The Tender Bar

2021

Action / Biography / Drama / Romance

19
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 69% · 186 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 69% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 36977 37K

1970s coming of age long island, new york writer uncle nephew relationship bar

Plot summary

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 Photo
George Clooney

Top cast

Ben Affleck Photo
Ben Affleck as Uncle Charlie
Christopher Lloyd Photo
Christopher Lloyd as Grandpa
Anastasia Tsikhanava Photo
Anastasia Tsikhanava as Waitress
Elbert Kim Photo
Elbert Kim as Bowler
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984.55 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 4
1.98 GB
1920*1040
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles ar   cn   cz   dk   nl   us   fi   fr   de   il   in   hu   id   it   ja   kr   ms   no   pl   pt   ro   ru   es   sv   ta   te   th   tr   gr  
24 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 12
4.78 GB
3840*2160
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by jesse-846-720503 7 / 10

Ben Affleck's best performance ever

The movie was good. Very touching and heartwarming, with a great sense of time and place. A little uneven at times. But Affleck gives what I think is his best, most real performance. Not his usual movie star stuff. He should be nominated for an Oscar for this.
Reviewed by latinfineart 8 / 10

An excellent film. So well written

If you like those sloppy, bulbous, bloated, fake, illiterate Marvel movies you probably won't be able to relate to this film, but if you like films that are written by adults, films that are written with a sense of lyricism and poetry, films that are about the celebration of life and characters and neighborhoods and people, then you'll probably enjoy this film.I absolutely loved it. I thought it was just a beautiful piece of work and films like this just don't get made in Hollywood very much anymore, as the cultural bankruptcy seems to prevent it. This film is certainly bucking the trend and the quality of the writing was outstanding, as was the direction, the pace, the music and the performances. It was Affleck's best performance in years. Kudos to the entire team.
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