Forrest Gump

Paramount Pictures | Release Date: July 6, 1994

7.9	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 1571 Ratings

USER RATING DISTRIBUTION

Watch Now

Stream On

Buy on

Stream On

Expand

Review this movie

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Please sign in or create an account before writing a review.

Check box if your review contains spoilers

0 characters (5000 max)

User Reviews

User score By date Most helpful

J-ShapAug 25, 2011

A thought crossed my mind many years after viewing this picture: Forrest Gump cannot succeed as a sentimental message picture, because it's message is irresponsible. It is a message of ignorance through bliss, the idea that life would beA thought crossed my mind many years after viewing this picture: Forrest Gump cannot succeed as a sentimental message picture, because it's message is irresponsible. It is a message of ignorance through bliss, the idea that life would be inherently easier without our pesky brains and ideas. Hanks plays his role as best he could, but the film mistakes a remarkably sad existence for a happy one.… Expand

10 of 39 users found this helpful1029

All this user's reviews

MaxO.May 30, 2007

One of the worst films I have ever seen. Pretentious, melodramatic, overly-sentimental, and manipulative. An obvious Oscar/credibility bid. It makes me weep that so many people have fallen for it.

1 of 5 users found this helpful

drecool95Jan 26, 2022

One of the most obscenely overrated movies ever made. The whole thing is so cloying and heavy-handed that I seriously had trouble not turning it off halfway through. Trying very hard to say something but without anything interesting to say.One of the most obscenely overrated movies ever made. The whole thing is so cloying and heavy-handed that I seriously had trouble not turning it off halfway through. Trying very hard to say something but without anything interesting to say. It gets worse with age too, and in 50 years will (hopefully) be completely forgotten.… Expand

1 of 5 users found this helpful14

All this user's reviews

JLeighJun 25, 2015

A vile, offensive, lazy shambles of a film that is so saccharine its a wonder watching it doesn't give you diabetes. Please don't watch it if you haven't.

1 of 6 users found this helpful15

All this user's reviews

oscarrMar 12, 2012

I hate this movie with all my life.

3 of 21 users found this helpful318

All this user's reviews

MattC.Oct 6, 2005

Can it be more overrated? Hanks lays up his performance as a dolt. When will people learn that playing a simpleton or disabled person is not always cause for accolades?

1 of 7 users found this helpful

jedwardsAug 30, 2015

This overly sentimental film has often been regarded as one of the finest in cinema history, which it is anything but. This is a badly acted,y written and executed film, that downplays American counter culture events in favour of a dim wittedThis overly sentimental film has often been regarded as one of the finest in cinema history, which it is anything but. This is a badly acted,y written and executed film, that downplays American counter culture events in favour of a dim witted story. The film is patronising to the audience and characters alike, with laughable quotes like "stupid is as stupid does." This is a very poor film, and easily one of the worst best picture winners to date.… Expand

1 of 7 users found this helpful16

All this user's reviews

faustoabNov 5, 2013

The worst film ever made. How could it be consider better then "The Shawshank Redemption" No sense at all. How could it be better then Pulp Fiction No, not at all. I prefer "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" then "Forest Dumb"!

2 of 18 users found this helpful216

All this user's reviews

MattF.May 21, 2008

This was an awful, ignorant, simpleminded movie. Tom Hanks delivered his least nuanced and one-note performance to date, and he won the Oscar! What a disgrace. This is a terrible film whose message is to conform; black panthers and hippies This was an awful, ignorant, simpleminded movie. Tom Hanks delivered his least nuanced and one-note performance to date, and he won the Oscar! What a disgrace. This is a terrible film whose message is to conform; black panthers and hippies are evil. I hate this corny film.… Expand

1 of 12 users found this helpful

AmyB.Sep 15, 2007

I have now seen the majority of this movie 4 times. The first time was in the movie theater. I absolutely hated it - as did my date. HURRAY!!! The second time a liked it a little bit better, but the third and fourth time I went back to my I have now seen the majority of this movie 4 times. The first time was in the movie theater. I absolutely hated it - as did my date. HURRAY!!! The second time a liked it a little bit better, but the third and fourth time I went back to my thoughts. It is the predecessor for so many movies that take aim at certain things I think should be left alone. Sure, I'm old fashioned. But proud of it.… Expand

1 of 12 users found this helpful

thewisekingFeb 6, 2006

perhaps the worst film ever made. never before in the history of cinema has anything this mawkish, pretentious stupid, and manipulative ever been foisted upon us. there is not one single thing in this film which isn't false. it is so perhaps the worst film ever made. never before in the history of cinema has anything this mawkish, pretentious stupid, and manipulative ever been foisted upon us. there is not one single thing in this film which isn't false. it is so outrageously derivative and obviously manipulative that i honestly was hoping, praying, that they were kidding. alas, they were not. this should be preserved, and shown in film schools as an example of "movie making by committee" and as an indictment of the boomer generation and how they destroyed american film.… Expand

1 of 14 users found this helpful

khamos13Jan 2, 2022

how this film has so many positive reviews is beyond me. It insults viewers intelligence.

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

All this user's reviews

PzolskyDec 23, 2022

The plot is the dumbest thing after this being the dumbest idea for a film ever. Only America could produce this.

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

All this user's reviews

NotTheoMillerSep 11, 2020

After watching this movie, I am convinced that Tom Hanks’ favorite color is mediocre. No human being gets that lucky for being stupid.

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

All this user's reviews