Forrest Gump (1994) Movie Reviews

mitchellyoung 03/10/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
2/4 

The two star rating is solely based on how the film hits me, which is very cyclical and repetitive. Tom Hanks' portrayal of Forrest Gump is undeniably involving and charming, but the film's plot eventually comes down to running Forrest through an increasingly ridiculous series of historical scenarios and seeing how he reacts. The film's tragic love story is its best asset and, if the film had focused exclusively on that and kept its universe a bit smaller, it could have been a lot more intriguing and inspiring. As it is, Forrest Gump still has a number of iconic lines and moments, but it's also an overrated and bloated mess, especially towards the latter half.

FSUNoles27TS 12/04/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
4/4 

Truly an epic of our time. One of the greatest of all time. Tom Hank's best performance of his career.

Yojimbo 05/10/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
1/4 

Possibly the most over-rated film in movie history, and how you can get a best actor Oscar f o r t a l k i n g v e r y s l o w l y and staring blankly is beyond me. It's nothing more than a 2 hour long Hallmark moment; the history is revisionist, and it's designed purely to make Americans get all dewy-eyed over Old Glory through cynical and manipulative button pushing. For me there's no difference between this and that absurd speech Bill Pullman makes in Independence Day. If it weren't for Gary Sinise, it'd be a total waste of time.

Cora 02/07/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3.5/4 

One of the funniest movies I have seen in my life. One of my favorites.

Irisheyes 10/13/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3.5/4 

Great movie! One of the greats, amazing how it was able to cover so many evens of that generation. Robin wright and Tom hanks were amazing. Great story well passed. For sure a classic

babujoym 07/01/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
4/4 

one of my favoraite movies

Snoogans 06/03/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3.5/4 

This is considered by everyone to be a classic and I would partially agree. It's got lots of humor and heart and memorable characters, but it's not the best film of 1994.

donkeyknight 05/03/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
4/4 

How many times have I rewatched this movie? And yet it still makes the top of the list? So damn good.

PsychoKing1227 10/26/2010 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
4/4 

A powerful epic, in what could be termed a new type of film - a personal "coming-of-age" of an adult. Tom Hanks showcases his powerful talent in this intriguing Oscar-winning role, and the supporting cast (namely Gary Sinise, Robin Wright Penn, and Sally Field) boast star-power and cinematic expertise. A great film that can be described by how many accolades grace its name, "Forrest Gump" is a legendary American fictional biopic.

patrickthemovie 10/15/2010 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3.5/4 

mama said lifes like a box of choclets you never know whatcha gonna well after this review people will know what they will get a great great movie tom hanks best acting role and well its hard to describe a movie like this its great with teh acting whitch was great and the writing was unbelievable because i could have never came up i give cheers to the dircter not sure about his name but i know he made back to the future whtich is another great movie overall great great movie