Customer Ratings & Reviews

This movie is based off a true story it is not slow and boring like some films. If you have ever seen saving MR.Banks its very similar to that movie. I have seen it 2 times now and will keep it on my favorites list for a very long time.

I learned a lot about the beginning of the McDonalds Food Chain. It leaves a gray area about the guy being torn between what he had to do and dealing with his conscious.

Great film, Michael Keaton could never let us down from Batman, Beetle Juice, Pacific Heights, and now the foundation of Mickey D's!! It is a must watch.

Interesting story about the founder of McDonalds and makes you question those gray areas in life!

I've been going to Best Buy since it first open its first store in Suffolk co. New York.

I won't lie, the movie is slow. However, it offers a great look into the type of man that was needed to bring McDonald's to life. If you are looking for action, look elsewhere. If you want a movie that shows you how cutthroat business can be, this is your movie. It comes with the digital copy that you can redeem in your Vudu account.

Like all "based on..." I'm sure there are liberties taken with accuracy and timeline but this is still a very enjoyable movie. The actors portray their characters very well. I don't like the "poor McDonald brothers had their name stolen" tone, they were adults too. History is always looked at with 20/20 vision, remember while watching that you need to think of the events in THAT point in history.

Such a good movie! I was very intrigued by this film the first time i seen it on Netflix and up until recently decided i liked it so much i wanted if in my collection. The acting was great all around but keaton was the one to top it off! Highly recommend.

Great movie I enjoy watching the story of founder of McDonald's how he got started i how took the McDonald's brother idea and made a million dollar from it McDonald's is one of my favorite places to eat at I enjoy the new touch screen order

I saw a preview for this movie and decided to buy it, and needless to say it was excellent! I've never seen Michael Keaton in the role he played ever! I highly suggest if you like movies based on true event's to watch or buy it.

This movie is about how a person can get real greedy when it comes to money. Good movie.

The Founder was a great movie that I have been wanting to see for a long time. I knew going in that I would enjoy it. Watching how the expansion of Mcdonalds and how it happened was eye opening.

In The Founder, Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc favors the saying, "fortune favors the bold," but the question that comes to mind as the The Founder reaches its denouement and shows us not just what Kroc became in the professional world, but who he became as a person is just how bold was this guy? As it turns out, quite. There were risks involved in his journey that were never guaranteed to pay off and he arguably had a vision no one else did-or at least the balls no one else had to risk it all. In the end, fortune obviously favors Ray Kroc, but at what expense to his humanity and decency? Some may say such things don't matter when you're worth $500 million, but in those final moments of The Founder where Kroc rehearses lines for a speech he stole from old motivational records when his wife, who he also stole, walks into the room and he catches her eye that there is a hint of self-awareness; of knowing that there was a price for all that he now looked down upon. Keaton, in all his charming and endearing glory, snaps his face out of the thought that dazed him only for a moment as if to say such was a price he'd gladly pay again and again. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence he tells himself-not talent, not education-persistence. It is in this train of thought, this idea that Kroc is never complacent or content with his life that confounds though as the movie that now tells his life story tends to air on the side of being exactly that-content. Directed by John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks) The Founder is a perfectly acceptable slice of cinema as it is obviously well-crafted, hits all the right notes, and features a handful of appealing performances with Keaton being a whirlwind of as much sly charm as he can possibly muster-carrying this thing across the finish line with ease. It's not that there is anything particularly bad about the film, but there isn't anything that is rather exceptional either. Instead, The Founder more or less delivers what is expected of a biopic these days with only slight indications that there was a deeper, more cutting ambition to the project that maybe took a backseat to safety. There have been many a comparisons between The Social Network and this film with its protagonists being ruthless men who take ideas from smaller thinking men and turn them into multi-billion dollar businesses, but where David Fincher's film had a specific tone and a certain state of mind that was in place from the get-go, The Founder never feels as personal or alluring. It, ironically, never feels bold enough to transcend its genre lines.

After seeing this biography on the founders of McDonalds and what that fountain salesman did to them I will never eat a another McDonalds again. Really good movie

The Founder is an excellent mostly fact based, historically correct, human interest story.

I was not sure what kind of movie this would be going into it. It has a serious and dramatic tone with some comical elements thrown in to keep the mood from getting too intense. The story of how McDonald's came to be is great to see on the big screen. This may seem like a silly or pointless movie, because it's about a fast food restaurant, but we get an amazing performance from Micheal Keaton. This movie shows how one man's ambition and determination can help accomplish any dream or goal. Really this movie shows how you can find success through hard work and perseverance. The only downside is that Micheal Keaton's character has to resort to using underhanded tricks to finally accomplish his goal. He succeeds, but ends up destroying a family's legacy in the process. This a great movie because it shows all the set backs and hurdles you have to go through to finally make it big in the world. Just be careful because you may end up stepping on other people to achieve your fame and glory.

Great story about how McDonalds came to be. Highly recommended!

Bought as a requested gift for Father's Day. would recommend

Michael Keaton turns in a powerful performance as Ray Kroc!

Ever wonder how it all started w/ McDonald’s ? Well this well acted flick will enlighten you .