- Release date: 1994
- Runtime: 142 min
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson ... See all
- Director: Robert Zemeckis
- Plot: Forrest, Forrest Gump is a simple man with little brain activity but good intentions. He struggles 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... Read more
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This is a powerful yet charming movie; fun for its special effects and profound in how it keeps you thinking long after it's over. Like others, I've seen this movie more than once. One comment I've never heard is that... Read more at imdb.com
What I find completely ridiculous is why this movie, in my opinion one of the best ever, has such a low rating, so I've tried to figure out what some found against it.I noticed that the haters of this movie... Read more at imdb.com
I believe everyone has a right to their opinion about films or other topics. However from a lot of the comments I have read about this film, I do not think many got the gist of the message from the... Read more at imdb.com
FORREST GUMP (1994) **** Tom Hanks, Sally Field, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson. Brilliantly directed and inspiring comic drama about the truly extraordinary life and times of mentally challenged Forrest Gump (Hanks in the best role of his career... Read more at imdb.com
I have seen this movie easily a half a dozen times, and I find that the beauty of the film is how Forrest Gump not only shares his innocence and purity with others, including the audience, he also manages to... Read more at imdb.com
When I first saw this movie I didn't appreciate it like I do now. I think it may have been because I was so young when I first saw it. Just recently I saw the movie again. What an amazing... Read more at imdb.com
Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field This was flat out one of the best movies of 1994. It won best picture for a reason, along with a few other Academy Awards. I think one of the tag... Read more at imdb.com
Forrest Gump is an innovative idea, it's a very well know movie thanks to many things that give it what it needs. The character of Forrest Gump has to be one of the most lovable characters in movie history. Which... Read more at imdb.com
Who or what is Forrest Gump? Is he a simpleton? An idealist? A moral paragon? In this movie it's more appropriate to describe him as what he isn't. Forrest lives in a world that derides him as stupid but, as... Read more at imdb.com
Quite simply, the greatest film ever made.Humour, sadness, action, drama and a Vietnam film all rolled into one.I'm not a stone cold, heartless villain, but it takes a lot to make me cry when I watch a movie. Bambi's mother,... Read more at imdb.com
Critics Reviews
| Mar 07, 2007Cinema Blend
Forrest Gump II isnt a new idea, Paramount has been kicking it around since the original movie made a bajillion dollars, and in 2001 they even hired Forrest Gump writer Eric Roth to pen a sequel screenplay.
An absolutely reliable, unfortunately anonymous source, contacted me tonight with the latest scoop on Forrests impending return.
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nytimes.com
Featured alongside Tom Hanks are Sally Field as Forrest's mother; Gary Sinise as his commanding officer in Vietnam; Mykelti Williamson as his ill-fated Army buddy who is familiar with every recipe that involves shrimp; and the special effects artists whose digital magic place Forrest amidst a remarkable array of historical events and people. ... Full Review
Entertainment Weekly
He may seem merely a feebleminded wanderer who bumbles through history, but in truth, Forrest Gump is the angel of death.
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Rolling Stone
Forrest Gump is a movie heart-breaker of oddball wit and startling grace.
But there is something of Forrest that Zemeckis would like to see rub off on us: his capacity for hope.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Forrest is clever by just exactly enough.
The movie is ingenious in taking Forrest on his tour of recent American history.
What a magical movie.
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5 good and lucrative films
azcentral.com –
2008-08-28
There was talk for a while there, when The Dark Knight was making money like it had the key to the mint, of whether it would eclipse Titanic as the highest-grossing film of all time. That talk has cooled a ... Full Article
Reader comments: Forrest Gump
deseretnews.com –
2008-06-02
Jun. 2, 2008 this is one of the greatest movies ever!The more you watch it the more you understand the blilliance.The symbolism is great and the trip through history is fun and educational. ... Full Article
Forrest Gump Supports Wapner, Obama
tmz.com –
2008-05-05
Posted May 4th 2008 12:30PM by TMZ Staff Tom Hanks wants Barack Obama to be Prez, and it could be one of the most effective celeb endorsements so far. ... Full Article
Angels & Demons Updates
screenrant.com –
2008-04-25
Sure, it starred a mullet-wearing Forrest Gump and was helmed by Richie Cunningham. But dammit, if The Da Vinci Code sucked. However, it made $750 million. So it was obvious that the other best-selling Dan Brown novel Angels & Demons ... Full Article
When Oscar goes bad
news.com.au –
2008-01-25
It was always going to be a risky choice, and ultimately Pulp Fiction , one of the most defining films of the decade lost out to Forrest Gump , a nostalgic stroll through everything that's baby boomer. ... Full Article

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