Jenny’s Story Is So Sad! | Forrest Gump Reaction | An Emotional FIRST TIME WATCHING! 

According to the script, THIS is what Forrest had to say about the war in Vietnam: "In Vietnam, sometimes people go home to their mommas without any legs. And sometimes they don't go home at all. That's a bad thing."

The best moment for me is when Forrest asks Jenny, "Is he...is he like me?", telling us he did know he was different.

There's not a lot of movies that make me cry everytime, but this one does. Especially the scene with Forest meeting his son and seeing how smart he is. It hits me like a ton of bricks everytime, holy hell.

I want to say thank you for understanding Jenny better than many reactions I’ve seen. This was one of the most sincere reactions to this movie and I’m really glad you enjoyed it.

I love that you understand the pain and trauma Jenny was going through. She was telling Forrest to run all the time and not to be brave when he was going to Vietnam as well as telling him “you don’t know anything about love.”.. when in reality.. she was the one who’s constantly running away and don’t know what real love is. She had such a tragic childhood and obviously her and her sisters were most likely SA..emotionally..physically abused by their father..maybe she witnessed the abused that her mother had too. So all she knew about love, relationships, and marriage was ABUSE. She would go for not so good guys who hurt her physically and emotionally. She couldn’t get out of that toxic circle and you’re right.. even though she deeply cares and loves Forrest..he’s too pure and too good for her. As if she will bring nothing but bad things that will taint or hurt Forrest more. So she pushes him away because she doesn’t think she deserves or is worthy of such love and affection. Then she fell into drugs and went on an even more darker path. Also, remember Forrest ran for 3 years…they don’t have cellphones at that time. How can she call him when she found out she’s pregnant? He started running not too long after Jenny left him. So how can she possibly explain herself? Thankfully, Forrest went back home and received her letter..but ppl tend to forget about that time line. Oh and to clarify the book said that Jenny had contracted hepatitis c from her drug addiction phase. Obviously, she cleaned up her life and I’m sure when she found out she was pregnant with Forrest’s baby..that was her SAVING GRACE tbh. For the rest of her life she managed to just LOVE AND BE LOVED.. to finally accept and embrace true and real love through her baby and Forrest. I love the symbolism of the birds flying when Forrest was talking to Jenny’s grave. Jenny’s answered prayer came true..her journey was rough in the beginning, but she finally found peace and true happiness in the end.

Winner of 6 Oscars including Best Picture. Also, in case you were wondering what Forrest was saying in Washington DC, when his speech was cut off, he actually said, "Sometimes, when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their momma' without any legs, sometimes they don't come home at all. That's a bad thing. That's all I have to say about that."

Most male reactors don’t really get Jenny. You came the closest to understanding her. Childhood trauma especially that kind, can manifest exactly the way Jenny acted. They really got the psychology right. I think it’s something close to 80% of sex workers had childhood trauma, many being sex abuse. Many do self harm and turn to drugs.

This is still considered one of the best movies ever. It's memorable, it's quotable, and it can easily go from funny to heartbreaking. And the movie is more memorable for the incredible cast and gorgeous cinematography. It's amazing that this movie is still relevant today. It truly is timeless.

The "Is he smart?" breaks me every damn time. He always knew he wasn't the brightest 😭😭

Fun fact: the Bubba Gump restaurant is actually a real seafood restaurant, inspired by this movie.

As someone who always felt like he wasn't the smartest, this movie is literally my comfort movie

It doesn't get noticed too much today, but the ability to remove Lt Dan's legs using special effects and make it look real was mind-melting at the time. Forrest Gump won the Oscar for Special Effects.

Thank you for not being one of the people that irrationally hate Jenny. She’s had a hard life. And you’re right, she isn’t rejecting Forrest because she’s a heartless b***, she knows/thinks she isn’t good for Forrest. He’s a pure soul and she does live him which means she doesn’t want to drag him down. So many reactors just hate on Jenny for no reason. Not taking into consideration her background. It’s refreshing to watch someone who understands.

I think most people, including me, also thought HIV or AIDS is what Jenny died from. But according to the director, it was Hep-C and she got it from the intravenous drug use. This is one of my favorite movies. It never gets old.

1994 was such a great year for films, and Forrest Gump is no exception! This film is so good from the acting, the dialogue, cinematography, just pretty much everything. A really emotional movie with a really exceptional story.

I love the line where Forrest is pushing him across the street and someone stops and honks at them and he slams his hand ✋ on the hood and says "hey I'm walking here😂".

I love this movie so much because I can relate with Jenny not alot of people understand what child abuse do to children and the lasting affects it can have even as adults.

