The Tender Bar

About The Tender Bar

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 al…

The Tender Bar is a 2021 drama film directed by George Clooney. Released in December 2021, it runs 104 minutes.

The film is filed under bar, uncle nephew relationship, coming of age, and 1970s.

Ben Affleck appears as Charlie Maguire, Tye Sheridan as JR Maguire, Daniel Ranieri as Young JR Maguire, and Lily Rabe as Dorothy Maguire. The screenplay is by William Monahan. Production companies include Amazon Studios, Grand Illusion Films, and Smokehouse Pictures. It streams on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States.

Diggers, Zodiac, and Boogie Nights make useful companions to The Tender Bar. TMDB voters put it at 6.5 out of 10 across 634 votes and it carries a R rating.