Matthew D Booth Even though McDonald's started in California it flourished in the Midwest and Central States first, so I think people from there will find this very interesting Bio Pic more appealing than most. Michael Keaton stars !! as Ray Kroc. Get Entertained and Learn something ?

Andrew Pelechaty Affectionately known as every eighties/nineties child's favourite Batman, Michael Keaton continues his cinematic comeback with this wonderful biopic of Ray Kroc, the struggling travelling salesman who turned McDonald's into today's fast food behemoth.Keaton plays Kroc as an opportunist, who uses a surprise bulk order for his milkshake machine from brothers Dick (Nick Offerman) and Mac (John Carroll Lynch) McDonald, sees their at-the-time original fast food restaurant (in an era of deathly slow drive-in restaurants), enthusiastically becomes involved and transforms McDonald's into a powerful nationwide franchise, despite the brothers' reluctance.Kroc is a ruthless, single-minded businessman, putting McDonald's ahead of everything and alienating business friends, his wife Ethel (Laura Dern) and the McDonald's brothers, who aren't as ruthless as Kroc. He's like a tamer version of Jordan Belfort from "The Wolf of Wall Street". While this movie shows how the McDonald brothers established the business (and the iconic golden arches), Kroc isn't afraid to take credit, with some help from new lover Joan (Linda Cardinelli).Unlike other biopics, "The Founder" avoids schmaltz and doesn't try to redeem Kroc - who revels in his ruthlessness - for the sake of a happy ending.

Pjtaylor-96-138044 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

blapple90 For as much as I went to McDonald's when I was younger I think I just had to go see the film solely based on that. I am glad I did though because even though I learned about how McDonald's was founded back in the day it was a good reminder of how everything actually went down. The acting in this was great and gave you a good feel about how all of the different characters would have reacted to what was happening when all of this actually played out