Bloated and Self-Important

Rating: 4/10 (27 January 2013)

I normally enjoy older movies, especially those from the 1940s, but after finishing Citizen Kane, I couldn't remotely understand why it is praised so much. It has to be without a doubt the most overrated movie I have ever seen. It seemed to me that it was well-filmed, maybe even exceptionally filmed for its time, but the story itself is just a drag. There's none of the drama, suspense, wit, mystery, or humor in Citizen Kane that made so many superior movies the classics that they are. It's just incredibly lacking in so many ways. The payoff is skillfully done, but it doesn't excuse the rest of the movie because there was never any reason to care about the protagonist. Kane is supposed to be some kind of tragic character but he's unsympathetic, he's neurotic, he's depressing,and worst of all he's dead. It's baffling that this is considered a great movie.