Forrest Gump: Love it or Hate it?

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It implies that "be nice" is all you need to be successful in life and devalues education and intelligence.

While I respect your opinion that it's not a good movie, your reasoning here is not very accurate. Not all successful people are intelligent, educated individuals. Some people ARE in the right place at the right time. Luck has a lot to do with success.

As for Hanks, he's OK as an actor. Better than some, not nearly as good as others.