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www.filmcritic.com - : Why? Forrest Gump certainly plays to the sucker inside all of us, a tale of how a person can overcome any obstacle (even mild retardation!) if he only tries hard enough. Tom Hanks, in an Oscar-winning performance, gives his usual best in the title role, as he rumbles through football games, Vietnam, ping-pong playing, shrimp boat captaining, distance running, and of course, adventures in love with his precious Jenny (Robin Wright), who winds up on the wrong side of the tracks. The problem, I think, is that real people have found themselves unable to replicate Forrest's success -- and these are people who are not mildly retarded. In fact, the more you think about it, the more you start to resent the impossibility of Forrest Gump, and that just won't do, will it? more...
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