A symbolic film

Rating: 9/10 (17 November 2003)

This is definitely a movie the viewer needs to pay attention to the whole time. The movie has a lot of depth and symbols throughout the whole story. This is the movie that started a lot of trends for other movies.
This movie is believed to be based on the life of journalist William Hearst. The film starts out with a very dark scene, a castle on a hill, symbols throughout the whole scene, such as a sign saying `No Trespassing' which shows the character Charles Kane was a very private man. Then the scene shows Charles Kane played by Orson Wells dying in his bed with the last words of `Rosebud'. The movie fallows his life by interviewing people who knew Kane and journalists trying to figure out the mystery of Rosebud.
Orson Wells must have been so busy by directing , producing and starring in such a great film. Even though he was doing several jobs in this movie he still put out a great acting performance portraying an angry, sometimes happy, sometimes sad, lonely man. He made it very believable. Agnes Moorehead who played Kane's second wife Mrs. Mary Kane did a great job at playing an annoying wife. The viewer watching this movie will most likely get annoyed watching her.
The depth of this movie was amazing. It was very symbolic and artistic, which made you think. The special effects were also very well done, for that era. The make-up was excellent, on the actors, Orson Wells went from a man of 25 to an older man very realistically.
Citizen Kane made movies what they are today. This film was a big step in special effects and artistry and script. It's a classic movie everyone should see.
The rating of this film is 9 out of 10.