The best film ever?...Hard to argue against that accolade.

Rating: 10/10 (3 February 2012)

It's perhaps pointless to eulogise too much more about a film widely and eternally regarded as the best ever made because it's hard to add anything original to what has already been said.
What I would say is that although it's not really possible to quantify what makes anything "the best ever", this comes as close as it's possible to imagine. Particularly given the technical and cultural restrictions and modus operandi at the time it was made. Citizen Kane is a masterpiece of cinema in every way. A wonderful story told in a non-linear way (itself very unusual for it's time), yet the viewer never loses the plot or the power of the unfolding tale. Fantastic central and supporting performances and such majestic cinematography that it truly does deserve it's Everest like billing.
Citizen Kane, while a product of its time is still absolutely genius filmmaking.