This was after Tom Hanks worked on Toy Story

Forrest Gump is one of the best films in history! The cast are good; the story sweet and sad and the soundtrack is cute. It is one of my 3 favourite movies which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

This movie had a big effect on Gary Sinise. He formed the Lt. Dan Band, in which he plays bass, to do shows for the troops. And he started The Gary Sinise Foundation where they build smart homes for veterans who has lost limbs on the battlefield. Just something to make their lives easier. It's a wonderful charity.

If the ending of this and The Green Mile, also starring Tom Hanks and based on a novel, doesn't break you, there's something severely wrong with you.

It takes a lot for a movie to make me tear up and this movie repeatedly does that and straight up makes me cry at least once every time I watch it. This movie is just incredible.

Tom Hanks is a LEGEND!

@ItsTotallyCody! A lot of people give Jenny a bad rep, which I understand because of what she put him through. But I’ve always thought that she did love Forrest but she didn’t think she deserved him because of how pure he was, so she’d try to toss him away and not drag him down. And what she went through as a kid made it hard for her to feel loved like she didn’t feel before. Which is why she went after men who was abusive to her like her father was. because its all she knew also I enjoyed your reaction.

When Lt. Dan are in the bar during New Years he says "the day you're a shrimp boat captain is the day I'm an astronaut." Gary Sinise and Tom Hanks would be astronauts in Apollo 13

It feels good to see you react to a classic movie that hit home by how beautiful and story driven this movie was. As I remember during my History class, we had to watch this movie during our studies and take some key notes on what we just watched. As it was a good movie to watch and find it interesting. Till some time years later, I still watch the movie during my age in the 20s and remember the good times during school watching it. 😌 With that said, I still cry at the movie when watching as I had a special Coach/Teacher that sadly passed away from a snow accident and when I heard about it. I just put on Forrest Gump to remember his legacy by the movie being his favorite. So thank Cody for watching the movie and I can’t wait to see what movie is next for watching.

I loved how this movie portrayed the five stages of grief and loss through Lieutenant Dan.

In addition to telling Forrest's life story, the movie also tells Jenny's life story from Forrest's perspective. That was highlighted by Cody's empathy for Jenny and commentary throughout the movie reaction. Very well done.

I can see a lot of myself in Forrest Gump; needing some help in school, not always catching on to social cues or what people actually mean when they say certain things, wanting to protect my loved ones and fight anyone who treats them wrong, and overall just doing what I know is best and wanting the best for most people 💕🍫 I will say, as much as I don't want Paramount Pictures to make a remake or reboot or anything like that of this movie, I would like to see an in-depth story of how Lieutenant Dan met and married his Vietnamese wife. I just think it'd be really interesting how they fell in love despite their countries history with each other.

One of my favourite movies of all times. Thank you for reacting to it. The 90's are such an amazing decade for films in general.

Completely agree, 10/10, a masterpiece. I don't know how many times I've seen this movie, or seen people react to it, since it came out but I cry every single time. I'm glad you understand why Jenny struggles and behaves the way she does. Not every reactor I've watched has, I've seen her get plenty of hate. Yes she treats Forrest badly at times but not everyone understands how traumatized she is and what that can do to a person. And when she says "Stay way from me" and when she runs away from him I've always thought it was because she did care for him and didn't want to drag him into her mess, and perhaps she didn't feel like she deserved to be loved either. I just think she was unable to accept his love until she got better.

Thank you for getting Jenny! She's broken and doesn't want to hurt him!

Tom Hanks definitely deserved that Oscar! One of his best movies!

In Canada 🇨🇦 we had a guy named Terry Fox run across Canada with one leg and one prospetic leg, and we have a bronze statue of him in Ottawa Ontario and a running track called Terry Fox.

Lt Dan was so touched by this movie with veterans that he donated alot of money for the veterans and homes for veterans who came back and alot of veterans sent messages to him on his laptop 💻 and the last person was to pop up on screen was Tom Hanks and he was waving hi Lt Dan which made him smile with tears.

Words honestly can’t express how much I love this movie, it is such a big part of my life growing up and I am so glad you enjoyed it. You are also one of the few reactors I have seen who actually understood what was going on with Jenny. Kudos Cody 👍

I love almost anything with Tom Hanks and this is my all time favourite movie. It's a hell of an emotional rollercoaster, especially with Jenny's childhood leading into the troubled soul she becomes.

I LOVE how forest sees Lt. Dan. No matter how Dan feelt, said, did and was treated by everyone else and how he saw himself to forest he was always the same person he always known him as. Lt. Dan!❤😂

She's messed up from her childhood 😢 💔

Truly, this movie is such a classic and something everyone should experience at least once. This was the first movie I ever cried at when 12 and still makes Mr cry everytime I watch it.

