The Tender Bar (2021)
Overview
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.
Cast
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
Kate Avallone
Kathy
Mark Boyett
Sidney's Dad
Quincy Tyler Bernstine
Sidney's Mom
Ezra Knight
Professor Van Dyke
David Carl
School Psychologist
Shannon Collis
PatRecommendations
We the Animals
Uncle Frank
Bunraku
This Boy's Life
Sweet Smell of Success
You Can Count on Me
Love Streams
Joe the King
Shame
The Chamber
May December
The Etruscan Smile
Midnight Cowboy
25th Hour
Back Roads
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Mammal
The Ice Storm
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Dear Zoe