The moment where he can't even bring himself to ask if his son is "like him" was, for me, the most heartbreaking moment of the film.

"You died on a Saturday morning..." gets me every time.

"Forrest? " -"Yeah Bubba?" -"I wanna go home." tears. tears everywhere.

One of THE best movies of all time. Also, Lt. Dan ICE CREAM!

Onions. Everywhere.

dad always told us growing up the moral of his story is "if a simple man can do so much with his life, why can't you?"