The Tender Bar (2021)

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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.

• Released: 2021-12-17
• Genres: Drama
• Runtime: 1h 44m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.6/10 from 631 votes

Directed by George Clooney.

Top cast

• Ben Affleck as Charlie Maguire
• Tye Sheridan as JR Maguire
• Daniel Ranieri as Young JR Maguire
• Lily Rabe as Dorothy Maguire
• Christopher Lloyd as Grandpa Maguire
• Max Martini as The Voice, JR's father
• Rhenzy Feliz as Wesley
• Briana Middleton as Sidney
• Max Casella as Chief
• Sondra James as Grandma Maguire

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Tender Bar

• United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Amazon MX Player; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Rakuten TV; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
• India: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
• Canada: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV

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