The Founder (2016)
The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.
Directed by John Lee Hancock
Starring Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch
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4 recommendations
- @truestory5.7/10Max · 2mo ago
“Michael Keaton's brilliant performance makes this surprisingly compelling look at the ruthless ambition behind McDonald's rise.”
- @mooney2407.0/104y ago
“Overall : A brilliant telling of a bleak story that left a disappointing flavor in my soul. I remember the plaque in our McDonalds growing up about its founder, Ray Kroc, but this movie tells a much different story.”
- @FilipeManuelNeto3.0/104y ago
“A decent film, although the story told is substantially stilted and made more tense than it actually was. We all know that the business world is not for boy scouts. As the film's protagonist himself assumes, you have to be prepared for the toughness of competitors and moves that are often disloyal.”
- @Rangan7.0/109y ago