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A ruefully titled biopic of Ray Kroc, the man who didn’t found McDonald’s but ruthlessly made it what it is. It details how Kroc maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.

Genre:

History, Drama, Biography

Actors:

Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Linda Cardellini, B.J. Novak, Laura Dern, Justin Randell Brooke, Kate Kneeland, Patrick Wilson, Griff Furst, Wilbur Fitzgerald, ...»

Director:

John Lee Hancock

Country:

United States, Greece

Release:

2016

IMDb:

7.2

Quality:

Duration:

115 min

New Yorker

Its omissions and elisions are the result not of natural narrative contours but of open choices, gaping holes, psychological wounds that a filmmaker displays all the more via the elaborate efforts at concealment ...

January 23, 2017

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EscribiendoCine

It probably would have had more impact if it had been made four or five decades ago, when McDonald's was not yet an icon of "crude mercantilism" feared by its original owners. [Full review in Spanish]

April 03, 2017

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The Blu Spot

The Founder features an engrossing tale of the rise of a fast-food empire, an exceptional cast that's at the top of their game, and a marvelous screenplay that lays out these events in all of their intriguing, gritty detail.

April 17, 2017

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New York Observer

One of the must-see entertainments of the year.

January 25, 2017

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Excelsior

A remarkable example that the American dream is sometimes possible, although there must be lies, betrayal, robberies, and some other things on the way. [Full review in Spanish]

April 04, 2017

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San Diego Reader

John Lee Hancock serves up a biopic of McDonald's king Ray Kroc that is not unlike the restaurant's product: precisely prepared, brightly packaged, and uncomplicated in its appeal. Or at least, that's how it goes down much of the time.

January 20, 2017

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Butaca Ancha

An entertaining and meritorious point of view on business innovation, personal interest and greed. [Full review in Spanish]

April 04, 2017

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Tribune News Service

Keaton is fascinating as Kroc, a bad guy who embodies the American Dream - a man who isn't necessarily the best or most talented but who's willing to step on anyone to get ahead.

January 20, 2017

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Christian Science Monitor

The Founder remains fascinating largely because Keaton is so good at guile and bile. Not once does he wink at the audience or overplay the obvious.

January 20, 2017

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El Financiero

A twisted guide to learning how capitalism works in its most unbridled variant. [Full review in Spanish]

April 11, 2017

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The Atlantic

The Founder ends up feeling extremely wishy-washy, unable to scrub the nastiness of Kroc's success but also incapable of confronting it.

February 09, 2017

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