One of the most magical, touching and inspiring films ever

Rating: 10/10 (21 July 2015)

Forrest Gump is an amazing movie. Tom Hanks gives what is arguably his best and most iconic performance in a movie that never ceases to surprise me.
There are a million things that could have gone wrong with this movie, such as Forrest Gump becoming an annoying character or thinking wrong of Jenny for constantly denying Forrest, but thanks to the performances, writing and directing by Robert Zemeckis, this never happens. Actually, it's quite the opposite! You grow to love Forrest Gump and you can totally understand where Jenny is coming from considering what she's been through and the time period they live in. This movie show us the time period it takes place in so well and it ties in the events that happened during that time incredibly well. Many people don't get the message of the movie. It's not just some dumb guy taking part in random events throughout history because of luck. No. Absolutely not. Forrest Gump tells an inspiring story about a man, seen inferior by others because he's not intelligent, who accomplishes some of the most incredible things some of us could only dream of doing. Why did he do them? Because he felt like it. The message of this movie is, anyone can do anything, no matter where they stand in society or where they come from. If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish it.
There aren't many, or any bad things I can say about this movie, so I'll just say this. Forrest Gump is an incredible movie, it's one of my favorite films of all time.