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The Founder
2016
· Movie
· 115 min
B
MEANRANK
74/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1659
- IMDb #1669
- Google retired #1427
- Rotten Tomatoes #1533
- Metacritic #1654
- Letterboxd #2494
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2015
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1454
- Metacritic Critics #1794
- Metacritic Audience #1356
- Criticker #1643
- Douban #1063
- Kinopoisk #1037
- AlloCiné #1204
- Trakt #1215
Every rating
50–88
out of 100
A struggling Illinois salesman discovers a remarkably efficient burger restaurant run by two brothers. Seeing revolutionary potential, he maneuvers to become their franchising agent. He gradually expands the business through ruthless ambition, eventually leveraging the brothers' original concept to build a fast-food empire, ultimately forcing them out of the company they created.
Details
- Director
- John Lee Hancock
- Writer
- Robert D. Siegel
- Released
- 24 November 2016
- Country
- Greece, United States
- Language
- English, Yiddish
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $15.0M
- Box office
- $24.1M
- Awards
- 1 win, 3 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 4 →1 win from 4 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2017 | Best Time Capsule | The Founder | Nominee |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2017 | Best Actor | Michael Keaton | Nominee |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2017 | Best Buddy Picture | John Carroll Lynch and Nick Offerman | Nominee |
| Capri Awards 2016 | Best Actor | Michael Keaton | Winner |
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4 awards — The Founder
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Capri Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Michael Keaton | Winner |
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor | Michael Keaton | Nominee |
| Best Buddy Picture | John Carroll Lynch and Nick Offerman | Nominee |
| Best Time Capsule | The Founder | Nominee |