The "Is he smart ? Or is he like..." line is a true masterpiece. It took seven words to make the audience realises that Forrest has been self-aware all along. He knows he's not smart and because of that, he went through A LOT and he doesn't want his kid to go through what he's been through. Forrest's first reaction to meeting with hid kid was "I want the best for that kid, I want to protect him". Forrest may have a few IQ points less thn most people but he surely has more heart than most people. Forrest is the best friend or husband anyone could ever have because he will amways put the ones he cares for first, before even himself. He would go throught Hell to protect you.
The reveal that Forrest has been self-aware of his condition this whole time just makes this scene all the more heartbreaking. The last thing he would ever want is anyone to go through life like he did. Especially his child. He knows he’s different and how that can be frustrating to some people.
I think he always knew. When the prostitutes called Lieutenant Dan a freak, Forrest says something about Lieutenant Dan not wanting to be called a cripple anymore than he (Forrest) wanted to be called stupid. I think the beauty of this scene is that he never let it get him down, until he thought his son might go through the same thing.
@MegaSkills9 he's 32 now and lives across the country, but i have many when he was a boy. When he looked at me during Signs at the end and saw me in tears, he grabbed me and huge me hard. He was so little at the time.
God, your heart clenches when Forrest asks Jenny "is she smart or is she like me" and the relief on her face when she hears her answer... impossible not to cry
Only Tom Hanks could have brought out all of Forrest's emotions in that one scene. From the tears in his eyes, to his body language, to his delivery of the lines. Everything is there. Brilliant actor!
She could have called literally any news network, told them her story, and they would jump all over the chance to reveal the news to him, live, on the news 😂
this scene has always hit me the hardest.🥺 One of my greatest fears was that any children I bore would endure my personal struggles. Over the years I have learned to love myself-appreciate my uniqueness, and I now celebrate all that they are-including the parts that previously vexed me.
Peter Scolari, Tom Hanks friend from the show Bosom Buddies, called Tom after watching Forrest Gump and said, “Man, when did you learn to act?” He didn’t know Tom had it in him.
@LesleyWelsh-eb8cm of course he is. Jenny wouldn't lie to Forrest about that. She really does love Forrest. He was just to much love for her broken mental state to handle at the time. It takes a long time to deal with sexual abuse. Also remember that the day she left, he went running and didn't stop for three years. As soon as she could find him again she sent him the letter to come to her. She apologized for her behavior and was probably about to tell him about Lil Forrest when the boy got home.
I am not a Jenny fan but when some people say that she should have told Forest about little Forest, she could not have. Forest went for a three year run when she left and with this being the 1990's, he had no cell phone. When he got home he found her letter and then found out. I hope that this helps.
I can't remember the last time their were 3 classic epics up for Best Picture at the Oscar. You had Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction and Shawshank Redemption.
Yep. And then there are years when deeply flawed films win Best Picture. I won't mention any years lest I step on any toes, but yes, it sure was a tough category in 1995.
A lot of people get mad at Jenny for distancing herself from Forrest. But she just never felt worthy of anything because of the abuse she suffered as a child. It wasn't until she gave birth that she started to feel some self-worth and began putting her life back together.
I think I remember that she didn’t think she deserved someone as nice as him, so after their one night stand she ran off, not to mention what she went through in her youth :(
I really appreciate your channel. You try to include the most sincere reactions and you give credit to the original reactors. This is the channel I would produce if I created content. Thank you.
No one seems to get that the day she left his house in the taxi (before she knew she was pregnant) That Forrest went running - no phone, no internet - he disappeared for 3 years. As soon as he got back she wrote to him to come and visit her.
@@IndyTravelGuide This is like saying she could not find a certain famous sports star in 1994 during a bronco chase. Forest is getting that kind of attention for weeks during his run.
@@martinishotwhile she is working full time to support her child. Speaks more about her character that she didn’t go chasing him down like a desperate groupie because he was famous. She wrote him a letter.
@@JPuReTaLeNt Yes has known him since age 8, Was proposed marrage by him. You are so in tune and so understanding of what a groupie is. If she went to CNN or another media with photos of them covering 30 years asking them to take her to him they or somebody would do it for an exclusive. You know that is what would happen or do you not even understand how media works. Females freindzone guys all the time.This was that going on for many years. But when she got the terrible news she knew reaching out to him was the right thing.
Folks like to trash Jenny, for not telling Forrest that he was going to have a son. However, just like with Forrest's letters to Jenny from Vietnam (Returned to Sender, due to no deliverable address), Jenny had no way to get a letter or phone call to Forrest. He was off running across America for three-plus years.
Yeah no way to reach him... Except the news and fans literally TRACKED HIM his entire run. They knew exactly where he was and where he was going. Did you miss that part of the movie...? In this clip alone she SHOWS HIM SHES BEEN FOLLOWING HIM
@@IDiggPattyMayonnaise true but she has a kid to look after, and those folks can abandon their responsibilities or it was their job to follow him. Not trying to excuse her behavior but i doubt most single mothers are able to chase down someone like Forrest
@@IDiggPattyMayonnaise Okay, how was she supposed to do that? You think the USPS is going to track him down and deliver it to him? What world are you living in? The newspaper and magazine clippings are at least a couple of days old by the time they go to print. A newspaper may say he's at one location, but by the time she reads it, he's long gone. The best anyone could be back then, was a few days behind. "THEY TRACKED HIM HIS ENTIRE RUN" is hearsay. That point was never stipulated in the movie.
