Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance.
It's a classic and a milestone in cinema history, a work of perfection and audacity, but it's also still very entertaining as well.
Halliwell****: "A brilliant piece of Hollywood cinema using all the resources of the studio; despite lapses of characterization and gaps in the narrative, almost every shot and every line is utterly absorbing both as entertainment and as craft."
Maltin****: "Welles' first and best, a film that broke all the rules and invented some new ones...The cinematography (by Gregg Toland), music score (by Bernard Herrmann), and Oscar-winning screenplay (by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz) are all first-rate. A stunning film in every way...and Welles was only 25 when he made it!"
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