The Tender Bar
Between the ones who love you and the ones who leave you is the journey of a lifetime.
2021 • R • 1h 44m
6.6/10
(525 users) 
Overview
JR is a fatherless boy growing up in the glow of a bar where the bartender, his Uncle Charlie, is th 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.
6.6/10
(525 users) Cast / Crew 
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 
Matthew Delamater Joey D 
Ivan Leung Jimmy Danielle Ranieri Aunt Ruth 
Kate Avallone Kathy Dara Taylor Original Music Composer Linda Cohen Music Supervisor 
William Monahan Screenplay J.R. Moehringer Executive Producer Tanya Swerling Editor 
Martin Ruhe Director of Photography Kalina Ivanov Production Design Bryan Felty Art Direction Melissa M. Levander Set Decoration Trish Seeney Makeup Department Head Matt Kasmir Visual Effects Supervisor Todd Beckett Sound Re-Recording Mixer Nancy Nugent Supervising Sound Editor Julian Slater Supervising Sound Editor Jon Title Sound Designer
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 Matthew Delamater Joey D Ivan Leung Jimmy Danielle Ranieri Aunt Ruth Kate Avallone Kathy Dara Taylor Original Music Composer Linda Cohen Music Supervisor William Monahan Screenplay J.R. Moehringer Executive Producer Tanya Swerling Editor Martin Ruhe Director of Photography Kalina Ivanov Production Design Bryan Felty Art Direction Melissa M. Levander Set Decoration Trish Seeney Makeup Department Head Matt Kasmir Visual Effects Supervisor Todd Beckett Sound Re-Recording Mixer Nancy Nugent Supervising Sound Editor Julian Slater Supervising Sound Editor Jon Title Sound Designer 
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