Love this movie seen it years ago and still watch it

There's the feather 🪶 he picked up from the beginning of the movie and put it in that curious George book and it just fell out.

The guy that shot John Lennon was seen reading Catcher in the Rye when Lennon gave him his autograph.

i love this movie, but i always find myself feeling nervous about watching reactions to it bc a lot of reactors don't give jenny or the abuse she went through much empathy, so i tend to avoid them. but i already knew that you were going to understand the nuance of her character, and it was really nice to see that you did. thanks cody also yes, you were correct about jenny having hiv/aids

One of Tom Hanks’ greatest success. No question, just the symbolism, quotes, acting, and all those heartbreaking moments that made us crumble. Without a doubt, one of the greatest movies of all time.

Forrest Gump's mom Sally Feilds is amazing and a very good actress, I first saw her on the movie Mrs Doubtfire 😀 ❤

I seen alot of his movies like Toy Story, Saving Private Ryan and many others

I saw this in the theater with my mom. ❤ Cried so much! Such a great movie! Came out in 1994. Same year as Shawshank Redemption and Pulp Fiction. Great year at the Oscars! Tom Hanks won back to back Oscars, the other for Philadelphia in 1993. ANOTHER tearjerker, but FANTASTIC movie!

Gosh, I cry every time... Tom Hanks's delivery of "Is he smart?" makes me so emotional, that I always need a minute. Loved the reaction, Cody! Keep it up (like always 😉)

As soon as this popped up in my notifications I said 'awww' I instantly knew we where in for an emotional hour and I loved every second of your reaction ❤️

50:55, Yep, it was at this moment that we all knew..................this was a very touching moment, even for Cody! We never actually see him get this Emotional while watching a Movie at all until now, and I don't blame him at all. 1:02:41, This Movie likes to get emotional so much it even made Cody get all choked-up!

This is one of the few movies that can make me cry like 5 times in one sitting😂😂

He didn't want everyone knowing about the war so he unplugged it

This is my dad's favorite movie!

Thanks for the reaction❤

This part still gets me every time I watch this movie 🎬 😢

Thank you for being such a wonderful soul. It's always such a pleasure following your reactions, it always sets a smile on my heart. And I thought your shoutout to the military was really nice. Thanks again 👍

Present day Forrest was filmed downtown in my city. Henry street is about 5 or 6 blocks away from where they were sitting so it’s an actual fact.

wonderful reaction, and I knew it would be before I ever clicked on it. I knew you wouldn't be too hard on Jenny and her messed up life. I can't watch the end without crying no many how many times I see it.

As a wise Bobcat once said: “What could possibly go wrong?”(Also his name is Bubsy bobcat in case anyone was wondering )

Believe me when you have crap done to you as child it doesn't go away no matter how much you talk about it to someone, your messed up in the head so bad sometimes you don't wanna live cause you feel horrible about yourself.

3:35 It's Aunt May from The Amazing Spider-Man films 😃.

After this movie Gary Sinise became VERY involved in Veteran charities. He even started a band and as far as I know STILL does USO tours for active duty and fundraising shows. It's called "The Lt. Dan Band"

One thing I've always been convinced of is that the stout gentleman who talks to Forrest about the "bullet that jumped up and bit him" was himself a veteran. Everything in his body language and his tone screamed to me that he himself had seen battle, had even lost his own best good friend in combat. There's more than just sympathy, like the little old lady. There's empathy--this man knows exactly how Forrest feels, because he's been through the exact same thing.

Such an incredible movie I'm so happy you were able to watch this movie Cody and I'm glad I was able to watch it as one of your fans I cried just as much the first time I watched it especially when we heard about what happend to Jenny when she was little I also love how you talked a little bit about your experience in the military thank you for your service

20:43, Well, at least the Guitar she's holding is somewhat covering most of her Body in this scene. So I guess you can say that she's actually censoring her Body for you right now.

This is a great story. I love listening the theme music by Alan Silvestri

I really appreciate your title. I haven’t had the chance to watch your reaction yet, but people tend to be mad at her and the way she treated Forrest without quite understanding her life trauma and how it effected her actions through your her life

I love this movie so much. Incredibly rewatchable and so emotional and funny.

This movie was extremely awesome! I love it!!! Alan Silvestri, my God, he is the best composer in this film!😊

As far as Gary Senise, the first thing I always think of is TV. It's CSI New York. But he was lieutenant Dan in this and he was also one of the main characters in of mice and Men. He might have been in some other things I've seen but I'm not sure I would have to check his wikipedia.

Loved your reaction to this timeless classic Cody, what Jenny had according to the writers was hepatitis C which she got from using dirty heroine needles

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. Your reaction is so respectful & beautiful. All the feels.

