Forrest Gump (1994) Movie Info
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | Forrest Gump (1994) |
| Director | Robert Zemeckis |
| Screenplay Writer | Eric Roth |
| Based on Novel by | Winston Groom |
| Lead Actors | Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise |
| Cast | Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field, Haley Joel Osment, Sam Anderson, Siobhan Fallon Hogan |
| Genre | Drama, Romance |
| Release Date | July 6, 1994 (United States) |
| Duration | 2h 22m (142 minutes) |
| Budget | ~$55 million |
| Language | English |
| Country | United States |
| Box Office (Worldwide) | ~$678.2 million |
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Summary
A moron lives out the American Dream while you sit there, wondering where the hell you went wrong in your life.
Review
Everyone loves Forrest Gump, right? Wrong! I loathe each moment of this movie more than the previous one and by the end, I want to take that box of chocolates and shove it so far down Forrest’s throat that you can read “Whitman Sampler” through the skin on his neck. The entire film is a massive hulk of maudlin claptrap that is so blatant in its manipulation of the audience that I felt like I’d just been to a gynecologist after my first viewing and I don’t have the necessary equipment.
Forrest stumbles from ridiculously contrived and cute plot point to another that is supposed to serve as some sort of snapshot of American culture while the soundtrack gives all the baby boomers in the audience something to rock out to because that’s all they did back then, rock out to the oldies. Basically, the lesson in Forrest Gump is if you’re not Forrest you are shit. Lt Dan loses his legs, the love of his life dies of AIDS and his mama, well, she ain’t around for the end credits, let’s put it that way.
The only reason I saw this in the first place was an attractive woman named Jenny, and let’s put it this way we ain’t seeing each other anymore.
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