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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated The Founder (2017) in Movies

Oct 16, 2017 (Updated Oct 16, 2017)  
The Founder (2017)
The Founder (2017)
2017 | Drama
The land of finders keepers, losers weepers
The story of McDonald's pretty much sums up the American dream sadly. A crook of a salesman / businessman Ray Kroc, played by Michael Keaton, comes across two hardworking brothers Mac (John Carroll Lynch) and Dick McDonald (Nick Offerman), who have essentially cracked the idea of how to provide fast food.

They are satisfied with their humble beginnings at a small diner in San Bernardino, but are cajoled by Kroc into franchising - who essentially steals it from under their nose by buying the land that it was based upon. It's really quite tragic because Kroc turned it from an honest operation into the greedy corporation that we have today. That being said, I love Keaton, he's versatile and can play anything from a lovable scallywag to evil incarnate.

While it's not Oscar worthy as such, it's an interesting biopic nevertheless.
  
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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) Oct 18, 2017

? @Sarah Totally get that. After reading The Case Against Sugar, I ate through a jar of Nutella.

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Jesusjack (0 KP) Mar 20, 2018

It makes you feel sorry for the brothers and realise the concept for MacDonald was great but became corrupt but I really wanted a big Mac after