It's official, folks: Orson Welles's Citizen Kane, which has long been considered the greatest film of all time, has officially been dethroned by Paul King's Paddington 2, the widely beloved family classic.
Yup, Paddington 2 became the top rated film on Rotten Tomatoes after someone dug up and submitted a negative review of Citizen Kane from the Chicago Tribune.
The 80-year-old review came from a critic at the Chicago Tribune who used the pseudonym Mae Tinee.
The best part of this is that Citizen Kane JUST lost it's 100% because Rotten Tomatoes dug up this 80 year old "meh" review of it for no discernable reason.
Part of the review reads, "It’s interesting. It’s different. In fact, it’s bizarre enough to become a museum piece. But its sacrifice of simplicity to eccentricity robs it of a distinction and general entertainment value.” Oof, guess they'd be taking marmalade over Rosebud.
Citizen Kane now has 115 positive reviews and a single rotten one while Paddington 2 has 244 reviews, all of which are positive.
History has been made and Paddington enthusiasts are tuning out the naysayers! Just take a look at Twitter for some of the most passionate reactions to this breaking film news.
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I do hope Mr Kane won't be too upset when he hears I've overtaken him with rotten tomatoes.
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Paddington 2 is a masterpiece 🍿
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please don’t misinterpret the adjusted Rotten Tomatoes rankings to mean that “Paddington 2 is now the best movie of all time.” Paddington 2 *already was* the best movie of all time. thank you. https://t.co/TmEbjUrWOA
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It’s time to start studying Paddington 2 in every film class https://t.co/85ZjJyyrvk
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Happy Paddington 2 crowned highest rated film of all time to all my friends :,)
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Found a picture of the critic who wrote the negative CITIZEN KANE review
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paddington 2 has double the reviews as citizen kane. thus, it has been the Best Film since its release,, film bros can't pretend citizen kane held anything over it... embarassing! Paddington 2 Supremacy!
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Orson Welles, pictured here remembering the one negative Citizen Kane review in particular.
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https://t.co/oS6bLxE8xN
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Now that Paddington 2 had dethroned Citizen Kane on @RottenTomatoes we feel a poster update is in order
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paddington 2 >>>>> citizen kane
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from here on out we do not refer to masterpieces as “the CITIZEN KANE of ____” but as “the PADDINGTON 2 of _____”
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paddington bear has declared war against me
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When Paddington 2 takes your spot.
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Me rushing to support Paddington in the Great Paddington VS. Citizen Kane Wars
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Do I need to see Citizen Kane 1 before I watch Paddington 2?
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Congratulations to Paddington 2
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as if paddington 2 being the best film ever was even up for debate
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Paddington being the king of polite shade 🐻
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I'm sorry but did Citizen Kane have a scene where a talking bear gives a man a haircut using marmalade as shaving cream? No? Then sit the fuck down, Citizen Kane. https://t.co/RBqvrXC0tP
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Citizen Kane is nothing in comparison to Paddington 2 and don’t you forget it
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Paddington dethroned Citizen Kane as revenge for Mank winning Oscars