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"What's next? Frozen french fries?"
Indyfreak - wrote on 05/16/2017
Director John Lee Hancock specializes in glossy biographical dramas and he's always been good at it. His latest subject is Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald's which became the most profitable fast food company in the world (and this reviewer's culinary guilty pleasure).
Unlike his other movies where there's some degree of earnest sincerity and optimism, The Founder features a fairly jaded view of the fast food business with Ray Kroc the poster boy for all things good, bad, and ugly. Ray Kroc is admirable for his dogged determination but his slick opportunism and ruthless tactics are on full display without being sugar coated.
Michael Keaton is sleazy yet oozes an oddly amiable charm as Ray Kroc who appears as oily as a used car salesman but there are times where you see his actions …
