I was born an idiot - but Im cleverer than most people think, says Forrest Gump. And this soon becomes clear in this wonderfully warm and funny story about a good-hearted young man from Alabama who wins a medal for bravery in the Vietnam War, who meets the President of the United States of America, and whose best friend is an ape called Sue! Forrest Gump is also an Oscar-winning film, starring Tom Hanks and Sally Field.