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The Founder

The Founder (2017)

January. 20,2017
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7.2
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PG-13
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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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Odelecol
2017/01/20

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

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FirstWitch
2017/01/21

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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Lidia Draper
2017/01/22

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

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Fatma Suarez
2017/01/23

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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saru-88447
2017/01/24

McDonalds: A hell of a good inspirational story. Just about how the founder found a way to own the land and to lease the property to the franchise to run the business all over the world. The story of a man who succeded with huge persistence and determination but not with talent or education as it clearly states that this world is full of educated fools.

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Anthony Iessi
2017/01/25

McDonald's is a Kroc, in more ways than one. One of the world's greatest swindles was how an average schmuck was able to discover an ingenious fast food restaurant and pull the rug out from under the humble owners. McDonald's is a global fast food empire, but not in the ways that you might have thought it was. The Founder is truth to power, and it's a great film. Ray Kroc, portrayed here by Michael Keaton is as toxic to look at and listen to as eating a single McFlurry. He is slimy, gross and crooked, but that's what makes The Founder so intoxicating to watch. Ironically enough, this film about a businessman taking advantage of others was brought to the silver screen by Harvey Weinstein. I know art can at times imitate life, but this is ridiculous. I guess Weinstein, in that sense, is a kindred spirit to Kroc. Nice guys sadly finish last.

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Pjtaylor-96-138044
2017/01/26

Not often does a film protagonist change for the worst, but here the lead character becomes less likeable as the feature progresses - alienating the audience just as he alienates almost everyone else close to him. 'The Founder (2017)' is a well-made, entertaining flick that sheds light on a tragic, frustrating story and makes me simultaneously want to eat a McDonalds but also boycott it due to its rampant commercialism along with it's fraudulent history. It's surprisingly compelling stuff, considering it could have simply played out as an advert for the fast food giant. Choosing the perspective it did was close to genius and makes for an incredibly interesting incarnation of this story. 7/10

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balazsjason
2017/01/27

This is an inspiring tidbit of insight into the beginnings of McDonald's and the making of millionaires. I understand that the "founder" is portrayed poorly, but he gave ultimate capability to a growing brand, its franchises, and made its original founders each millionaires even though they took active measures to attempt to restrict the company's growth. They don't deserve any sympathy for being an impediment, especially so after becoming wealthy men. I'm happy for them, but this piece seems to set a tone where I'm supposed to feel bad for them. They took rewards even after taking said steps to impede the construction of what would yield said reward.It gives us a taste of business which I believe may be able to give today's youth or those who aren't savvy in business (yet) an idea of what a semi-hostile takeover can look like.

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