The Founder

MATTEO BITTANTI

All movies about Corporations are horror movies because there is nothing more terrifying, lethal, and toxic than a Corporation. The equally monstrous American justice system equates Corporations to citizens: this personification suggests that McDonald's is like Freddy, Nike is Jason, Apple is Michael. These monsters extract surplus values from their labor force, like vampires. And they are really, really hard to kill

Tiago Gonçalves

Michael Keaton is on fleek in this raw portrait of the struggles of a broken man trying to reach the top. Wining is much more about losing than I tought and that's what I get from this technicolor semi-happy real story. Oh...and the stupid things we do for love...c'mon...powdered milkshake!

msmichel

Michael Keaton shines here in this tale of how McDonalds became the conglomerate it is today leaving the creators a financial casualty along the way. Apt tale that could have gone for the jugular much more than it does to avoid sometimes seeming like an infomercial for the brand. Nick Offerman and a very carnal Linda Cardellini shine here as well.

Matt Richards

Terrible shmaltz. For all of it's impeccable production design there are so many cring-worthy moments of lazy scripting, clunky direction and over the top acting from everyone. It also still feels like a giant TVC for Mcdonalds. 2 stars

smndvdcl

The embodiment of franchise 'patented' conglomerate capitalism by the opportunist that was Ray Croc. A sign of the times - giving the highest platforms to charlatanism - the idolatry of winning, and winning ugly indeed. It seems that extreme success requires some level of high stakes intellectual property theft.

Steve Pulaski

Perhaps there is no better day than to watch The Founder, a film about a manipulative codger who becomes a multi-millionaire by swindling people and taking advantage of others. No matter, this is a surprisingly strong picture, predicated upon the great performances by Michael Keaton, in addition to Nick Offerman and John Carroll Lynch, as it tells a story that should be as famous as those golden arches.

The Mayor Of Hell

Only in America!! Great film and Keaton is great in it and seems to be having a lot of fun. He even fools the audience in the beginning with his salemenship so it's believable when the McD bros are sold on his grand idea. He turns out to be more ruthless and cutthroat and more importantly ambitious than they ever dreamed up. I guess you're suppose to feel bad for the MCD bros in the end but they were so small minded

Nolan Barth

This film wasn't on my radar at all. I had seen the trailers for it, but it just didn't look that interesting to me... However, after a friend of mine saw it and started raving about how "amazing" it was I decided to check it out. I was incredibly underwhelmed. Michael Keaton is good and the rest of the cast all do a fine job, but the movie is just so damn bland and forgettable. It kind of feels like a TV movie...