Between the ones who love you and the ones who leave you is the journey of a lifetime.
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.
Ben Affleck
Uncle Charlie
(Acting)
Tye Sheridan
JR
(Acting)
Daniel Ranieri
Young JR
(Acting)
Lily Rabe
Mom
(Acting)
Christopher Lloyd
Grandpa
(Acting)
Max Martini
The Voice
(Acting)
Rhenzy Feliz
Wesley
(Acting)
Briana Middleton
Sidney
(Acting)
Max Casella
Chief
(Acting)
Sondra James
Grandma
(Acting)
Michael Braun
Bobo
(Acting)
Matthew Delamater
Joey D
(Acting)
Ivan Leung
Jimmy
(Acting)
Danielle Ranieri
Aunt Ruth
(Acting)
Kate Avallone
Kathy
(Acting)
Mark Boyett
Sidney's Dad
(Acting)
Quincy Tyler Bernstine
Sidney's Mom
(Acting)
Ezra Knight
Professor Van Dyke
(Acting)
David Carl
School Psychologist
(Acting)
Shannon Collis
Pat
(Acting)
Keira Jo Lassor
Kathy's Daughter
(Acting)
Jennifer C. Johnson
Mrs. Williams
(Acting)
Michael Steven Costello
NYT Editor
(Acting)
Kate Middleton
NYT Personnel Woman
(Acting)
Jackson Damon
NYT Copyboy
(Acting)
Caroline Bergwall
NYT Copygirl
(Acting)
Daniel Washington
Officer James
(Acting)
Jenny Eagan
Chief's Wife
(Costume & Make-Up)
Steve Gagliastro
Other Customer
(Acting)
Annabella Valle
Aunt Ruth's Kid #1
(Acting)
Clara Kelly
Aunt Ruth's Kid #2
(Acting)
Meara Mahoney-Gross
Aunt Ruth's Kid #3
(Acting)
Ron Livingston
Future JR
(Acting)
Michael Balzano III
NC Cop (uncredited)
(Acting)
Alex Barber
Kid in Classroom (uncredited)
(Acting)
Jack Baumrind
Kid in Classroom (uncredited)
(Acting)
Julia Bechler
Dickens Bar Regular (uncredited)
(Acting)
Keith R Beck
Yale Student (uncredited)
(Acting)
Alissa Bourne
Dickens Bar Patron (uncredited)
(Acting)
So very plain.
To be honest: I found 'The Tender Bar' to be a bore. I felt like I had seen this film before, such is the predictable and monotonous nature of the story. It almost felt like a (poorer) rerun of 2020's '
It's not often I find myself writing this, but Ben Affleck is comfortably the best thing about this otherwise rather lacklustre adaptation of JR Moehringer's autobiographical coming of age tale. It depicts the story of his childhood - through the eyes of the engaging young Daniel Ranieri - before he...A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 27 Mar, 2022
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