The Founder - They got the Big Mac, I got the Big Mick

“If my competitor were drowning, I’d walk over and put a hose right in his mouth. Can you say the same?”

My favorite bit was his vision for every American town to have, “The cross, the flag, and the golden arches.”

Finally managed to pick this one out of my Netflix backlog. It’s watchable, but to me it wasn’t as good as it should have been based on the actual story and the cast.

The cast did an absolutely fine job, but the script wasn’t as captivating as I hoped it would be. The first two acts are where I cared the most … and then the third act just plays out without it feeling like a real climax. It should be the most tense part since this is where Kroc legally outmaneuvers the brothers, but I thought it overall fell a bit flat.