<P> The scene where Forrest spots Jenny at a peace rally at the Lincoln Memorial and Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., required visual effects to create the large crowd of people . Over two days of filming, approximately 1,500 extras were used . At each successive take, the extras were rearranged and moved into a different quadrant away from the camera . With the help of computers, the extras were multiplied to create a crowd of several hundred thousand people . </P> <P> The film received generally positive reviews . The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 72% of critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 7.2 / 10, based on a sample of 88 reviews . The website's critical consensus states, "Forrest Gump may be an overly sentimental film with a somewhat problematic message, but its sweetness and charm are usually enough to approximate true depth and grace ." At the website Metacritic, the film earned a rating of 82 out of 100 based on 20 reviews by mainstream critics . CinemaScore reported that audiences gave the film a rare "A +" grade . </P> <P> The story was commended by several critics . 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 .' Any attempt to describe him will risk making the movie seem more conventional than it is, but let me try . It's a comedy, I guess . Or maybe a drama . Or a dream . The screenplay by Eric Roth has the complexity of modern fiction...The performance is a breathtaking balancing act between comedy and sadness, in a story rich in big laughs and quiet truths...What a magical movie ." Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote that the film "has been very well worked out on all levels, and manages the difficult feat of being an intimate, even delicate tale played with an appealingly light touch against an epic backdrop ." The film did receive notable pans from several major reviewers . Anthony Lane of The New Yorker called the film "Warm, wise, and wearisome as hell ." Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly said that the film "reduces the tumult of the last few decades to a virtual - reality theme park: a baby - boomer version of Disney's America ." </P> <P> Critics have compared Gump with various characters and people including Huckleberry Finn, Bill Clinton, and Ronald Reagan . Peter Chomo writes that Gump acts as a "social mediator and as an agent of redemption in divided times". Peter Travers of Rolling Stone called Gump "everything we admire in the American character--honest, brave, and loyal with a heart of gold ." The New York Times reviewer Janet Maslin called Gump a "hollow man" who is "self - congratulatory in his blissful ignorance, warmly embraced as the embodiment of absolutely nothing ." Marc Vincenti of Palo Alto Weekly called the character "a pitiful stooge taking the pie of life in the face, thoughtfully licking his fingers ." Bruce Kawin and Gerald Mast's textbook on film history notes that Forrest Gump's dimness was a metaphor for glamorized nostalgia in that he represented a blank slate by which the Baby Boomer generation projected their memories of those events . </P>

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