Forrest Gump is a man with low intelligence, this movie is his life journey where everything seems to work out. Starting in the 50s and ending in the 90s it takes American history and parodies it. Tom Hanks and story is very charming and goes from beat to beat well. My main problem with it is that it feels patronizing you know if you were so simple, you could very easily find your American dream. Sure Forrest gets confronted with reality a couple of times but the script magically moves him on with no trouble. The final flaw is the ending where the script twists and you are supposed to be face to face with some kind of meaning, but there is none to be found.