This film has everything that a person could want; action, romance, sentiment, comedy and yet people still slate it, I really don't understand! This is one of my favorite films of all time, and Tom Hanks is one of the greatest actors of our generation in my opinion and so I find it very difficult to see why people dislike it so much. The storyline itself is great, it's brilliant in its simplicity ... read more
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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 W
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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
"One of my favorite Tom Hanks movies, I've met a surprising number of people who hate this film, though still quite a few who love it. I don't know if I'd put it in a top ten all time list, but it's a solid movie that I enjoy immensely, perhaps because of the underlying message in the movie, or at least, making one think on just what causes events to happen in our lives. "
The Cinephile added this to a list 6 months, 3 weeks ago
“This film has everything that a person could want; action, romance, sentiment, comedy and yet people still slate it, I really don't understand! This is one of my favorite films of all time, and Tom Hanks is one of the greatest actors of our generation in my opinion and so I find it very difficult to see why people dislike it so much. The storyline itself is great, it's brilliant in its simplicity - basically the story of a young boy's life, and the amazing things he does with it. Each character brings something else to the story that adds to its brilliance and all the actors in it play their parts with the utmost talent, especially Tom Hanks and Robin Wright. As many of my friends know, I often watch this film burning with fury at Wright's character Jenny and the way she treats her suppose” read more
kristerocky added this to a list 2 years, 12 months ago
"Get the pitchforks and flaming torches out. I'm prepared to be hunted by the townsfolk for saying this but this movie is just "eh". Perhaps it is just way passed it's prime, however I'm sure there are plenty out there that consider this a modern classic. This is one of those emotional exploitation films that exists just to make the masses cry and feel bad. Or I just don't "get it".
Fave Scene: Captain Barbossa's super secret hidden cameo on the Bubba Gump shrimp boat during the storm scen"
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