@IDiggPattyMayonnaise it's obvious that you were born after the invention of internet and cell phones. The articles she showed were monthly publications so if she went where the articles are from she would only be 3-4 weeks late.
Alot of people dont realize that Jenny was interrupted from telling Forrest about Lil Forrest by their son's arrival. She apologized for treating him as she did because she knew she had committment issues because of her tragic childhood.
*THIS* is the empath test. Anyone who hated Jenny is *not* an empath. God gave her a Forrest bc she needed it so desperately. He was the only love in her life before their child was born. And she got her life together to be a good mother for Little Forrest. That's literally all a man can ask of a woman... be a good, loving and stable mother for his child. Jenny did that. Give her her credit for overcoming the worst of life, to give her child the best she could give him. 💛🌻
Sorta personal story but ill share anyway I have autism, the only one in my family who has it. When my sister got married and had her first boy i was so happy for her because when we were little she always talked about having kids. Im not good with kids but i love my nephews (she had two boys). One day we go put and have dinner somewhere and she tells me she was starting to think my first nephew has autism. I didnt show it but my heart sank. I was really upset and scared because my life is a struggle with what i have and its frustrating when ur always around ppl who dont understand you. He hasnt been tested but i hope he doesnt just so he doesnt have to go thru what i did. And even if he does id love him no matter what (Small note: i believed my autism was the start of something on our family dna and that it would strike another family member down the family tree. Kinda like skipping one person and hitting the next. My sister is preggers again and this time it might be a girl. Really happy she finally got a boy and a girl :) hope eveyrone is having a blessed day and sorry for the long comment)
The second that Jenny says the words "you're his daddy forrest,"you can tell the first thought in his head is "Please god don't let him be like me." It kills me that he has been perfectly aware of his disabilities throughout the whole film and his first reaction upon hearing he's become a father is abject terror that his child is going to have that same life.
@@RansomHollywoodYes, the famous single telephone that stretches across every state and has one phone number. We've all seen it. Super inefficient. Glad they finally found another use for it.
You were right to put Cinebinge at the beginning. They had the most emotional reaction. Some of the reactors totally gloss over how brilliantly Tom hanks performed the “Is he Smart?” scene. Hanks was *in* the character and felt those emotions along with Forrest (even tho Forrest isn’t real). It probably takes the cake for the greatest bit of acting ever performed in cinema.
My husband always knows when I'm watching another Forrest Gump reaction bc when this scene comes on 9 times out of 10, I scream "Because he was RUNNING!!" He rolls his eyes & mutters "Another 1? really?" I understand the generation gap but come on, cell phones were still a WHILE away
It's not a generation gap issue. Even when the movie came out there was a LOT of people who had an immediate gut reaction to the scene. It takes time to sit with the scene unless you've been through it yourself. That's what changed people's mind back then and that's what changed people's mind today.
@@Lunch_Meat You don't seem to understand the comment. It refers to all the reactors who ask why Jenny didn't contact Forrest earlier. The reactors miss that there were no cell phones back in the day.
@@libertyresearch-iu4fy aaaand you seemed to have missed my point which is that it's not just a cell phone issue because even back then people were saying she could have done SOMETHING since he was such a public figure.
@@Lunch_Meat You're right, and no one in this world, regardless of age or 'generation', can claim to correctly absorb absolutely everything in a good movie with a complex narrative in one sitting. Who among us hasn't thought "Oh now I get why he did this", or "I missed this clue before" or "hey she always wear pants and never a dress, maybe it signifies something about her character" etcetera, when we rewatch a movie. Also, many of these reactors are young. They're on a learning curve too, just like we were/are. Anyway, you're right, back in 1995 it took me quite some time to process the story and make complete sense of it. Besides, these reactors all know the story takes place in the pre-cellular era - they're not completely clueless about that.
For those whose first reaction is to ask why Jenny deprived Forrest of seeing his son until now. : First, she is introducing them now. Forrest didn't find out about it some other way and catch her, she initiated this meeting. So let's at least give her credit for that. Second, he went running and was continually on the road for over 3 years immediately after the conception. By all accounts, he went running in 1976, Little Forrest was born in 1977, and this meeting takes place in 1981, when the child is 4, less than 2 years after he stopped running. Third, Jenny has been dealing with an unfairly cruel and toxic childhood her entire life, including the multiplied effects of a lifetime of drugs and poor choices that were a direct result of that childhood. She has just gotten her life together since the pregnancy (realize most people in that situation never do), watching Forrest's running in the media while a waitress and mother. She likely went through more than a little self-doubt as to whether approaching Forrest during that year or so since he stopped running would be seen as her trying to use him somehow. Remember, she's spent her life loving Forrest, yet thinking herself not good enough for him. She also sees him as innocent and vulnerable, while she likely casts her love for Forrest as something impure, and like her father, taking advantage of an innocent. She keeps running from Forrest to protect him, from herself! She was all messed up before this meeting, as she said, gradually coming out of a lifetime of pain and self-flagellation, and would have been no good for Forrest (either of them) until she finally confronted and fixed all that wrong-headed thinking. Fourth, she's just gotten a diagnosis that's a death sentence, in terms of the medicine of the time. This has served, along with the reality of her own motherhood, instead of causing her to go to pieces, to crystallize her resolve to finally put away her remaining self doubts, reunite with Forrest in the time they have left, and give him the gift of introducing him to his son. Unlike those who see only fault and blame in Jenny, I know how Forrest would react. He would see his son, as he grows up through all the years to manhood, perhaps partnering with Lt. Dan in the family business, as Jenny's greatest gift she ever gave him. Better than running shoes.
