The most underrated "overrated" movie there is.

Rating: 8/10 (16 February 2002)

People who dislike "Forrest Gump" simply because it won a Best Picture Oscar over modern classics like "Pulp Fiction" or "The Shawshank Redemption" are doing the film a disservice. Nobody really considers the Oscars to be a true indicator of artistic merit anyway. Director Robert Zemeckis has created an excellent fantasy that manages to combine comedy, drama and emotion. It is not a perfect film, true, but it's still better than ninety percent of the movies out there.