‘Citizen Kane’ loses perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes after 1941 negative review resurfaces

The critic branded the movie “a flop” and wrote that the film’s noir-inspired visuals and use of shadows “gives one the creeps”

Arson Welles’ “Citizen Kane”, widely considered one of the greatest movies ever made, has lost its 100 per cent score on Rotten Tomatoes after the review aggregator website added a negative review from 80 years ago. The negative review, published by the Chicago Tribute on May 7, 1941, was the 116th review of the film on the website and became the one to ruin the perfet score of the film. The Chicago Tribune’s negative “Citizen Kane” review was published under the pseudonym “Mae Tinee” and accompanied with the headline ‘Citizen Kane Fails to Impress Critic as Greatest Ever Filmed’, reported IndieWire.