Agree. Though to me it's one of those situations where we shouldn't separate the sexes in terms of emotional responses. It's simply human to be moved to tears by scenes like these. I feel sorry for anyone who suppresses his tears because of the fear of being labeled a 'softy' or whatever. It cannot be healthy.
People hate on Jenny and say she should have told Forrest about Junior. However remember she is an abused child and spent her life running. She was probably told she was a burden on her father for years and than she internalized it. She thought she would hold Forrest back. And as an abused child she thought her child would also hold him back (probably). It wasn't until she got herself into a good place that she could look at her life objectively. She probably got therapy as well.
Most people i talked about this movie doubted that it's really his kid. People got such a bad opinion of Jenny that they think she lied and used him until the end...
You need awareness to be able to tell someone that you had a child for them? What? 😂 Jenny took advantage of Forrest for nearly his whole life and then robbed him of seeing his child grow up from a baby. She's genuinely a horrible person.
She also seems to be making an amends through her words and actions(living amends). It implies to me that she may have been working a good 12 step program.
It's amazing all these Girls are crying and saying he is such a Good Guy, But there a Guys like Forrest exist in the real world and they not only get ignored by Women but by Society aswell.
I always wonder why people don’t pay attention to the movie. He was RUNNING for 3 years people!!!!! And she was abused as a child!!!! People are so ignorant of details!
Agreed. Very few people get to go to a film school or some Drama & Film course at the tertiary level. So for most people, the perception exists that a film is nothing but a series of "what happens next" moments. One cannot blame them for that (I was also like that as a kid), but it is sad knowing that a good 80-90% of what is portrayed on screen passes the average viewer by. It's the same with novels. To read a (good) book truly intelligently, it's advised to formally study literature, no matter how high one's IQ is. Movies are no different in that regard.
The actors asking why she didn't say anything to Forest... He was running across the country for years. How was she supposed to get in touch with him? He's still wearing the running shoes.
Cinepals friends pretty much always call a scene in advance right before it happens when there's not a clue what's gonna happen. Like seriously now. If you're gonna pretend that you're seeing it for the first time, don't give it away that you know what's next. There's no upfront clue in the scene.
Do y'all think he really is the dad? I damn hope so. I'd like to think she didn't want to have the child of any of the shitty guys that abused her, and to stick it to them chose to carry Forrest's child, the best and purest man she's ever known. Even though she didn't actually love him romantically
Some people misinterpret jenny about why she kept his son a secret. Forrest Gump was just too good of a man. A star athlete, a war hero, a ping pong legend, a millionaire fisherman. It’s just a lot of shoes to fill in as his partner. She didnt think she was deserving of him. She planned to raise her son alone but when she knew she was dying. She had to contact forrest.
People that don’t understand Jenny’s character have the emotional intelligence of a potato. She was sexually abused as a child. Terribly. That destroys you. I know from experience. It takes a long time to come to terms with what happens to you as a child when it’s that traumatic. She didn’t believe she deserved love, especially a love as complete as Forrest’s. “Why didn’t she tell him?” Did everyone forget the part right before this where he is literally not home for 3 years running from coast to coast?? Again…potatoes.
Is he smart or is he....? Is he what? Like you? A good man who keeps his word and does the right thing all the time? Smart isnt everything. It isnt even the most important thing.
You weren't paying attention. One example is when Forrest says about Lieutenant Dan: "He didn't want to be called cripple like I didn't want to be called stupid."
@ Yes I guess I forgot, he’s not completely unaware. But just shows that he understands it enough that he’s immediately scared this child will have to go through what he did.
People that hate Jenny are pieces of shit. This woman spent her childhood getting molested by her father. She is destroyed. She tries to find herself and keeps her distance from relationships. She hits her bottom as a suicidal, drug addicted prostitute. She comes home because she desperately needs help, really falls in love with Forrest, makes love to him but runs away because she believes she doesnt deserve love. Unfortunately, she gets knocked up. She chooses not to complicate Forrest's life and doesnt chase money, raising the kid on her own. BUT she finds out she's dying and she needs to unite her son with his father. HE proposes to her, she accepts, and the 3 of them get the little slice of heaven they all deserved, for at least a little while. That is a journey. She didnt get to be a simpleton that took all the right turns. She was a broken person that needed to find her own way.
