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‘Citizen Kane’ loses 100% approval due to 80-year-old negative reviews

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1 year ago

April 29, 2023

Last year, Rotten Tomatoes released their review brief to preserve and relive authentic reviews from decades past that had been lost in time or just didn’t have high visibility on the internet. As it turns out, the resurgence of those ratings is changing the ratings of several films on the site, including the classic “Citizen Kane”.

Directed and starring Orson Welles in 1941, ‘Citizen Kane’ was recorded on the site with 100% approval and dropped to 99% due to an 80-year-old review.

Posted a few days after the feature debuted, the review comes from the Chicago Tribune and was written by journalist Frances Peck, who says:

“Citizen Kane” fails to wow critics as the best film ever made. Some experts think so. I do not! It’s interesting. Is different. In fact, it’s weird enough to become a museum piece. But it sacrifices simplicity and gives way to eccentricity, which robs the entertainment’s distinction and overall value. ”

In addition to the rating downgrade, “Citizen Kane” lost the film title with more positive ratings in the aggregator.

Of the 116 reviews published in the RT, only Peck’s is negative.

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Now the movie with the most approvals is The Adventures of Paddington 2, which has 244 positive and none negative ratings.

In contrast, Peck’s criticism has had several repercussions over the years …

A Women Film Pioneers Project article on Peck’s texts describes her as a talented but controversial journalist and critic.

Even the Chicago Motion Picture Owners Association protested its “arrogant treatment of certain films.”

Although Peck was talented, she was known to have spoken badly about certain titles just to stand out amid the mainstream opinions of the time, as was the case with “ Citizen Kane, ” which was highly praised until until today.

By the way, acclaimed filmmaker David Fincher’s new film for Netflix titled “Mank” goes behind the scenes in the making of “Citizen Kane”.

The film became the biggest nominee for the 2021 Oscar winning ten nominations.

He is remembered in the categories of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Gary Oldman), Best Supporting Actress (Amanda Seyfried), Best Costume, Best Production Design, best photography, best makeup and hairstyle, best sound and best soundtrack.

At the end of the ceremony which was held last Sunday (25), Mank received the statuettes for the best photography and the best artistic direction.

Check out the trailer:

The cast includes Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Tuppence Middleton, Lily Collins, Tom Burke and Tom Pelphrey.

Follow this journey through 1930s Hollywood through the eyes of alcoholic screenwriter and social critic Herman J. Mankiewicz (Oldman) as time runs out to complete the Citizen Kane screenplay for Orson Wells (Burke).