CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Orson Welles’ "Citizen Kane", widely regarded as one of the best movies ever made, lost its perfect score on the website Rotten Tomatoes, over a review published nearly 80 years ago.
The 100 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes was broken last month after the website added a negative review published in the Chicago Tribune almost 80 years ago on May 7, 1941.
The review was published under the pseudonym “Mae Tinee” and accompanied with the headline “Citizen Kane Fails to Impress Critic as Greatest Ever Filmed.” It was published in the Chicago Tribune a few days after “Citizen Kane” began showings in theaters in 1941.
The critic wrote the movie is “a flop” and the noir-inspired visuals and use of shadows “gives one the creeps.”
“It’s interesting. It’s different. In fact, it’s bizarre enough to become a museum piece,” the review goes on to read. “But its sacrifice of simplicity to eccentricity robs it of distinction and general entertainment value.”
The review made it onto the Rotten Tomatoes website all these years later, because Rotten Tomatoes rolled out an archive project and collected old reviews.
So "Citizen Kane" has gone from a perfect 100 to 99.
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