Very well said. To these reactors' defence, I can only say they're still young. Lots to learn about humans yet. At that age, I also had a very limited understanding of the forces that shape our lives, characters, values and personalities. I only watch these because it's interesting to see how a new generation experiences the popular films of the late 20th century, but I take their observations with a grain of salt. Many of them will probably cringe when they look back at these reactions in 20 years' time...
@JacoWium Unfortunately, this lack of empathy for the underprivileged and damaged by young people feels more prevalent these days. I'll just call it "current events" that seem to confirm this.
@matthewpaul526 This is like saying she could not find a certain famous sports star in 1994 during a bronco chase. Forest is getting that kind of attention for weeks during his run.
@@matthewpaul526 "chose not to complicate his life" until she was dying and undependable Chad disappeared is much worse and would evoke even more scorn in comments. Stick to the cannot be found story like the rest of the Jenny damage control.
Is he smart or does he have the makings or a multimillionaire decorated war hero and college football star, world beating ping pong champion, ultrarunner...
@@LittleBlueOwl318because its paternity fraud and contrary to what a lot of women believe its disgusting and evil to let a man bring up a child believing its his when it isnt
It's the 70s. Therapy existed, but was treated as something only crazy or weak-minded people need, so most people who actually needed therapy probably didn't want to admit they need therapy.
The "Is he smart ? Or is he like..." line is a true masterpiece. It took seven words to make the audience realises that Forrest has been self-aware all along. He knows he's not smart and because of that, he went through A LOT and he doesn't want his kid to go through what he's been through. Forrest's first reaction to meeting with hid kid was "I want the best for that kid, I want to protect him".
Forrest may have a few IQ points less thn most people but he surely has more heart than most people.
Forrest is the best friend or husband anyone could ever have because he will amways put the ones he cares for first, before even himself. He would go throught Hell to protect you.
The fact that Forrest was aware of his limitations is what hits the hardest
What limitations….
@@msharp6887 ikr, achieved more than 99.9% of people
yeah, the fact that he was terrified he'd given that child those limitations
@@msharp6887 its OK to recognize limitations in people, you know. We all have them.
@ not forest gump
The reveal that Forrest has been self-aware of his condition this whole time just makes this scene all the more heartbreaking. The last thing he would ever want is anyone to go through life like he did. Especially his child. He knows he’s different and how that can be frustrating to some people.
Almost all the reactors missed this most important part. Forrest was afraid the child would be "slow" like him! That was what made him withdraw...
I think he always knew. When the prostitutes called Lieutenant Dan a freak, Forrest says something about Lieutenant Dan not wanting to be called a cripple anymore than he (Forrest) wanted to be called stupid. I think the beauty of this scene is that he never let it get him down, until he thought his son might go through the same thing.
And the very first thing he asked is if he's smart 😢
"Forrest, there's something you need to know about Forrest................he sees dead people."
like the Indian he just (see money) without doing any actual work himself lol
He also is really attached to the stuffed Donald Duck and Goofy toys I got him.
Plot twist 😂
Is he smart?....Brought tears to many peoples eyes.
It broke my heart. Between this and Signs, having a young blonde son made me feel the scenes. Very painful.
@@everettbateman4741 I was one of the people that cried watching it. Give your son a hug and a kiss. 😉
@MegaSkills9 he's 32 now and lives across the country, but i have many when he was a boy. When he looked at me during Signs at the end and saw me in tears, he grabbed me and huge me hard. He was so little at the time.
God, your heart clenches when Forrest asks Jenny "is she smart or is she like me" and the relief on her face when she hears her answer... impossible not to cry
Only Tom Hanks could have brought out all of Forrest's emotions in that one scene. From the tears in his eyes, to his body language, to his delivery of the lines. Everything is there. Brilliant actor!
“Why didn’t she tell him?!”
Forrest Gump: I ran for 3 years 2 months 14 days and 16 hours.
Yeah, but she could have reached him coz he was all over the news.
@@viralhodgepodge2843that’s actually why she wouldn’t be able to reach him. This was the 80s, they didn’t have cell phones and he was always running
She could have called literally any news network, told them her story, and they would jump all over the chance to reveal the news to him, live, on the news 😂
People are watching this movie that don't remember the time before cellphones and email.
this scene has always hit me the hardest.🥺
One of my greatest fears was that any children I bore would endure my personal struggles. Over the years I have learned to love myself-appreciate my uniqueness, and I now celebrate all that they are-including the parts that previously vexed me.
Peter Scolari, Tom Hanks friend from the show Bosom Buddies, called Tom after watching Forrest Gump and said, “Man, when did you learn to act?” He didn’t know Tom had it in him.
I love watching these reactions to Forrest Gump. It reminds me of how good of a movie it was. One of my fav's.
That kid is set up for life. Heir to a very wealthy fortune. And the object of unconditional love.
and most likely Forest is not the biological father, smh
@LesleyWelsh-eb8cm of course he is. Jenny wouldn't lie to Forrest about that. She really does love Forrest. He was just to much love for her broken mental state to handle at the time. It takes a long time to deal with sexual abuse. Also remember that the day she left, he went running and didn't stop for three years. As soon as she could find him again she sent him the letter to come to her. She apologized for her behavior and was probably about to tell him about Lil Forrest when the boy got home.
