Reviews & Ratings for
Forrest Gump (1994)

This movie is so pure and heart wrenching. The cinematography is beautiful. The storyline might be one of those cliche human interest ones, but cliche human interest stories always manage to do exactly what they're meant to, i.e bring out emotions. This movie will leave you bawling on the floor with your heart in your hands. If you're into that stuff like I am, then this one is for you.

The movie's two and a half hours run the gamut from humor and charm to tragedy and poignancy. Although epic in length and symbolic in treatment, the movie never loses sight of the intimate love story at its center. The relationship between the childlike Forrest (Tom Hanks) and the disillusioned Jenny (Robin Wright) can be seen as an allegory for America's loss of innocence from the 1950s to the 1980s, reflected by pop culture and socio-political events. Rock and roll, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, Watergate, and more are touched on, sometimes seriously and sometimes satirically.

The screenplay by Eric Roth has the complexity of modern fiction, not the formulas of modern movie.Its hero, played by Tom Hanks, is a thoroughly decent man with an IQ of 75, who manages between the 1950s and the 1980s to become involved in every major event in American history. And he survives them all with only honesty and niceness as his shields.And yet this is not a heartwarming story about a mentally retarded man. That cubbyhole is much too small and limiting for Forrest Gump.

Tom Hanks, his accent, his acting, everything just takes my breath away! Forrest Gump is adorable, anyone would fall in love with him immediately and his smile is infectious (maybe except for Lieutenant Dan). Although the movie is a little long (2hours 22minutes) I have no complaints. I have seen this movie at least 10 times, whenever I feel low I just put this on and forget all my worries. All the protagonist has to say is "My mama always said" (in his southern accent) and I melt. This movie leaves you feeling warm and happy and makes you want to come back for more.