STAR RATINGS EXPLAINED

Classic

Excellent

Good

Fair

Tragic

FILM DETAILS

Certificate U

Cast Orson Welles Joseph Cotten Dorothy Comingore

Directors Orson Welles

Screenwriters Herman J Mankiewicz Orson Welles

Running Time 119 minutes

Citizen Kane (U)

Plot
Media mogul Charles Foster Kane (Welles) dies in his mansion, Xanadu. His last word is "rosebud", and the quest to find out what it means drives a newspaper reporter to interview his ex-wives and friends…

Verdict
Considering all its appended academic apparatus (be sure to work "deep focus cinematography"; "revolutionary use of ceilings" and "he was only 25!" into the pub conversation) it remains a gloriously entertaining classic. CK1, indeed.


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