Tom Hanks's acting without any speech, is another level
I cry every time I see this clip. His concern over his son having to go through what he goes through. It's sad, loving, very touching.
Dude fightin back MAD tears in front of his gf @ 4:24. Lol.
Brother I came in here to comment that exact thing! If you listen closely, you can hear him swallow down the tears!
good man. smart man. take notes.
@@keyholer4664 If you cant cry in front of the woman you are with, you are in the wrong relationship.
I am not a Jenny fan but when some people say that she should have told Forest about little Forest, she could not have. Forest went for a three year run when she left and with this being the 1990's, he had no cell phone. When he got home he found her letter and then found out. I hope that this helps.
Guys, don't worry about the waterworks. This part starts mine every time I watch it. I wasn't surprised, but I was.
Real men cry too.
I can't remember the last time their were 3 classic epics up for Best Picture at the Oscar. You had Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction and Shawshank Redemption.
Yep. And then there are years when deeply flawed films win Best Picture. I won't mention any years lest I step on any toes, but yes, it sure was a tough category in 1995.
A lot of people get mad at Jenny for distancing herself from Forrest. But she just never felt worthy of anything because of the abuse she suffered as a child. It wasn't until she gave birth that she started to feel some self-worth and began putting her life back together.
I think I remember that she didn’t think she deserved someone as nice as him, so after their one night stand she ran off, not to mention what she went through in her youth :(
I really appreciate your channel. You try to include the most sincere reactions and you give credit to the original reactors. This is the channel I would produce if I created content. Thank you.
No one seems to get that the day she left his house in the taxi (before she knew she was pregnant) That Forrest went running - no phone, no internet - he disappeared for 3 years. As soon as he got back she wrote to him to come and visit her.
😂😂😂😂
She never should have left. That’s the point. She caused his run.
@@IndyTravelGuide This is like saying she could not find a certain famous sports star in 1994 during a bronco chase. Forest is getting that kind of attention for weeks during his run.
@@martinishotwhile she is working full time to support her child. Speaks more about her character that she didn’t go chasing him down like a desperate groupie because he was famous. She wrote him a letter.
@@JPuReTaLeNt Yes has known him since age 8, Was proposed marrage by him. You are so in tune and so understanding of what a groupie is. If she went to CNN or another media with photos of them covering 30 years asking them to take her to him they or somebody would do it for an exclusive. You know that is what would happen or do you not even understand how media works. Females freindzone guys all the time.This was that going on for many years. But when she got the terrible news she knew reaching out to him was the right thing.
Folks like to trash Jenny, for not telling Forrest that he was going to have a son. However, just like with Forrest's letters to Jenny from Vietnam (Returned to Sender, due to no deliverable address), Jenny had no way to get a letter or phone call to Forrest. He was off running across America for three-plus years.
Yeah no way to reach him... Except the news and fans literally TRACKED HIM his entire run. They knew exactly where he was and where he was going. Did you miss that part of the movie...? In this clip alone she SHOWS HIM SHES BEEN FOLLOWING HIM
@@IDiggPattyMayonnaise true but she has a kid to look after, and those folks can abandon their responsibilities or it was their job to follow him. Not trying to excuse her behavior but i doubt most single mothers are able to chase down someone like Forrest
@@IDiggPattyMayonnaise Okay, how was she supposed to do that? You think the USPS is going to track him down and deliver it to him? What world are you living in? The newspaper and magazine clippings are at least a couple of days old by the time they go to print. A newspaper may say he's at one location, but by the time she reads it, he's long gone. The best anyone could be back then, was a few days behind. "THEY TRACKED HIM HIS ENTIRE RUN" is hearsay. That point was never stipulated in the movie.
@IDiggPattyMayonnaise it's obvious that you were born after the invention of internet and cell phones. The articles she showed were monthly publications so if she went where the articles are from she would only be 3-4 weeks late.
Yeah, the whole trashing Jenny thing didn't start until the youngest millennials and Gen z grew up.
Alot of people dont realize that Jenny was interrupted from telling Forrest about Lil Forrest by their son's arrival. She apologized for treating him as she did because she knew she had committment issues because of her tragic childhood.
*THIS* is the empath test. Anyone who hated Jenny is *not* an empath. God gave her a Forrest bc she needed it so desperately. He was the only love in her life before their child was born. And she got her life together to be a good mother for Little Forrest. That's literally all a man can ask of a woman... be a good, loving and stable mother for his child. Jenny did that. Give her her credit for overcoming the worst of life, to give her child the best she could give him. 💛🌻
F*cking masterclass in acting
Sorta personal story but ill share anyway
I have autism, the only one in my family who has it. When my sister got married and had her first boy i was so happy for her because when we were little she always talked about having kids. Im not good with kids but i love my nephews (she had two boys). One day we go put and have dinner somewhere and she tells me she was starting to think my first nephew has autism. I didnt show it but my heart sank. I was really upset and scared because my life is a struggle with what i have and its frustrating when ur always around ppl who dont understand you. He hasnt been tested but i hope he doesnt just so he doesnt have to go thru what i did. And even if he does id love him no matter what
(Small note: i believed my autism was the start of something on our family dna and that it would strike another family member down the family tree. Kinda like skipping one person and hitting the next. My sister is preggers again and this time it might be a girl. Really happy she finally got a boy and a girl :) hope eveyrone is having a blessed day and sorry for the long comment)
The second that Jenny says the words "you're his daddy forrest,"you can tell the first thought in his head is "Please god don't let him be like me." It kills me that he has been perfectly aware of his disabilities throughout the whole film and his first reaction upon hearing he's become a father is abject terror that his child is going to have that same life.
