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The Founder

2016, Movie, 1h 55min

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.

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Reviews

Critic Helen O'Hara

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The result is sometimes blackly funny; Dick’s horror at the idea of commercialising the McDonald’s name is tragicomic to modern ears.

Read full review at Empire

Joel joelsson

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Awesome movie

2 years ago

Kenth Lind

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He did like Facebook did. Stole the hole idea.

2 years ago

Nadia Taarup Nielsson

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I liked it🙌🏻

2 years ago

Critic Peter Bradshaw

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...an absorbing and unexpectedly subtle movie about the genesis of the McDonald’s burger empire.

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Matt Zoller Seitz

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“The Founder” is mesmerized by its hero, McDonald’s chain founder Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), but horrified by how he built his empire.

Read full review at Roger Ebert

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The Founder is a movie that tells the story of Ray Kroc, a traveling milkshake machine salesman who stumbles upon McDonald's, a successful fast-food restaurant in California. Impressed by their efficiency and quality, Kroc convinces the McDonald brothers to franchise their restaurant, and eventually takes control of the company, expanding it rapidly across the Midwest. However, his success is not without controversy, as he faces opposition from the McDonald brothers and investors who are wary of his unconventional methods. The movie explores Kroc's transformation from a struggling salesman to a ruthless businessman willing to do whatever it takes to build his empire.