The Founder
Michael Keaton (Birdman) leads this true story drama as Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois who met Mac and Dick McDonald and their burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Impressed by their fast food operation, Kroc saw franchise potential and maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire. From the director of Saving Mr. Banks and the writer of The Wrestler.
- Director:
- John Lee Hancock ('Saving Mr. Banks', 'The Blind Side')
- Writer:
- Robert D. Siegel
- Cast:
- Michael KeatonLaura DernWilbur FitzgeraldLinda CardelliniNick OffermanJohn Caroll LynchPatrick WilsonB.J. Novak
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressIt's the dash of pickle in Robert Siegel's script - a streak of sour, cheek-puckering cynicism amid its warmer, blander conventions - that gives "The Founder" its mojo.
Sydney Morning Herald
press[The Founder is] at the high end of what is fast becoming a distinguished genre in American movie-making: the forensic corporate drama.
SBS
pressIt's never laugh out loud funny, but we're invited to enjoy Kroc as a rascal, not a villain... almost til the end.
New Zealand Herald
pressIt's a movie that feels like a business-movie opportunity wasted.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThe result is a wishy-washy take on both Kroc and McDonald's itself, which tries to play off its timidity as fairness, balance or some such.
Fascinating movie about the theft of an idea and an identity, amongst other things. Well worth watching, if only to gain a correct insight into the origin of the famous food chain. It will also give you an understanding of why Macca's is the low paying sweatshop that it is today.
Biographical dramas tell stories about significant people in history but they are always much more than that. The person chosen for the bio-pic reflects something about the values of the era and the society from which they came. In this sense, The Founder (2016) goes well beyond the story of a global hamburger empire to the values that made McDonald’s...
Variety
pressIt's the dash of pickle in Robert Siegel's script - a streak of sour, cheek-puckering cynicism amid its warmer, blander conventions - that gives "The Founder" its mojo.
Sydney Morning Herald
press[The Founder is] at the high end of what is fast becoming a distinguished genre in American movie-making: the forensic corporate drama.
SBS
pressIt's never laugh out loud funny, but we're invited to enjoy Kroc as a rascal, not a villain... almost til the end.
New Zealand Herald
pressIt's a movie that feels like a business-movie opportunity wasted.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThe result is a wishy-washy take on both Kroc and McDonald's itself, which tries to play off its timidity as fairness, balance or some such.
Fascinating movie about the theft of an idea and an identity, amongst other things. Well worth watching, if only to gain a correct insight into the origin of the famous food chain. It will also give you an understanding of why Macca's is the low paying sweatshop that it is today.
Biographical dramas tell stories about significant people in history but they are always much more than that. The person chosen for the bio-pic reflects something about the values of the era and the society from which they came. In this sense, The Founder (2016) goes well beyond the story of a global hamburger empire to the values that made McDonald’s...
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