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Tom Hanks describes film critics using an expletive


In a lighthearted interview with Conan O’Brien, Hanks called out the hypocrisy of a negative reviewer of his directorial debut who years later called it a ‘cult classic’

Tom Hanks has described film critics as “cocksuckers” in a jokey rant during an interview with Conan O’Brien. Titanic and Avatar director James Cameron also responded to negative comments about his work, saying: “You know what? Here, directed by Robert Zemeckis and promoted as a “Forrest Gump reunion” featuring a de-aged Hanks alongside Gump co-star Robin Wright, has been widely slated by critics, including in a one-star review from the Guardian’s Benjamin Lee.

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