The review contains my view on "Citizen Kane" without effect from those around me that watched the movie and participated in the assignment along side of me.

Rating: 8/10 (5 December 2016)

With the old cinematic feel of the 1941 film of "Citizen Kane," it draws the attention of many and can be explained in a many of ways determining your standpoint. From the 118 minutes of flashbacks of the life of Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles), you will find different morals in love, wealth, and what they can do to you if they get into your head. This film is based approximately on the real-life of William Randolph Hearst, another newspaper publisher who built the the nation's largest newspaper chain.
As a reporter travels around the U.S., he is in search of the meaning to Kane's last words. In the midst of interviewing Kanes second wife, Susan Alexander Kane (Dorothy Comingore), lifelong friend Jedediah Leland (Joseph Cotten), and businessman Mr. Bernstein (Everett Stoane) the reporter is given many pieces to put together and decipher the puzzle.
With the demanding tone and mind-set to deciding the lives of others, producer Orson Welles set to play the part of Kane and has astonishingly been successful. Welles' acting skills are shown as the film furthers more and more. Both Everett Stoane and Joseph Cotten play stern and joyous parts as Kane's personal business men and lifetime friends.
Along with the dramatic and mysterious genres making this movie even better, I enjoyed the layout and the structure made by taking flashbacks to tell the story while as well using the present scenes to show the characters in a more later age. During the interviews, the characters used their memories to complete the all-around bundle of jigsaw puzzle pieces for both the reporter and the audience to put together. This drew my attention more than any factor contributing to "Citizen Kane."
From my standpoint of watching this film, the moral I seen most was the creation of "money is controlling when in the wrong hands." I say this because as the movie furthers closer to the end you are able to see the scenes gradually becoming darker as Kane's life continues. It seems as though the older the main character becomes, the darker the movie. It is only when another character enters the screen that the scene brightens. This can be symbolized that as more money enters, the more depression and guilt is given.
Movies as this such can be an attention grabber from all with its PG rating, which brings attention to all crowds from young to old. Both telling a meaningful story as well as teaching a lesson. This movie is definitely one to treasure and I absolutely would recommend it to anyone with a hankering for an old cinematic drama/mystery.