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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)

REVIEWS
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
OTHER
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
OFCS Rating: 80% Fresh
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