(spoiler warning) Forrest and Forrest Jr. should get a blood test...

Rating: Null/10 (4 April 2001)

...because when you have unprotected sex with an HIV positive woman, and that woman has a child, you run a sort of, well, "high risk" of receiving HIV (especially Forrest Jr). I guess "Jennay" forgot to tell that to Forrest before she died. GET TESTED, FORREST, and RUN!
I don't mean to be abrasive, but after a second viewing of "Forrest Gump," I noticed this glaring omission. Yes, it is the 1980s, so much less was known about the disease, but the filmmakers should have included something to let the audience know whether the Gump family would share the same fate as Jenny. To me, this is a giant hole in the film, and one that needed to be addressed.
And regarding the film itself...
Personally, I'm in the middle; I don't love or hate "Forrest Gump." The fact that it is overrated drove many to an extreme dislike for the film, yet some feel it is a masterwork. To me, it is neither terrible or great. It is a pretty good movie--enjoyable and humorous, but it is sometimes sappy, sentimental and contrived. Some portions are great and some are poor. In the end, the good outweighed the bad slightly, and I came away satisfied but not totally pleased. Zemeckis has made better films (try "Back to the Future," "Contact," and even "Cast Away"), and so has Hanks.
I recommend "Forrest Gump" marginally because it has a good heart and a good, interesting story...but it also has its fair share of flaws. "Pulp Fiction" and especially "The Shawshank Redemption" deserved the Academy Awards, but oh well...don't complain over something so trivial...awards don't mean THAT much.
"Forrest Gump" can have a 7/10 from me.