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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 19 Jan 2017

If there's a lesson to be learned from The Founder, it's that self-inflating guys like Ray Kroc - and Donald Trump by extension - have always…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Jan 2017

Kroc comes off as a greedy scoundrel, a bit like the comic hustlers Keaton played in the 80s, and the character's unpleasantness makes this…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 19 Jan 2017

In a way, it celebrates the achievements of a small-time peddler turned empire builder. Watch it differently and it's akin to The Social Network…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 19 Jan 2017

We study Adams, Jefferson, and Hamilton in school. It's time to consider another sort of Founding Father…

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By Stephanie Merry (410) for Washington Post (9,851) on 19 Jan 2017

In the end, The Founder is little more than a deflating reminder, as if we needed one, that the winner takes all, and integrity isn’t always…

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By Calvin Wilson (480) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 19 Jan 2017

Not just another biopic, The Founder is a morality tale that raises provocative questions about consumer culture, its benefits and its consequences…

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By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 19 Jan 2017

Watch Keaton carefully, for his sly performance suggests Kroc realizes exactly what he's doing, and doesn't concern himself with questions…

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By Leah Greenblatt (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 19 Jan 2017

Keaton does his best to make us care about a blank slate, as do the fine veteran actors around him…

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By Amy Nicholson (961) for MTV (492) on 19 Jan 2017

We’re stuck with Hancock’s vanilla saga about a soulless businessman who failed until he won big, a story that might have worked in the…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 19 Jan 2017

Like Apple founder Steve Jobs, Kroc – who died in 1984 – had a genius for marketing the talent of others. Is that a lesser gift…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 19 Jan 2017

The Founder, John Lee Hancock’s film about Ray Kroc, is kind of a mess, which makes it perfect for the current political climate…

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By Chris Barsanti (896) for PopMatters (2,617) on 19 Jan 2017

For this surprisingly hard-edged biopic on the businessman behind McDonald's, Michael Keaton unfurls the black flag of unrepentant capitalism…

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By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 19 Jan 2017

The Founder’s biggest strength is that it doesn’t lose the story or the characters in the larger metaphor about the gap between creation…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 19 Jan 2017

Certain things get fudged in The Founder, among them Kroc's middle marriage, and director Hancock can't completely resolve the warring strains…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for New York Times (5,786) on 19 Jan 2017

Ray remains an unanswered, not especially compelling, question, but Mr…

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By Matt Zoller Seitz (637) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 19 Jan 2017

Had The Founder focused solely on Kroc’s relationship with the McDonald brothers, it might have been one of the great intimate, sour character…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 19 Jan 2017

The Founder is a solid, smart, worthwhile film and the only remaining mystery is why the Weinstein Company is burying it with a quiet January…

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By James R (2,282) on 19 Jan 2017

This was a movie that I probably didn't think I'd watch in theaters, but I enjoyed this one…

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By Moose M (5) on 19 Jan 2017

This was a movie that I probably didn't think I'd watch in theaters, but I enjoyed this one…

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By Andrew U (319) on 19 Jan 2017

Can't wait to see it. I heard that it is a good film and that Keaton is wonderful…

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