Just come across you in last few days. And I am evening binging your reactions. Thank you for another beautiful one 😊

Me at the beginning 🙂 me at the end 😭 this movie is One of the best movie ever

Let's go ! This movie is such a classic and emotional rollercoaster, I'm hlad you got to see it !

This is such amazing movie and one of Toms Hanks best in my opinion 😊😊😊I love the story so much and the characters of course especially Forrest,it is amazing to see journey he went through and all the hurdles he had to face especially losing his Mum and Bubba and trying get together with Jenny but I’m happy he finally got to together with her at the end an happy she changed her life around too but it is sad when she passes away😢😢😢but it’s great to see him as a Dad and a hero as well. Thanks you reaction Cody to this masterpiece and can’t wait to see what you do next 😊😊😊😉😉

Amazing reaction to an amazing film. Wasn’t one of my faves growing up but as I’ve got older it’s grown on me. Great vid Cody!

Cody, your reaction is a treasure, and I thank you for sharing it. Your compassion and life experience is a beautiful contribution, especially regarding the characters of Dan and Jenny. Also, thank you for your service. I unfortunately wasn't eligible myself: very high ASVAB score, but the powers that be didn't like that I was on psychiatric medication. It was a big disappointment as both my parents were in service and I really wanted to be a military therapist. Somehow life works out anyway, and I'm grateful to be where I am. Something to be said for Gump's philosophy in that.

You notice most the pictures you see him in his eyes are closed 😅

Gary Sinise and Tom Hanks ended up doing three solid films together in the 90s : Forrest Gump, Apollo 13 - true story, and highly recommended - and The Green Mile.

Fun fact of nobody's told you yet lieutenant Dan in order to play that role since Gary sinise didn't know much about the military at that point. He had gone to speak to some guys in the military about their experiences and he gained such a respect for the military that basically he's become an advocate for military and military charities from that point on I always figured why he had such a connection to the military was maybe he had a relative who was in the military who he really looked up to. But no, it was because of his experiences learning about it for lieutenant Dan

my boyfriend was a hardcore jrotc guy in high school and hes now an infantry marine. he says: dont do it. HAHAHA

Mark David Chapman did cite Catcher in the Rye as an influence and he had a copy on him where he wrote "this is my statement" and signed it as Holden Caulfield, the book's main character, when he shot John Lennon in 1980. But Catcher in the Rye was published in 1951 and Chapman was just batshit insane.

Excellent reaction and you’re very insightful man

I had to watch this in history class to debate facts and fiction. Great reaction! Aloha from Hawaii! 🌺

It's OK to show emotions Cody, real men show emotions 🫂. So sweet

It’s so refreshing seeing a male reactor being empathetic towards Jenny. Great reaction!

Cods, you should probably have a box of tissues on stand by for these kinds of films

One of the best reactions of forrest gump well done Cody!

My husband is a 19k. Joined in 2020. He has been in for 3 years now.. He just signed up for 6 more years. We have loved it so far! I love living in different states and learning new things. Its definitely hard but so worth it.

Hey Cody, I appreciate your service. I was in the USMC for 6 weeks and got kicked outta basic training at the halfway point for the trouble I got in (a stupid 17-year-old kid). Then I joined the US Air Force and served for 13 and a half years before the USAF offered people money to get out, which I did. No regrets. I love the military and anyone who tried to serve. With that being said, have you seen Jojo Rabbit, Only The Brave, After Hours or 12 Strong? I'd really like to see your reaction to any of those movies. They're all GREAT movies. I'm gonna start checking out your reactions cuz I enjoyed this reaction to FG. Keep it up.

I'm in the Air Force and your reactions and comments whenever something military has come up have been awesome boss. Puts a smile on my face, just keep doing what you're doing and give Ares my love, love that pooch.

I just watched this movie and let me tell you it is so moving and so sad especially the ending of it, oh my god nearly made me cry which it did, such a heartfelt movie.

Great, great reaction. My favorite movie of all time. I’m glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you Cody. I've been debating joining the coastal guard or the army for quite some time now, and I've been physically training myself too, but I've been too scared of what is to come. I always like hearing other people's experience.

This movie was my childhood I relate to this because I had braces on my feet when I was a kid

I loved every cut and pause at the right moments. By the way, you were the only person who talked about Jenny's virus and I tried to figure it out. I always thought it was HIV/AIDS beucause of the drugs and multiple partners. Another great reaction..... Greetings from Brazil, dude.

Love your reaction. Here's my sub 👍

I cannot with this movie. You laugh and then cry and then laugh and then cry again.... It's too good. ❤