Groundbreaking classic

Rating: 7/10 (9 December 2003)

I found Citizen Kane to be a technically innovative and fairly engaging film. It is a great parable about what is really important in life: a childhood filled with love (ie. Rosebud). I wouldn't say that it is necessarily in my top one hundred films of all time but I can appreciate the arguments of those who say it is. What is undeniable is that it is a classic cinematic masterpiece whose pioneering techniques of visual storytelling influence filmmakers to this day. Recommended mostly for historical significance, 7/10.