Citizen Kane (1941) Parents Guide & Movie Info
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Citizen Kane - Family Review

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.

1941 | 119 Minutes

No MPAA rating
IMDB: 8.3 ⭐️ Votes: 444,426

Content Warnings

  • Sexual Content
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    Some nude or partially nude statues shown throughout. Nothing too detailed or explicit.

    At a party for Charles Kane, there are several women that are scantily clad.

  • Violence
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    When looking at different newspapers, Kane talks about a headline saying a woman is missing and is presumed dead, it is a brief scene with not much effect on the plot.

    One reference to suicide and one scene showing an unconscious character found after taking strong medicine and being inspected by a doctor.

    A man slaps a woman in the face.

    A man threatens to break someone's neck.

    A boy shoves a sled into a man's stomach, knocking him into the snow.

    After his second wife walks out on him, Kane goes berserk and tears her bedroom apart.

  • Profanity
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    Swearing is non-existent in this movie.

  • Intense Scenes
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    A scene transition features an unexpected appearance of a bird, accompanied by a loud and sudden squawk.

    Most outside night shots of Xanadu are very surreal and extremely dark and foggy, and might be somewhat disturbing to some.

    Orson Welles acts as the character of Charlie Kane in Citizen Kane really well, so the character of Kane's transition in personality may shock some but is not really scary due to the movie's genre.

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