20 Things You Somehow Missed In Forrest Gump

5. Bubba's Family Attended Forrest's Wedding

Forrest Gump Tom Hanks
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Forrest eventually moves back to Greenbow and marries Jenny in a small, intimate ceremony attended by only their closest friends and family.

Though it's never explicitly stated, pay close attention and you might notice that Bubba's family are clearly part of the wedding party on the left-hand side.

We never see their faces, but given that Bubba's mother is a distinctive-looking lady on the larger side and is shown to have three daughters and two other sons earlier in the film, the fact that we see a larger woman surrounded by five younger people (two boys, three girls) at the wedding seems to make it pretty clear who they are.

Given that Forrest sent half of his Bubba Gump Shrimp Company earnings to Bubba's family, it's not terribly surprising that they might've kept close with Forrest. Still, a nice little detail.

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