The Tender Bar

The Tender Bar

104 mins | Drama | Dec. 17, 2021

J.R. 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 — 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

104 mins | Drama | Dec. 17, 2021

The Tender Bar
J.R. 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 — 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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Smoke House Pictures, Amazon Studios, Grand Illusion Films
Original title The Tender Bar
Directors George Clooney
Writers J.R. Moehringer, William Monahan

Cast

Tye Sheridan

as J.R. Maguire

Ben Affleck

as Charlie Maguire

Daniel Ranieri

as Young J.R. Maguire

Lily Rabe

as Dorothy Maguire

Christopher Lloyd

as Grandpa Maguire

Max Martini

as The Voice

Rhenzy Feliz

as Wesley

Briana Middleton

as Sidney

Max Casella

as Chief

Sondra James

as Grandma Maguire

Michael Braun

as Bobo

Matthew Delamater

as Joey D

Ivan Leung

as Jimmy

Danielle Ranieri

as Aunt Ruth

Kate Avallone

as Kathy

Mark Boyett

as Sidney's Dad

Quincy Tyler Bernstine

as Sidney's Mom

Ezra Knight

as Professor Van Dyke

David Carl

as School Psychologist

Keira Jo Lassor

as Kathy's Daughter

Jennifer C. Johnson

as Mrs. Williams

Michael Steven Costello

as NYT Editor

Kate Middleton

as NYT Personnel Woman

Jackson Damon

as NYT Copyboy

Caroline Bergwall

as NYT Copygirl

Daniel Washington

as Officer James

Jenny Eagan

as Chief's Wife

Steve Gagliastro

as Other Customer

Annabella Valle

as Aunt Ruth's Kid #1

Clara Kelly

as Aunt Ruth's Kid #2

Meara Mahoney Gross

as Aunt Ruth's Kid #3

Ron Livingston

as Future J.R. Maguire

Alex Barber

as Kid in Classroom (uncredited)

Jack Baumrind

as Kid in Classroom (uncredited)

Julia Bechler

as Dickens Bar Regular (uncredited)

Keith R Beck

as Yale Student (uncredited)

Alissa Bourne

as Dickens Bar Patron (uncredited)