.

Full Review | Original Score: C-

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 | Original Score: 2.5/5

| Original Score: 2/5

The press kit says Gump brings a rare clarity to what we went through in the '50s, '60s and '70s. But I only saw a pitiful stooge taking the pie of life in the face, thoughtfully licking his fingers.

| Original Score: 1/4

Gets my vote for the most offensive, morally repugnant film ever made

| Original Score: 0/5

Stupid is as stupid does, and this movie is, indeed, stupid.

| Original Score: 2/5

Warm, wise, and wearisome as hell.

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It was almost like it was written by a committee and everybody got to write 10 minutes of the story.

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The worst thing is the film goes for brilliance when it really isn't.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

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

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4

For all its ambition, the movie ends up using great historical events in the service of a dubious sentimentality.

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Reduces the tumult of the last few decades to a virtual-reality theme park: a baby-boomer version of Disney's America.

Full Review | Original Score: C

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.

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As this mawkish conservative movie ultimately goes to prove: ignorance is bliss.

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| Original Score: 5/5

What a magical movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4