Citizen Kane
Taste attributes: dramamysteryjournalisticslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricateenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipsolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs
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Boxlist takeA layered mystery that is slow-paced, serious and grounded. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.
Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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What lines up
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Balanced linearity, just how this profile likes it
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
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Synopsis
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.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 1941
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Mercury Productions
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
