The king of films!

Rating: 10/10 (2 March 2018)

It's hard to describe a film like Citizen Kane. It's equally as difficult to find another movie that has had such universal acclaim, and at the same time, as much scrutiny. For over 75 years Citizen Kane has reigned as possibly the greatest motion picture ever created. It was directed, produced, written and brought to life by cinemas enigmatic master, Orson Welles. When media mogul and American icon Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, suddenly dies, the world wonders as to the meaning of his last spoken word 'rosebud'. Only one man could arouse so much mystery and intrigue around something seeming so trivial, and even in death, the most polarising and powerful man America has ever known, still has the masses wanting more.
The story of Citizen Kane is told to its viewers within the first 15 minutes, and the finer details are witnessed through flashbacks by the people who were closest to him. Kane is a selfish, vain and utterly ambitious man who looks to further his own social standing not only through his professional life but through his personal endeavour's also. We see Kane as an innocent young boy, unfazed by his controlled surroundings, to a dictator like leader in command of his own fateful future. This movie, through the passage of time, has been challenged by many other classics as worthy contenders as the greatest film of them all and it has seemed to hold up as well as its rivals. But Citizen Kane is a film that marches to the beat of its own drum, it's unparalleled in many aspects and is unlike any movie seen before or possibly since. Simply amazing.