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The Founder

Name: The Founder
Director: John Lee Hancock
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2016-11-24
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Linda Cardellini, B.J. Novak

2016 · 1h 55m · Drama, History

IMDb 7.2 Metacritic 66 RT 80%

Watch it tonight if you're in the mood for a sharp, darkly entertaining character study about ambition and ruthlessness. Michael Keaton is magnetic as the charismatic con man who built McDonald's, and the film smartly shows how innovation and betrayal go hand-in-hand in American capitalism—it's engaging, well-crafted, and moves like a well-oiled machine (pun intended).

Plot

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.

Director: John Lee Hancock

Cast: Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Linda Cardellini, B.J. Novak

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