The Tender Bar
6.6/10
Rating
104 min
Runtime
2021
Release Year
George Clooney
Director
Cast
Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Daniel Ranieri, Lily Rabe, Christopher Lloyd
Quick Synopsis
JR grows up without a father, spending much of his childhood in a local bar run by his Uncle Charlie, who acts as a lively and influential father figure among a group of unique and expressive men. JR's mother works hard to give him better opportunities than she had, while also trying to move away from her own difficult and eccentric father’s rundown home. Throughout his youth, JR pursues his goals in love and career, often returning to the familiar environment of his uncle's bar for support and guidance.
Detailed Synopsis of The Tender Bar
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.
