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The Founder puts Michael Keaton's magnetic performance at the center of a smart, satisfying biopic that traces the rise of one of America's most influential businessmen -- and the birth of one of its most far-reaching industries.
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The concept is no so ubiquitous that one of the fascinating things about the film is deconstructing our familiarity with it so that we can see where it came from. September 19, 2017 | Full Review…
The concept is no so ubiquitous that one of the fascinating things about the film is deconstructing our familiarity with it so that we can see where it came from.
M. Faust
The man, played with dark relish by Michael Keaton, has the fabulous name of Ray Kroc (there is a suitably reptilian air to his grin as he says things such as: "Contracts are like hearts. They're made to be broken"). February 16, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The man, played with dark relish by Michael Keaton, has the fabulous name of Ray Kroc (there is a suitably reptilian air to his grin as he says things such as: "Contracts are like hearts. They're made to be broken").
Ed Potton
A special, worthwhile film that promises more confrontational Hollywood films in the future. February 16, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A special, worthwhile film that promises more confrontational Hollywood films in the future.
Elena Lazic
The Founder ends up feeling extremely wishy-washy, unable to scrub the nastiness of Kroc's success but also incapable of confronting it. February 9, 2017 | Full Review…
The Founder ends up feeling extremely wishy-washy, unable to scrub the nastiness of Kroc's success but also incapable of confronting it.
David Sims
One of the must-see entertainments of the year. January 25, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
One of the must-see entertainments of the year.
Rex Reed
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 | Full Review…
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 ...
Richard Brody
The Founder shows us how Kroc became a success, but skirts telling us the costs of that success and the end results. It wants to have its Quarter Pounder and eat it too. February 19, 2020 | Full Review…
The Founder shows us how Kroc became a success, but skirts telling us the costs of that success and the end results. It wants to have its Quarter Pounder and eat it too.
Tim Brennan
The Founder is a showcase for quality and excellence both behind the lens and in front, the latter thanks to stellar performances led by Michael Keaton. October 30, 2019 | Full Review…
The Founder is a showcase for quality and excellence both behind the lens and in front, the latter thanks to stellar performances led by Michael Keaton.
Debbie Lynn Elias
Business grad students might find seeing this film advantageous and interesting, but for us, it's nostalgic, but not all that tasty. August 30, 2019 | Full Review…
Business grad students might find seeing this film advantageous and interesting, but for us, it's nostalgic, but not all that tasty.
Linda and Al Lerner
It does not offer much more than a film made for television but, yes, with a great Keaton. [Full Review in Spanish] August 16, 2019 | Full Review…
It does not offer much more than a film made for television but, yes, with a great Keaton. [Full Review in Spanish]
Jorge Loser
It's a classic American story. It's the American dream. And it's a lie. April 16, 2019 | Full Review…
It's a classic American story. It's the American dream. And it's a lie.
Richard Trenholm
With Donald Trump the President-elect of the United States, The Founder acquires new and tragic relevance as a parable for these uncertain times. March 15, 2019 | Full Review…
With Donald Trump the President-elect of the United States, The Founder acquires new and tragic relevance as a parable for these uncertain times.
Keva York
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