The Founder (2017)
Directed by John Lee Hancock · 115 min · Drama, History
40.4 TOPICAL score · #2,644 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.
The Founder (2017, directed by John Lee Hancock) has a TOPICAL score of 40.4 - ranked 2,644 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on lasting engagement and audience, and lowest on awards. Critics: 80% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.9/10 critics' average · Metacritic 66. Audiences: TMDB 7.2/10 (5,575 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 38 languages.
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- Critics80% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.9/10 critics' average · Metacritic 66
- AudienceTMDB 7.2/10 (5,575 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 38 languages
- Still read72,396 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Michael Keaton (actor #305), Nick Offerman (actor #1,403), John Carroll Lynch, Linda Cardellini (actor #1,251)