The most over-rated under-rated movie ever made

Rating: 8/10 (2 June 1999)

This movie is brilliant because it is a simple movie. You don't need to have read the encyclopedia 50 times or to have learnt the dictionary by heart to understand the story. That's what is genius in this movie and makes it a true work of art. However, as good as "Citizen Kane" may be, I believe it is one of the movies that is too unknown to people but is too over-rated by those who do know it. Don't get me wrong, it's really great. But to be as good as "The godfather". No way. I don't think it should get all that credit for having been the first AFI movie. It shouldn't have been. But the screenplay and the performances are so great that it does deserve its spot way up there. Maybe not first but easily in the top 10.