Tender Bar

A small story with a huge heart, one that should leave all but the most jaded viewers with more than a few well-earned lumps in their throats.
-- Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times

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The Tender Bar

The Tender Bar tells the story of J.R. (Sheridan), a fatherless boy growing up in the glow of a bar where the bartender, his Uncle Charlie (Affleck), is the sharpest and most colorful of an assortment of quirky and demonstrative father figures. As the boy’s determined mother (Rabe) struggles to provide her son with opportunities denied to her — and leave the dilapidated home of her outrageous if begrudgingly supportive father (Christopher Lloyd) — J.R. begins to gamely, if not always gracefully, pursue his romantic and professional dreams — with one foot persistently placed in Uncle Charlie’s bar. The Tender Bar is based on the best-selling memoir of the same name by J.R. Moehringer.
R
Genre
Drama
Runtime
106
Language
English
Director
George Clooney
Writer(s)
William Monahan
Cast
Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Christopher Lloyd, Lily Rabe
FEATURED REVIEW
Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter

There are no big, aha moments in 'The Tender Bar.' Episodic and intimately scaled, the coming-of-age story takes George Clooney as far from high concept as he’s gone as a director. His eighth feature is also the warmest movie he’s made, the polar opposite of his previous outing, the sci-fi saga 'The ...

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