Forrest Gump (1994)

Release date: 1994-07-06
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Production Co: Paramount Pictures
Genre: Romance, Drama
Rating: 8.8/10
Length: 2h 22min

Storyline

Forrest Gump is a simple man with a low I.Q. but good intentions. He is running 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 friends called Dan and Bubba, he wins medals, creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspires people to jog, starts a ping-pong craze, creates the smiley, writes bumper stickers and songs, donates to people and meets the president several times. However, this is all irrelevant to Forrest who can only think of his childhood sweetheart Jenny Curran, who has messed up her life. Although in the end all he wants to prove is that anyone can love anyone.

Plot Keywords

vietnam war, amputee, war hero, running, famous line, chocolate, hippie, fainting, fight, washington d.c., assassination of president, death of friend, based on book, based on novel, rainy night, drug addict, character name in title, female nudity, vietnam war veteran, racism

Short Review

Self-ingratiatingly, and for this viewer maddeningly, it blends the comic with the Christly, the satirical with the sentimental, the free-thinking with the fuddy-duddy.