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.
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Cast
38 people
Ben Affleck
Charlie Maguire
Known for
Gone Girl
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Tye Sheridan
JR Maguire
Known for
Ready Player One
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Daniel Ranieri
Young JR Maguire
Also in
Nothing Will Ever Be the Same
Lily Rabe
Dorothy Maguire
Known for
The Undoing
Fractured
Christopher Lloyd
Grandpa Maguire
Known for
Back to the Future
Wednesday
Max Martini
The Voice, JR's father
Known for
The Purge
Pacific Rim
Rhenzy Feliz
Wesley
Known for
The Penguin
Marvel's Runaways
Briana Middleton
Sidney
Known for
Sharper
The Inheritance
Max Casella
Chief
Known for
Tulsa King
The Sopranos
Sondra James
Grandma Maguire
Known for
Joker
Crisis in Six Scenes
Michael Braun
Bobo
Known for
The Night Of
Deep Water
Matthew Delamater
Joey D
Known for
Tumbledown
George Clooney Director · William Monahan Screenplay J.R. Moehringer Author
United States release December 17, 2021 · Produced in United States · Languages English, Russian
Production
Amazon Studios
Production
Smokehouse Pictures
Production
Grand Illusion Films
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Russian
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 10, 2021
Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
United States · December 17, 2021
Limited theatrical
United States · January 7, 2022
Digital · Amazon
United States
December 22, 2021 · Theatrical
Australia
January 7, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
Brazil
January 7, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
Canada
December 17, 2021 · Digital
France
January 7, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
Germany
January 7, 2022 · Digital · Amazon Prime
Hungary
January 7, 2022 · Digital
Ireland
January 7, 2022 · Digital · Amazon Prime Video
Italy
January 7, 2022 · Digital
Japan
January 7, 2022 · Digital
Mexico
December 17, 2021 · Digital
Netherlands
December 17, 2021 · Digital
Norway
December 17, 2021 · Digital
Poland
November 17, 2021 · Digital
Portugal
December 17, 2021 · Digital
Slovakia
November 1, 2026 · TV · JOJ PLUS
Spain
January 7, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
United Kingdom
December 17, 2021 · Limited theatrical
January 7, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
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