Flaws and all, the movie unfolds like a book of short stories and that choice ushered in a confidence the script is able to pull off.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 8, 2024

When analyzing the ultimate endurance that “Forrest Gump” has left in the decades since it first came out, it’s obvious that approaching it with a more inquisitive perspective leaves it with a much shallower impact than it did upon its initial release.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Nov 7, 2024

Forrest Gump is Hollywood film-making at its most corn-fed, sucrose-enriched and calorific; you’ll need a sweet tooth for it.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 16, 2024

Forrest was an ordinary man in extraordinary circumstances.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 3, 2024

Zemeckis has made a fast movie about a slow hero; he transforms Forrest's daffy misconceptions into lyrical flights. Forrest Gump has a softer, more delicate touch and a richer current of feeling than any of the other holy-innocent movies.

| Mar 1, 2024

What makes Forrest Gump a stunning triumph, a departure from the mediocre norm? A big reason is the way the film provides a fresh perspective on the familiar experience, through the eyes of its unforgettable protagonist.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 1, 2024

Forrest Gump isn't a movie for cynics. Instead, it's one of those rare films that seduces viewers into overlooking its faults with the sheer goodness of its heart.

| Original Score: A- | Mar 1, 2024

Hanks' performance [is] a triumph of dignity, decency, and warm-hearted humor... Even more than his Oscar-winning achievement in Philadelphia, this is a role that will be remembered as long as people care about great acting.

| Mar 1, 2024

Forrest Gump is a very fine hour for everybody involved. And it's concrete evidence that Tom Hanks is the best actor working in American film today.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 1, 2024

Forrest Gump is for big kids what playing Nintendo is for little ones -- that is, the neato thing about Robert Zemeckis' film is the clever techno-wizardry produced by Ken Ralston and Industrial Light and Magic.

| Mar 1, 2024

Hanks never strikes a false note, never panders to his mentally slow character nor tries to make him more than he is, despite a script that occasionally calls on him to utter what presumably are intended to be simple profundities.

| Mar 1, 2024

There's an undeniable kick to the idea of recapitulating to the Boomerography as a tale told by an idiot, but the thrill inexorably fades.

| Mar 1, 2024

Intended as a paean to simplicity and a meditation on the quirks of destiny, "Gump" is instead simple-minded and calculated, a cloying, reactionary fable in praise of stupidity.

| Mar 1, 2024

Forrest Gump is about as good as Hollywood movies get.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 1, 2024

Hanks' immersion in character and his convincing interaction with fellow players make Forrest Gump -- gimmicks and all -- a pleasure.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 1, 2024

The best art takes the biggest chances, thereby losing people who can't stretch with it. Forrest Gump is worth the effort.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 1, 2024

Forrest Gump is going to touch a lot of people's lives. It also has a good shot at bringing Tom Hanks a second Oscar for best actor.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 1, 2024

Loosely adapted from Winston Groom's satirical novel, Forrest Gump provides an incredibly rich and daffy historical pastiche.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 1, 2024

Forrest Gump is a rare treat: a movie that delivers a message of hope and faith without delving into preachiness. Much of that success is due to Hanks' majestically deadpan performance.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 1, 2024

It turns tedious toward the end... But when it's good, it's very good, and the way it blends star Tom Hanks, who plays the title character, into actual historical film footage will tickle you to no end.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 1, 2024