He was running for over 3 years, she obviously couldn't get in touch with him, there were no cell phones back then.
Logistics wasn't the problem for Jenny not letting Forest know.
There was that thing a TELEPHONE! HELLO. Light's are on, but nobody's HOME!
@@RansomHollywoodYes, the famous single telephone that stretches across every state and has one phone number. We've all seen it.
Super inefficient. Glad they finally found another use for it.
Thank you for this emotional compilation
You were right to put Cinebinge at the beginning. They had the most emotional reaction. Some of the reactors totally gloss over how brilliantly Tom hanks performed the “Is he Smart?” scene. Hanks was *in* the character and felt those emotions along with Forrest (even tho Forrest isn’t real). It probably takes the cake for the greatest bit of acting ever performed in cinema.
My husband always knows when I'm watching another Forrest Gump reaction bc when this scene comes on 9 times out of 10, I scream "Because he was RUNNING!!" He rolls his eyes & mutters "Another 1? really?"
I understand the generation gap but come on, cell phones were still a WHILE away
It's not a generation gap issue. Even when the movie came out there was a LOT of people who had an immediate gut reaction to the scene. It takes time to sit with the scene unless you've been through it yourself. That's what changed people's mind back then and that's what changed people's mind today.
@@Lunch_Meat You don't seem to understand the comment. It refers to all the reactors who ask why Jenny didn't contact Forrest earlier. The reactors miss that there were no cell phones back in the day.
@@libertyresearch-iu4fy aaaand you seemed to have missed my point which is that it's not just a cell phone issue because even back then people were saying she could have done SOMETHING since he was such a public figure.
@@Lunch_Meat You're right, and no one in this world, regardless of age or 'generation', can claim to correctly absorb absolutely everything in a good movie with a complex narrative in one sitting. Who among us hasn't thought "Oh now I get why he did this", or "I missed this clue before" or "hey she always wear pants and never a dress, maybe it signifies something about her character" etcetera, when we rewatch a movie. Also, many of these reactors are young. They're on a learning curve too, just like we were/are.
Anyway, you're right, back in 1995 it took me quite some time to process the story and make complete sense of it. Besides, these reactors all know the story takes place in the pre-cellular era - they're not completely clueless about that.
@@dogsmusicbookstravelscience well said
This film was very emotional. Incredible movie, with incredible acting, as well. Appreciations for sharing this!
For those whose first reaction is to ask why Jenny deprived Forrest of seeing his son until now. : First, she is introducing them now. Forrest didn't find out about it some other way and catch her, she initiated this meeting. So let's at least give her credit for that.
Second, he went running and was continually on the road for over 3 years immediately after the conception. By all accounts, he went running in 1976, Little Forrest was born in 1977, and this meeting takes place in 1981, when the child is 4, less than 2 years after he stopped running.
Third, Jenny has been dealing with an unfairly cruel and toxic childhood her entire life, including the multiplied effects of a lifetime of drugs and poor choices that were a direct result of that childhood. She has just gotten her life together since the pregnancy (realize most people in that situation never do), watching Forrest's running in the media while a waitress and mother. She likely went through more than a little self-doubt as to whether approaching Forrest during that year or so since he stopped running would be seen as her trying to use him somehow. Remember, she's spent her life loving Forrest, yet thinking herself not good enough for him. She also sees him as innocent and vulnerable, while she likely casts her love for Forrest as something impure, and like her father, taking advantage of an innocent. She keeps running from Forrest to protect him, from herself! She was all messed up before this meeting, as she said, gradually coming out of a lifetime of pain and self-flagellation, and would have been no good for Forrest (either of them) until she finally confronted and fixed all that wrong-headed thinking.
Fourth, she's just gotten a diagnosis that's a death sentence, in terms of the medicine of the time. This has served, along with the reality of her own motherhood, instead of causing her to go to pieces, to crystallize her resolve to finally put away her remaining self doubts, reunite with Forrest in the time they have left, and give him the gift of introducing him to his son.
Unlike those who see only fault and blame in Jenny, I know how Forrest would react. He would see his son, as he grows up through all the years to manhood, perhaps partnering with Lt. Dan in the family business, as Jenny's greatest gift she ever gave him. Better than running shoes.
This scene breaks grown man. Me too. And I think it's the manliest thing ever.
Agree. Though to me it's one of those situations where we shouldn't separate the sexes in terms of emotional responses. It's simply human to be moved to tears by scenes like these. I feel sorry for anyone who suppresses his tears because of the fear of being labeled a 'softy' or whatever. It cannot be healthy.
