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The Founder

2017 • 115 minutes
4.2
306 reviews
81%
Tomatometer
12
Rating
Eligible

About this movie

The incredible true story of how Ray Kroc (Academy Award nominee Michael Keaton, Spotlight, Birdman), a salesman from Illinois, met Mac (John Carroll Lynch, Jackie) and Dick McDonald (Nick Offerman, 22 Jump Street), who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. So impressed by the brothers' speedy system Kroc risked his marriage, bankruptcy and his reputation to create a billion-dollar empire that revolutionised the world. From director John Lee Hancock (Saving Mr. Banks, The Blind Side) and writer Robert Siegel (The Wrestler) comes a stunning and shocking portrayal of the man whose hunger for the American Dream ate away everything he knew.
Rating
12

Ratings and reviews

4.2
306 reviews
Michael Beattie
June 24, 2017
Good film! Keaton is great as Kroc - I thought I knew the whole McDonald's story but this definitely had its moments. Unsure how much artistic licence was used, but definitely take some parts with a pinch of salt (no pun intended).
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Nick Poole
July 16, 2017
Great film! Bit of an ad for Macdonalds (unsurprisingly) but it keeps you interested and Keaton is outstanding as ever!
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A Google user
September 18, 2017
Good film to watch slow in places but finishes well with taking no prisoners in business.
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