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Movie Overview
Cast
• Orson Welles
• Joseph Cotten
• Agnes Moorehead
Director
• Orson Welles
MPAA Rating
PG
Citizen Kane (1941)

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OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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5/5
"In addition to being the first great independent movie, Citizen Kane is the first great character drama."  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

"If you haven't seen it on a wide screen, you should check it out. The breathtakingly innovative visuals are the point of this experience."  Philadelphia City Paper  Cynthia Fuchs

95/100
"A cinematic phantasmagoria, this film is a movie lover's wet dream."  Apollo Guide  Dan Jardine

A+
"The most auspicious debut film ever for a director."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

4/4
"A backwards detective story with Kane's lost childhood as an elusive puzzle piece in a lifetime of megalomania."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

4/4
"¿La mejor película jamás filmada? Ciertamente una de las mejores."  Doncinema.com  Flavio J. Arosemena

4/4
"Motion picture archives and collections across the world would be poorer without copies of this film, which will forever be recognized as a defining example of American cinema."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

5/5
"The greatest film of all time now has a DVD to match."  Netflix  James Rocchi

A+
"Reviewing Citizen Kane is like reviewing The Bible or Shakespeare."  Old School Reviews  John A. Nesbit

10/10
"The question isn’t whether Citizen Kane is one of the greatest films ever made; that’s a given. The question is whether it’s THE greatest."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

4/4
"A film that actually feels more modern than most of what we see nowadays, sixty some years later."  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

"This is the inherent paradox of Welles' film: that its ending should be so equivocal, providing a satisfying resolution that simultaneously scoffs at such over-simplification."  Not Coming to a Theater Near You  Leo Goldsmith

5/5
"Kids who watch this movie can never know how revolutionary it was."  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

5/5
"Charles Foster Kane se torna assustadoramente real à medida em que o filme tenta desvendar sua personalidade."  Cinema em Cena  Pablo Villaca

"It is, as a critical benchmark, unavoidable."  Not Coming to a Theater Near You  Rumsey Taylor

A+
"A cinematic perfect storm of technique and sophistication, widely hailed as the apotheosis of all the innovations and advancements of the sound era."  Decent Films Guide  Steven D. Greydanus

4/4
"The amazing depth of story and richness of composition make Citizen Kane a must-see for anyone who considers themselves a lover of films."  Oscar Guy  Wesley Lovell
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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