The Tender Bar

Rating: 6/10 Drama

Release Year: 2021 Language: en

Overview

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.

Cast Members

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 Shannon Collis as Pat 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) Tye Sheridan as JR Maguire Daniel Ranieri as Young JR Maguire Max Martini as The Voice, JR's father Ron Livingston as Future JR Maguire (voice only)