Is Forrest Gump a satire?

I am watching Forrest Gump for the first time since I was a teenager. Like any time I re-watch a movie for the first time as an adult, I'm noticing so many things that would've gone right over my head at the age I last watched. The bell that I cannot unring -- is the movie Forrest Gump satire? Relative to the way American Psycho is satire?

Maybe I am asking an obvious question and that was the point all along, and I just had yet to learn enough about life and history to catch on. Would love to hear thoughts on the subject from someone more knowledgable than myself!