The Founder

Risk taker. Rule breaker. Game changer.

This biopic tells the (mostly) 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 manoeuvred himself into a position to be able to take the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.

115 minutes.
Parental Guidance 10-12.
Biographical, Drama, Period piece, On the art circuit

You can get fries with EVERYTHING!

Credits

Cast	Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Linda Cardellini, B.J. Novak, Laura Dern, Justin Randell Brooke
Director	John Lee Hancock
Screenplay	Robert D. Siegel
Music	Carter Burwell
Cinematography	John Schwartzman
Editing	Robert Frazen
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2016
Produced by	FilmNation Entertainment, The Weinstein Company, Faliro House Productions, The Combine, Speedie Distribution

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Biopic
Language	Infrequent and low
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned	Rated PG-13 for brief strong language
Runtime	115
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 13 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Die Burger Marguerite van Wyk 1 Yank se droom, talle ander se nagmerrie.	20
Metacritic.com 47 critics	13
Rottentomatoes critics 199 critics	14
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer The Founder puts Michael Keaton’s magnetic performance at the center of a smart, satisfying biopic that traces the rise of one of America’s most influential businessmen -- and the birth of one of its most far-reaching industries.	17
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	14
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Gripping film about burger entrepreneur has strong language.	15
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 63 users	15
Rottentomatoes users 27115 users	14
Internet 31368 Netizens	14
Average .. 76%	15