only mildly entertaining...

Rating: Null/10 (24 March 2002)

This movie was indeed like a box of chocolates. The problem is, I don't like chocolate. I think I had more laughs reading the comments about this movie ["greatest movie ever!!!...Tom Hanks best acting job!!!" etc.] than I did watching the movie itself. I guess it was a great movie if all you are used to are Adam Sandler movies...Of course, I don't think it's the total piece of garbage that some reviewers called it, either. But I certainly don't understand the accolades this mediocre comedy/melodrama inspires. Now, what is funny are the people who thought Tom Hanks's hokey and uneven portrayal of Gump was "brilliant!!!, fantastic!!!" etc. If you want to see someone do some REAL acting, go watch Peter Sellers in the 1979 classic "Being There"...a movie with intelligence.