Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote, "I've never met anyone like Forrest Gump in a movie before, and for that matter I've never seen a movie quite like 'Forrest Gump.'
Chicago Sun-Times’dan Roger Ebert, “Filmden önce Forrest Gump gibisiyle hiç karşılaşmadım ve hatta Forrest Gump gibi bir film hiç izlemedim.