Citizen Kane
Seen it?1941 | 119 min | Mystery, Drama
Friday Night FlickWhy it’s a Friday Night Flick
Critics loved it (99% on Rotten Tomatoes), audiences adore it (8.0 out of 10), it won an Oscar and it made about 28 times its budget. Make plans for this one.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 59 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1941: an older pace and style.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsVery strong
99% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesVery strong
8.0 out of 10
- AwardsVery strong
Won 1 Oscar: Academy Awards: Best Original Screenplay. Also nominated for 8 more Oscars. Plus 9 other awards.
- Box office & staying powerStrong
$23 million worldwide on a $840K budget
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
Not enough engagement data yet
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Orson Welles
- Orson WellesCharles Foster Kane
- Joseph CottenJedediah Leland
- Dorothy ComingoreSusan Alexander Kane
- Ray CollinsJim W. Gettys
- George CoulourisWalter Parks Thatcher
- Agnes MooreheadMary Kane
- Paul StewartRaymond
- Ruth WarrickEmily Norton Kane
- Erskine SanfordHerbert Carter
- William AllandJerry Thompson/Narrator