Fresh
It can be classified as, in a number of aspects, one of the most arresting pictures ever produced.
Edwin Schallert, Los Angeles Times
Citizen Kane
Some called him a hero...others called him a heel.
1941 · 1h 59m · PG
Drama, Mystery
Directed by
Orson Welles
Overview
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Director and cast
- Orson Welles Director
- Orson Welles as Charles Foster Kane
- William Alland as Jerry Thompson
- Joseph Cotten as Jedediah Leland
- Dorothy Comingore as Susan Alexander Kane
- Agnes Moorehead as Mutter
- Ray Collins as Jim W. Gettys
- George Coulouris as Walter Parks Thatcher
- Paul Stewart as Raymond
- Ruth Warrick Cast
- Erskine Sanford Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
99%
Tomatometer
Fresh
An ecstasy of light and shadow, of clashing textures and graphic forms, such as hadn't been seen since the silent era.
Richard Brody, New Yorker
Fresh
Many of the novel techniques Welles developed with cinematographer Gregg Toland were calculated to offer new angles on film space.
Ben Walters, Time Out
Fresh
Welles has found the screen as effective for his unique showmanship as radio and the theatre.
John C. Flinn Sr., Variety
Fresh
It is still the best place I know of to start thinking about Welles -- or for that matter about movies in general.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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