It really is the landmark film everyone says it is.

Rating: Null/10 (31 January 1999)

Sure, "Citizen Kane" unscrupulously savages publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst, but who cares about scruples when you can experience film direction as stylish and a story as fascinating at this! Welles deserves every accolade he's received for using "Citizen Kane" to redefine the art of the motion picture. And he was just a kid when he made it! Hearst wouldn't allow this film to be mentioned in his papers. He probably was just envious of the life of Charles Foster Kane.