Film

The Tender Bar

2021 · 1h 44m · Drama

Between the ones who love you and the ones who leave you is the journey of a lifetime.

IMDb

6.7

Rotten Tomatoes

51%

Metacritic

53

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.

Ben Affleck

Charlie Maguire

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

Max Casella

Chief

Sondra James

Grandma Maguire

Michael Braun

Bobo

Matthew Delamater

Joey D

Ivan Leung

Jimmy

Danielle Ranieri

Aunt Ruth

Kate Avallone

Kathy

Mark Boyett

Sidney's Dad

• George ClooneyProducer · Director
• William MonahanScreenplay
• Grant HeslovProducer
• Ted HopeProducer
• J.R. MoehringerExecutive Producer
• Barbara A. HallExecutive Producer
• Martin RuheDirector of Photography
• Dara TaylorOriginal Music Composer
• Tanya SwerlingEditor
• Rachel TennerCasting

Official Trailer

Release date

December 17, 2021

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

R

Genres

Drama

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