“The Founder” is the story of McDonald’s, restaurants so ubiquitous and common to us that they seem like a natural part of the landscape. Michael Keaton puts in a superb performance as Ray Kroc, a downtrodden traveling salesman who encounters the very first McDonald’s restaurant, and slowly takes over the business from the brothers that founded it to make it an international staple.
“The Founder” is a movie about persistence, patience, and process — the highlight of the film, when the McDonald brothers explain their “Speedee Service System” that revolutionized fast food as we know it, basically plays out like reading a non-fiction book, but it’s so enthralling that you hardly notice.
