The Tender Bar
“Between the ones who love you and the ones who leave you is the journey of a lifetime.”
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.
The Tender Bar
“Between the ones who love you and the ones who leave you is the journey of a lifetime.”
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.
Director
George Clooney
Status
Released
Production
Amazon Studios, Smokehouse Pictures, Grand Illusion Films
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
Matthew Delamater
Joey D
Ivan Leung
Jimmy
Danielle Ranieri
Aunt Ruth
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
Pat
Keira Jo Lassor
Kathy's Daughter
Jennifer C. Johnson
Mrs. Williams
Michael Steven Costello
NYT Editor
Kate Middleton
NYT Personnel Woman
Jackson Damon
NYT Copyboy
Caroline Bergwall
NYT Copygirl
Daniel Washington
Officer James
Jenny Eagan
Chief's Wife
Steve Gagliastro
Other Customer
Annabella Valle
Aunt Ruth's Kid #1
Clara Kelly
Aunt Ruth's Kid #2
Meara Mahoney Gross
Aunt Ruth's Kid #3
Ron Livingston
Future JR Maguire (voice only)
Jack Baumrind
Kid in Classroom (uncredited)
Julia Bechler
Dickens Bar Regular (uncredited)
Keith R. Beck
Yale Student (uncredited)
Alissa Bourne
Dickens Bar Patron (uncredited)
Jack Damon
NYT Copyboy
Video Gallery
THE TENDER BAR red carpet | BFI London Film Festival 2021
George Clooney introduces The Tender Bar | BFI London Film Festival 2021
