The Tender Bar is a 2021 coming-of-age drama film directed by Academy Award® Winner George Clooney, and written by Academy Award® Winner William Monahan, based on the Pulitzer Prize winning author J.R. Moehringer's memoir.
It tells the story of J.R., 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 — J.R. begins to gamely, if not always gracefully, pursue his romantic and professional dreams — with one foot persistently placed in Uncle Charlie’s bar.
Starring Academy Award® Winner Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Christopher Lloyd, and Lily Rabe
The Tender Bar arrives in select theaters December 17th, and Prime Video on January 7th. Watch the official trailer below.