Heartwarming, nostalgic, and...

Rating: 9/10 (27 June 2017)

Forrest Gump is a great movie. I doubt you're reading these reviews at this point to try to figure that out. It is deeply inspiring, if a bit too saccharine at points. The story it tells is uplifting, and the film blends archival footage with new stuff masterfully.
The movie does tend to be a bit of a Grand Tour of Baby Boomer cultural touchstones, not that that is necessarily a bad thing! Forrest Gump has long been my movie to reinforce my faith in the universe and humanity itself, and Forrest is one of my all-time favorite characters to ever grace the silver screen. To (mis)quote the famous line, this movie is like a box of chocolates, except with this one, you always know what you're going to get.
(I have seen this before, most recently on May 13, 2017)