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Critics Consensus

Orson Welles's epic tale of a publishing tycoon's rise and fall is entertaining, poignant, and inventive in its storytelling, earning its reputation as a landmark achievement in film.

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Tom Huddleston Time Out It remains as witty, tragic, unlikely, unique and fascinating as ever. Rated: 5/5 Dec 12, 2024 Full Review Wendy Ide Times (UK) Genuinely innovative film-making. Jan 18, 2024 Full Review Ida Belle Hicks Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com We aren't going to quibble about the genius business. Time will take care of that and if Welles goes down in history as one well be happy to have been among those who enjoyed the results of his great talent. Mar 2, 2021 Full Review David Parkinson Radio Times Utterly unmissable. Rated: 5/5 Jul 1, 2024 Full Review Noah Gittell Washington City Paper Kane innovated several filmmaking techniques. The film pioneered a genre. Sep 14, 2023 Full Review Manuel São Bento MSB Reviews Everything about this movie's production and origin, the precedent-setting technical aspects, and the innovative storytelling all prove that Orson Welles was a perfectionist filmmaker far ahead of its time. Rated: A+ Jul 24, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

gregory c The boy genius Orson Welles takes a Herman J. Mankiewicz script and the deep focus cinema photography of Greg Tolland creating the masterpiece that is Citizen Kane. Told entertainingly using multiple flashbacks in time Welles and Mankiewicz take on the Mainstream media. The film is just as meaningful today. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/01/25 Full Review Audience Member Complete and utter shite Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/25 Full Review Colin M Could have used editing. Great movie and amazingly ground breaking. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/25 Full Review Audience Member complete and utter shite Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/25 Full Review B A This film might not be for everyone, especially the younger generation today, but anyone familiar with the life of William Randolph Hearst or interested in the history of filmmaking should consider it an absolute must-see. It's incredible that Orson Welles was only 25 when he co-wrote, directed, produced, and starred in this monumental production. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/24/25 Full Review Audience Member Slow. Slow. Slow. It's not witty. A rich guy who is a self-centered narcissist makes his fortune bigger, loses it, constantly buys statues and on his deathbed says a word that reminds him of his sled from childhood. Orson Welles is a great actor, but this movie is just not good. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis When a reporter is assigned to decipher newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane's (Orson Welles) dying words, his investigation gradually reveals the fascinating portrait of a complex man who rose from obscurity to staggering heights. Though Kane's friend and colleague Jedediah Leland (Joseph Cotten), and his mistress, Susan Alexander (Dorothy Comingore), shed fragments of light on Kane's life, the reporter fears he may never penetrate the mystery of the elusive man's final word, "Rosebud."

Director

Orson Welles

Producer

Orson Welles

Screenwriter

Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles, John Houseman

Distributor

RKO Radio Pictures

Production Co

Mercury Productions, RKO Radio Pictures Inc.

Rating

Genre

Drama

Original Language

English

Release Date (Theaters)

May 1, 1941, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)

Jun 28, 2016

Box Office (Gross USA)

$977.3K

Runtime

1h 59m

Sound Mix

Mono

Aspect Ratio

Academy (1.33:1)