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Movie Overview
Cast
Tom Hanks
Robin Wright
Gary Sinise
Director
Robert Zemeckis
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - for drug content, some sensuality and war violence.
Forrest Gump (1994)
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OFCS Rating: 80% Fresh
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4/5
"It sure seemed great at the time, but
Gump
is aging, and not very well."
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
C-
"The wearisome Forrest Gump won six Oscars."
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
8/10
"This film is both serious and funny, entertaining and thought-provoking and it could make people laugh and cry with equal degree of ease."
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Dragan Antulov
"An enchanting and creative parable about a contemporary holy fool whose brand of selflessness is free of reason's madness and the ego's frivolous grandeur."
Spirituality and Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
4/4
"Passionate and magical,
Forrest Gump
is a tonic for the weary of spirit."
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
3.5/4
"views the world with such an open eye and optimistic attitude that you're willing to overlook how much it simplifies complex phenomena just because it makes you feel so good"
Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
8/10
"Forrest may be dumb, but he ain't stupid."
DVDTown.com
John J. Puccio
4/4
"There's only one word to truly describe
Forrest Gump
: magical."
Montreal Film Journal
Kevin N. Laforest
0 out of -4..+4
"It was competently made but overlong and occasionally infuriating."
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Mark R. Leeper
9/10
"
Forrest Gump
has an intricacy and depth that is more rewarding while still being enormously engaging."
Flick Filosopher
MaryAnn Johanson
4/4
"A great film."
TheMovieReport.com
Michael Dequina
5/5
"Its flaws don't do it any great harm; it's as comforting as an afternoon nap, but also as refreshing."
eFilmCritic.com
Rob Gonsalves
A
"The good-natured humor is wonderful in the film, but the thing that makes it so entertaining is how it hits all the human emotions dead-center without resorting to cheap melodrama."
Laramie Movie Scope
Robert Roten
8.5/10
"See website for more details."
Screen It!
Rory L. Aronsky
1/4
"Toeing the centreline like a motherf***er while Rome burns. Can I get an "amen"?"
Film Freak Central
Walter Chaw
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