A great film yes, but also over-rated.

Rating: Null/10 (13 November 2003)

Citizen Kane is entertaining, contains good performances, is visually rich, and is technically ground-breaking. I have enjoyed watching it each of the three times IÂ´ve seen it. That said, its over-rated. Its the critics darling, and is usually at the top of all the lists of greatest films ever. Usually the justification given for its high rating is that its ground-breaking. Jean-Luc Godard said that "we will always owe (Orson Welles) everything," and that may be true, but its not sufficient justification for its being considered the best movie ever made. Others have said that it is considered the greatest film because no one has offered another film worthy of top spot. Well, how about The Godfather, Lawrence of Arabia, Gandhi, The Seventh Seal, or even the overlooked masterpiece Ordinary People? Citizen Kane is a really, really good movie, and I highly recommend it, but it is certainly not the best film ever made. You should read what Ingmar Bergman says about Citizen Kane (do a search at rottentomatoes.com). Very interesting.