The Founder

"Being loud, angry, determined, despicable, and full of lies is one way to make it to the top of big business in America. That behaviour got USA their 45th president and it’s also what got McDonald’s onto the map of every state and almost every country in the world. At the centre of the phenomenon is Ray Kroc, the man who swiped the signature idea for fast-food burgers from a humble pair of brothers who weren’t interested in world domination."

"It's the dash of pickle in Robert Siegel's script - a streak of sour, cheek-puckering cynicism amid its warmer, blander conventions - that gives "The Founder" its mojo."

"[The Founder is] at the high end of what is fast becoming a distinguished genre in American movie-making: the forensic corporate drama."

"Nicely shot, smartly acted and efficient in its telling."

"It's never laugh out loud funny, but we're invited to enjoy Kroc as a rascal, not a villain... almost til the end."

"It's a movie that feels like a business-movie opportunity wasted."

"The result is a wishy-washy take on both Kroc and McDonald's itself, which tries to play off its timidity as fairness, balance or some such."