Good, but not great

Rating: 8/10 (29 January 2001)

Okay, I for one never got why this movie got so popular. It's okay, but there are so many better movies out there-from that time period. What about "Rebecca" that won Best Picture only the year before, and "How Green was my Valley" the one that "Citizen Kane" LOST to? Orson Welles came across as such a pudgy faced snob. I much prefered the performances of the supporters in this film. Joseph Cotten and Agnes Moorehead - you know, the ones that Welles kept trying to overshadow? They later both proved themselves. Joseph Cotten was never better than with Jennifer Jones in "Love Letters" "Portrait of Jennie" and "Since You Went Away." Welles later proved what a ham he really was by his horrible Mr. Rochester in "Jane Eyre." The guy never looked dummer. Agnes Moorehead, (whom Welles had already known from the radio show "The Shadow" certainly had a fabulous career. Most memorable to me as Endora on the show "Bewitched." Watch some other movies from the time instead of always watching this one again. You might be very surprised.