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January 20, 2017

At the Movies: ‘The Founder' shows supersized business story

By JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer

Ketchup, mustard, two pickles. In John Lee Hancock's “The Founder,” about Ray Kroc and the making of McDonald's, the ingredients for success are ruthlessly simple.

When Kroc (Michael Keaton), a struggling traveling salesmen selling milkshake mixers, first beelines to San Bernardino, California, in 1954 to get a look at Dick (Nick Offerman) and Mac (John Carroll Lynch) McDonald's burger joint, he stands agog at the counter. Moments after he orders, Kroc is handed his burger and fries in a bag, but he might as well have been flame-grilled by lightning. “But I just ordered,” he stutters.


 
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