Not overrated, just people have no heart

Rating: 10/10 (1 July 2015)

After my father did a course during the which there was quite some talk about autism, how it works and such I finally got to see again this movie that I had seen only once at a very young age. There are several things (E.G. /MILD SPOILER/ the fact that Forrest is very good at Ping pong because he's able to focus on the ball) that suggest that Forrest is not stupid and retarded, more autistic. Which basically destroys all the accusations of the movie being a "Sentimentalistic ode to stupidity and ignorance".
There are various things with which you can explain why "Forrest Gump" is truly one of the best movies ever. 1st is the acting, not only of Tom Hanks, but also of several other cast members, highlighting Gary Sinise. Another thing to praise is the music. Alan Silvestri truly was able to touch with this movie's music.
Some consistent criticism is driven towards the story. The fact here is the problem with understanding that this is what they call "Modern fable", a story set nowadays that is meant to be touching and talks about what happened in that time, similarly to "The legend of 1900" or "the curious case of benjamin button". This genre seems to not be understood by a pretty consistent number of viewers, therefore receives a limited amount, but present amount of hatred.
Then, when I understood that some haters of this movie are angry because it seems to have stolen the accademy award away from other movies such as the shawshank redemption and pulp fiction I understand that it's just unreasoned hatred. Go watch it, it's truly wonderful.