People hate on Jenny and say she should have told Forrest about Junior. However remember she is an abused child and spent her life running. She was probably told she was a burden on her father for years and than she internalized it. She thought she would hold Forrest back. And as an abused child she thought her child would also hold him back (probably). It wasn't until she got herself into a good place that she could look at her life objectively. She probably got therapy as well.
“ I’m probably going to need a tissue”. 8:35 Yep, me every single time.
And not only a single tissue either..
Most people i talked about this movie doubted that it's really his kid. People got such a bad opinion of Jenny that they think she lied and used him until the end...
Jenny was hurting. She was abused. There wasn't nearly the awareness about how to handle this stuff back then
You need awareness to be able to tell someone that you had a child for them? What? 😂 Jenny took advantage of Forrest for nearly his whole life and then robbed him of seeing his child grow up from a baby. She's genuinely a horrible person.
@Dafroman01 Wow. Bots do better at parsing text than you do.
You do realize that the letter he got may have arrived a couple of years ago while he was on the road?
Jenny needed that time to get clean and sober.
Jesus Christ does no one watched the movie, he was running way over 3 years 🙈
I can’t handle people who are not crying at this scene!
She also seems to be making an amends through her words and actions(living amends). It implies to me that she may have been working a good 12 step program.
Forrest Gump is a horror movie for men who arent into simping.
The most infamous scene responsible for many an ugly cry😂. Including my own ❤...
First time I've seen Asia cry during a movie reaction. :)
Jenny is the antagonist, anti villain of sorts. All his life she hurts him. Until the end of hers, when she needs him
"Is he smart or is he like...?" For the first time in his life he saw his intelligence as a burden...only in fear of passing it on his son 😢😢😢
Also? Why do people keep forgetting Forrest was gone for 3 years so Jenny couldn't tell him about his son 😢😢😢😢
This is a masterpiece. The film is art.
I have a difficult time spending the effort.
It's amazing all these Girls are crying and saying he is such a Good Guy, But there a Guys like Forrest exist in the real world and they not only get ignored by Women but by Society aswell.
Truth
He refers to jenny as an angel but still thinks his son is the most beautiful thing hes ever seen.
She ran away all her life
The greatest villain in movie history. Only contacted Forrest once she was sick.
The second that Jenny would tell me that that kid is MINE, I would have said, "My name is NOT Forrest--NOT Forrest Gump. BYE NOW!"
Everyone is glad you aren't named Forrest Gump.
She didn't keep him from Forrest, he was away running for 4 years.
I always wonder why people don’t pay attention to the movie. He was RUNNING for 3 years people!!!!! And she was abused as a child!!!! People are so ignorant of details!
Agreed. Very few people get to go to a film school or some Drama & Film course at the tertiary level. So for most people, the perception exists that a film is nothing but a series of "what happens next" moments. One cannot blame them for that (I was also like that as a kid), but it is sad knowing that a good 80-90% of what is portrayed on screen passes the average viewer by. It's the same with novels. To read a (good) book truly intelligently, it's advised to formally study literature, no matter how high one's IQ is. Movies are no different in that regard.
The actors asking why she didn't say anything to Forest... He was running across the country for years. How was she supposed to get in touch with him? He's still wearing the running shoes.
People don't realise she couldn't tell him because he was out running
Watching the guys tear up more than the girls ❤
As a father of 2 daughters this scene hits like a speeding car, I couldn't imagine not knowing my children
@nightfangs2910 mine got taken away because of my ex. This hurts me every time. I miss mine so much.
I never don't cry at this scene.
Being moved is a universal characteristic, and I'm glad our species has evolved to understand that crying is not a character flaw in a man.
This scene is the pychopath test. You don't at least tear up then you gotta get outside more or something bruh
Tom Hanks is a Phenomenonal actor.
Cinepals friends pretty much always call a scene in advance right before it happens when there's not a clue what's gonna happen. Like seriously now. If you're gonna pretend that you're seeing it for the first time, don't give it away that you know what's next. There's no upfront clue in the scene.
Everyone commenting on Jenny. What gets me is with the question from Forrest, it means he knows he is different.
The two women who reacted together were a little toxic, but all-in-all, it was a good compilation.
Thank You.
Jenny was the WORST
Jenny selfish to the very end. If she didn't get Aids, she never would have sent that letter. Forest wouldn't have ever met his son.
Do y'all think he really is the dad? I damn hope so.
I'd like to think she didn't want to have the child of any of the shitty guys that abused her, and to stick it to them chose to carry Forrest's child, the best and purest man she's ever known. Even though she didn't actually love him romantically
Some people misinterpret jenny about why she kept his son a secret. Forrest Gump was just too good of a man. A star athlete, a war hero, a ping pong legend, a millionaire fisherman. It’s just a lot of shoes to fill in as his partner. She didnt think she was deserving of him. She planned to raise her son alone but when she knew she was dying. She had to contact forrest.
I don't think it's possible for Tom Hanks to do a bad job. For my money, there's no better actor in Hollywood.
I named him Forrest, after his daddy.
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You’re his daddy, Forrest.
