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66% Critic Match
The Tender Bar
“Between the ones who love you and the ones who leave you is the journey of a lifetime.”
6.6 / 10• 2021• 1h 44m•R• English
Drama
Storyline
JR is a fatherless boy growing up in the glow of a bar where the bartender, his Uncle Charlie, is the sharpest and most colorful of an assortment of quirky and demonstrative father figures. As the boy’s determined mother struggles to provide her son with opportunities denied to her — and leave the dilapidated home of her outrageous if begrudgingly supportive father — JR begins to gamely, if not always gracefully, pursue his romantic and professional dreams, with one foot persistently placed in Uncle Charlie’s bar.
Cast & Crew
Ben Affleck
Charlie Maguire
Lead
Tye Sheridan
JR Maguire
Daniel Ranieri
Young JR Maguire
Lily Rabe
Dorothy Maguire
Christopher Lloyd
Grandpa Maguire
Max Martini
The Voice, JR's father
Rhenzy Feliz
Wesley
Briana Middleton
Sidney
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. George Clooney's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Tender Bar is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
