The Truth

Rating: 1/10 (21 January 2001)

My comrades and I have been on a mission to watch most of the movies on the AFI top 100. Most haven't been outstanding but they have been worthwhile, so we were quite excited to watch Citizen Kane. However, it sucked. It is definitely in the top 5...for worst movies. It was not entertaining at all, so immediately I started looking for the things that supposedly brought it such great reviews, but there weren't any. Everything seemed average, at the most. Even though it was made in 1941, there were movies at that time that were quite a bit better: The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, and a couple years later It's a Wonderful Life. I watched this movie with 6 other people and by the time it was done only two of us were conscious. The point of the movie is so stupid and it takes an incredible 2 hours...which seems like 80 hours...to get across. I gave it a 1 on a scale of 1 to 10 and that's only because I couldn't give it a 0. If you're trying to watch all the movies on the AFI list, you're going to have to watch this one, but brace yourself, you're in for it.