The perfect run for “Citizen Kane” is technically over. Often considered the very best American film ever made, Orson Welles’ 1941 classic has long held a perfect 100 per cent score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Until now. RELATED: ‘Mank’: Netflix Shares First-Look Photos At David Fincher’s New Film About The Making Of ‘Citizen Kane’ Thanks to the addition of an 80-year-old review of the film, dated May 7, 1941, from the Chicago Tribune, the film now holds only a 99 per cent rating. “It’s interesting.
It’s different. In fact, it’s bizarre enough to become a museum piece. But its sacrifice of simplicity to eccentricity robs it of distinction and general entertainment,” Mae Tinee’s vintage review states.
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