While it has been some time since I’ve seen Citizen Kane, the film lauded by critics as the greatest film of all time, I am certain that RKO 281 (1999) is not a fitting tribute to the classic. With a wooden script riddled with cliches, a camera that attempts grand shots only to fall into banality, and actors not up to the task of elevating a mediocre script, this is a film about Hollywood that falls far short of the subject’s best output.