I’m torn with my rating. I wasn’t at the edge of my seat, I wasn’t addicted…however, I already knew the ending thanks to Simpsons. I’m unsure if I’d have had a different reaction had I not already known the ending or if I’d have predicted the ending. I’m not sure and I’ll never know. However, I can agree that for the most part I’m sure Rosebud at one point was the best kept secret of cinema. Psycho would be another one. ;)
It wasn’t a terrible movie and I’ve enjoyed all variations of it I unknowingly watched so I must assume that I’d have enjoyed it more had I not already watched several variations of it. Certainly some great dialogue among the characters and their descriptions of things such as, “He was trying to remove the quotes.” and “Everything was his idea, except for me leaving him” were well written. Great acting as well, especially considering the actors were mostly new to cinema. The blonde pulled off an amazingly annoying bitch for her big scene so bravo there. ;)