The Tender 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.

Top Cast

Ben Affleck Charlie Maguire

Tye Sheridan JR Maguire

Daniel Ranieri Young JR Maguire

Lily Rabe Dorothy Maguire

Christopher Lloyd Grandpa Maguire