Too long

Rating: Null/10 (16 October 1999)

This wasn't anything special, if you want to know my thinking-I really thought they went over board in their putting Forrest the Dummox here into Every significant historical event since '55,. So he saw Elvis, JFK, did Vietnam, Watergate, started the jogging craze, had his slutty gal die of Aids, etc. So what? The film shoulda ended before they started the whole Forrest Running across the USA bit; instead it got milked and milked even farther than before.
Gimme a break.
I liked Hanks' work here, and some of the direction, but the whole film struck me as being an overlong episode of either the Twilight Zone or Quantam Leap. So Forrest was there for everything important in Western Culture since Ike-so what??? Yawn.
**1/2 outta ****, gimme Back to the Future or American Graffiti anytime over this.