Though far from perfect, the fact that the film constantly wears its
earnest sentimentality on its sleeve registers as less of an
irritating bug than an endearing feature in today's cultural discourse
where an entire generation of viewers have become so inescapably
irony-pilled that they don't seem capable anymore of emotionally
responding to an ultra-sincere tear-jerker without an ounce of
self-deflating cynicism.
-- Guillermo
de Querol, commenting on
Forrest Gump (movie, 1994),
Taste of Cinema
(April 2, 2024).