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Jenny is the greatest villian. Ever.
Hard for Jenny to tell Forrest about his son cause he was running
Forrest loved Jenny, and others needed to deal with it. 😊
Forrest may have been slow but his swimmers certainly werent
Apparently that kid can see dead people
People that don’t understand Jenny’s character have the emotional intelligence of a potato. She was sexually abused as a child. Terribly. That destroys you. I know from experience. It takes a long time to come to terms with what happens to you as a child when it’s that traumatic. She didn’t believe she deserved love, especially a love as complete as Forrest’s. “Why didn’t she tell him?” Did everyone forget the part right before this where he is literally not home for 3 years running from coast to coast?? Again…potatoes.
So true!!!
🤷🤷🤷
No matter what caused her actions Jenny is still the true villain in this movie
@ijustgame6682 You can not be more wrong. Apparently, the first post was made to describe your emotional intelligence perfectly.
Yeah
Women: find a man who looks at you how Forrest looks at Jenny.
Great reactions
Bert and Earnie
Don’t tell me this is y’all first time seeing this movie?
Is he smart or is he....?
Is he what?
Like you?
A good man who keeps his word and does the right thing all the time?
Smart isnt everything. It isnt even the most important thing.
Great moment where so much of the movie goes by before you see, yes, he does realize how smart he is, etc.
You weren't paying attention. One example is when Forrest says about Lieutenant Dan: "He didn't want to be called cripple like I didn't want to be called stupid."
@ Yes I guess I forgot, he’s not completely unaware. But just shows that he understands it enough that he’s immediately scared this child will have to go through what he did.
Was Jerry Springer or Maury around back then.
Yes, he's smart.. He's just a little off upstairs..
The thumbnail looks like clones of each other
People that hate Jenny are pieces of shit.
This woman spent her childhood getting molested by her father. She is destroyed. She tries to find herself and keeps her distance from relationships. She hits her bottom as a suicidal, drug addicted prostitute. She comes home because she desperately needs help, really falls in love with Forrest, makes love to him but runs away because she believes she doesnt deserve love. Unfortunately, she gets knocked up. She chooses not to complicate Forrest's life and doesnt chase money, raising the kid on her own. BUT she finds out she's dying and she needs to unite her son with his father. HE proposes to her, she accepts, and the 3 of them get the little slice of heaven they all deserved, for at least a little while. That is a journey.
She didnt get to be a simpleton that took all the right turns. She was a broken person that needed to find her own way.
Very well said. To these reactors' defence, I can only say they're still young. Lots to learn about humans yet. At that age, I also had a very limited understanding of the forces that shape our lives, characters, values and personalities. I only watch these because it's interesting to see how a new generation experiences the popular films of the late 20th century, but I take their observations with a grain of salt. Many of them will probably cringe when they look back at these reactions in 20 years' time...
@JacoWium Unfortunately, this lack of empathy for the underprivileged and damaged by young people feels more prevalent these days. I'll just call it "current events" that seem to confirm this.
@matthewpaul526 This is like saying she could not find a certain famous sports star in 1994 during a bronco chase. Forest is getting that kind of attention for weeks during his run.
@martinishot Where did I say she couldn't find him? Please, quote me.
@@matthewpaul526 "chose not to complicate his life" until she was dying and undependable Chad disappeared is much worse and would evoke even more scorn in comments. Stick to the cannot be found story like the rest of the Jenny damage control.
Crying my butt off.
It was that guy from that car no not really of course it’s his
How have these grown ass ppl not seen this movie before? Its crazy that ppl think this is a genuine first time watching.
Is he smart or does he have the makings or a multimillionaire decorated war hero and college football star, world beating ping pong champion, ultrarunner...
The writing in this movie is as intense as the acting. 🎭
Nooooo Forrest
Interesting how all the women are so quick to judge Jenny .
All the women? You're exaggerating. A couple did. Most did not.
I give him 50/50 chance it's actually his. We need a DNA test here....
A more Modern version: Same characters and dialog, except the kid has a much much darker complexion.
Forrest and Forrest obviously don't question it, so why do you?
@@LittleBlueOwl318because its paternity fraud and contrary to what a lot of women believe its disgusting and evil to let a man bring up a child believing its his when it isnt
There’s a 50/50 chance it’s his, but there’s only a 10% chance of that.
Hiv test too
Is that child even his?
Had Jenny never heard the tragic news from the doctor, you have to question if Forest would have seen his son ever.
If you are a man, this movie falls in to the genre of horror.
Lightweight Gaming over there bawling her eyes out
People hated Jenny but they forget…Therapy didn’t exist back in those days, Jenny couldn’t get help for her trauma. 😢 She was alone.
It's the 70s. Therapy existed, but was treated as something only crazy or weak-minded people need, so most people who actually needed therapy probably didn't want to admit they need therapy.
@Wurzelknecht no there needs to be a distinction psychiatrist and therapist are different things
She wasn't alone, ever, wherever she went, however far she roamed, Forrest was never more than a phone call away.
@@Prkwon Psychologists existed back then too, dipshyt.
@levilandes1719 and clearly she didn't want him to have to deal with her trauma....