Editing Citizen Kane (section)

== Re-evaluation==
Modern critics have given ''Citizen Kane'' an even more positive response. Review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports that 99% of 125 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 9.70/10.<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes">{{Cite web |title=Citizen Kane (1941) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/citizen_kane |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=May 1941 |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=March 25, 2022 |archive-date=June 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610183403/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/citizen_kane/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In April 2021, it was noted that the addition of an 80-year-old negative review from the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' reduced the film's rating from [[List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes|100%]] to 99% on the site; ''Citizen Kane'' held its 100% rating until early 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pulver |first=Andrew |title=80-year-old review wrecks Citizen Kane's 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/apr/28/80-year-old-review-wrecks-citizen-kanes-100-rating-on-rotten-tomatoes |access-date=April 28, 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=April 28, 2021}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], however, the film still has a rare weighted average score of 100 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref name="Metacritic">{{Cite web |title=Citizen Kane (1941) Reviews |work=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[Red Ventures]] |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/citizen-kane-1941 |access-date=March 25, 2022 }}</ref>

The film was included by the Vatican in [[Vatican's list of films|a list of important films]] compiled in 1995, under the category of "Art".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://old.usccb.org/movies/vaticanfilms.shtml |title=Vatican Best Films List |work=Official website of the [[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops|U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops]] |access-date=2012-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422064928/http://old.usccb.org/movies/vaticanfilms.shtml |archive-date=2012-04-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The February 2020 issue of ''[[New York Magazine]]'' lists ''Citizen Kane'' as among "The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars."<ref>{{cite news|title=The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-oscar-best-picture-losers.html|magazine=[[New York Magazine]]|access-date=March 17, 2025}}</ref> [[Cecilia Ager]], reviewing it in ''[[PM Magazine]]'', wrote: "Seeing it, it's as if you never really saw a movie before."<ref name=Kael>{{cite magazine| title=Raising Kane| last=Kael| first=Pauline| author-link=Pauline Kael| magazine=[[The New Yorker]]| date=February 12, 1971| url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1971/02/20/raising-kane-i}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] wrote of it: "Its surface is as much fun as any movie ever made. Its depths surpass understanding. I have analyzed it a shot at a time with more than 30 groups, and together we have seen, I believe, pretty much everything that is there on the screen. The more clearly I can see its physical manifestation, the more I am stirred by its mystery."<ref name=Ebert>{{cite news| last=Ebert| first=Roger| title=Great Movies: Citizen Kane| date=May 24, 1998| work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]| url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-citizen-kane-1941}}</ref>

===Accolades===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
|-
| rowspan="9"| [[14th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref name="Oscars1942">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1942 |title=The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners |date=October 3, 2014 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science |access-date=November 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003256/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1942 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Outstanding Motion Picture]]
| [[Mercury Theatre|Mercury]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Orson Welles]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Best Original Screenplay]]
| [[Herman J. Mankiewicz]] and Orson Welles
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction–Interior Decoration – Black-and-White]]
| [[Perry Ferguson]], [[Van Nest Polglase]], [[Al Fields]] and [[Darrell Silvera]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography – Black-and-White]]
| [[Gregg Toland]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| [[Robert Wise]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Scoring of a Dramatic Picture]]
| [[Bernard Herrmann]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound Recording]]
| [[John Aalberg]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[DVD Exclusive Awards]]
| Best Audio Commentary
| [[Roger Ebert]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[National Board of Review Awards 1941|National Board of Review Awards]]<ref>{{Cite journal |date=January 1942 |title=Ten Best 1941 |url=https://archive.org/stream/nationalboardofr1415nati#page/4/mode/1up |journal=National Board of Review Magazine |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |volume=XVII |issue=1 |page=4 |access-date=February 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326141648/http://archive.org/stream/nationalboardofr1415nati#page/4/mode/1up |archive-date=March 26, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=January 1942 |title=Ten Best 1941 |url=https://archive.org/stream/nationalboardofr1415nati#page/6/mode/1up |journal=National Board of Review Magazine |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |volume=XVII |issue=1 |page=6 |access-date=February 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326141648/http://archive.org/stream/nationalboardofr1415nati#page/6/mode/1up |archive-date=March 26, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| Best Acting
| [[George Coulouris]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Orson Welles
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Film Preservation Board]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]]
| {{won|Inducted}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1941 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1941 |title=1941 Awards |publisher=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=February 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093319/http://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1941 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| rowspan="2"| Orson Welles
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Online Film & Television Association Awards
| colspan="2"| Hall of Fame – Motion Picture
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2001|Online Film Critics Society Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Best Overall DVD
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[16th Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]]
| [[Satellite Award for Best Classic DVD|Best Classic DVD]]
| ''Citizen Kane: Ultimate Collector's Edition''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[38th Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Special Edition DVD Release|Best DVD/Blu-Ray Special Edition Release]]
| ''Citizen Kane: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Village Voice Film Poll]]
| colspan="2"| Best Film of the Century
| {{won}}
|}

[[File:Citizen-Kane-Welles-Coulouris.jpg|thumb|right|The [[National Board of Review]] recognized both Welles and [[George Coulouris]] for their performances in ''Citizen Kane'', which was also voted the best film of 1941.]]
It was widely believed the film would win most of its [[Academy Award]] nominations, but it received only the award for [[Best Original Screenplay]]. ''Variety'' reported that block voting by screen extras deprived ''Citizen Kane'' of [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]], and similar prejudices were likely to have been responsible for the film receiving no technical awards.<ref name="Carringer TMOCK"/>{{Rp|117}}<ref>{{Cite journal |date=March 4, 1942 |title=Extras Scuttled Welles |url=https://archive.org/stream/variety145-1942-03#page/n3/mode/1up |journal=Variety |access-date=February 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317171257/http://www.archive.org/stream/variety145-1942-03#page/n3/mode/1up |archive-date=March 17, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>