As good as advertised

Rating: 10/10 (5 January 2000)

Citizen Kane is perhaps the most important film ever made. It's innovations of cinematography and plot are amazing even almost sixty years later. It is a sight to behold. It is all those things, but it is also just an enjoyable film to watch. Orson Wells tells the story of Charles Foster Kane, who goes from idealistic to ambitious, to a corporate monster. The way that Wells lets this brilliant story unfold is breathtaking, as is his entire troupe, who never push us further than we are willing to go. And the last scene, with the words Rosebud coming from Wells lips, maybe the most famous and best exclamation point in movie history.