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Rated: PG-13
Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, et al.
Director: Robert Zemeckis Review
The Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Director Robert Zemeckis,
and Best Actor Tom Hanks, this unlikely story of a slow-witted but
good-hearted man somehow at the center of the pivotal events of the 20th
century is a funny and heartwarming epic. Hanks plays the title character,
a shy Southern boy in love with his childhood best friend (Robin Wright)
who finds that his ability to run fast takes him places. As an All-Star
football player he meets John F. Kennedy; as a soldier in Vietnam he's a
war hero; and as a world champion Ping-Pong player he's hailed by Richard
Nixon. Becoming a successful shrimp-boat captain, he still yearns for the
love of his life, who takes a quite different and much sadder path in
life. The visual effects incorporating Hanks into existing newsreel
footage is both funny and impressive, but the heart of the film lies in
its sweet love story and in the triumphant performance of Hanks as an
unassuming soul who savors the most from his life and times. --Robert Lane
----------- I love, love, love this movie. Maybe I'm biased
because I saw it for the first time when I was 10 with all my older
cousins who loved it, and then I've seen about a zillion more times in the
following 6 years. I'm 16 now. Tom Hanks is genius in this role, and it
made me add him onto my list of "favorite actors." (He was good in
Castaway, too.) I also love the soundtrack - all the relevant songs from
the time period. The special effects that put Forrest in all those
different events were impressive as well - I can't say enough! This is one
of the best movies ever made.
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