Empty inside.

Rating: 5/10 (30 October 2018)

Citizen Kane is an engaging and well acted film, that left me cold. Much like Kane, the film empty inside.
The telling of the life of a prominent figure, offering little to walk away with. Orson Wells surely commands the screen and knows how to make a film. Though just because it's his intention to make it so, doesn't give it a pass for what it's lacking. Everett Sloane is terrific as Mr. Bernstein. The opera singing part, with the critics giving positive reviews is funny as it relates to how the film itself is perceived, with so much undeserving praise. Why did his friend mail him his mission statement? He fired him for not having the gall to finish the review and turning to the drink, thereby Kane having the unsavory task of finishing it himself.
Jedediah: That's all he ever wanted out of life... was love. That's the tragedy of Charles Foster Kane. You see, he just didn't have any to give.