The Tender Bar

The story

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.

Cast

B Ben AffleckCharlie Maguire T Tye SheridanJR Maguire D Daniel RanieriYoung JR Maguire L Lily RabeDorothy Maguire C Christopher LloydGrandpa Maguire M Max MartiniThe Voice, JR's father R Rhenzy FelizWesley B Briana MiddletonSidney M Max CasellaChief S Sondra JamesGrandma Maguire M Michael BraunBobo M Matthew DelamaterJoey D

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I Ivan LeungJimmy D Danielle RanieriAunt Ruth K Kate AvalloneKathy M Mark BoyettSidney's Dad Q Quincy Tyler BernstineSidney's Mom E Ezra KnightProfessor Van Dyke D David CarlSchool Psychologist S Shannon CollisPat K Keira Jo LassorKathy's Daughter J Jennifer C. JohnsonMrs. Williams M Michael Steven CostelloNYT Editor K Kate MiddletonNYT Personnel Woman J Jackson DamonNYT Copyboy C Caroline BergwallNYT Copygirl D Daniel WashingtonOfficer James J Jenny EaganChief's Wife S Steve GagliastroOther Customer A Annabella ValleAunt Ruth's Kid #1 C Clara KellyAunt Ruth's Kid #2 M Meara Mahoney GrossAunt Ruth's Kid #3 R Ron LivingstonFuture JR Maguire (voice only) J Jack BaumrindKid in Classroom (uncredited) J Julia BechlerDickens Bar Regular (uncredited) K Keith R. BeckYale Student (uncredited) A Alissa BourneDickens Bar Patron (uncredited) J Jack DamonNYT Copyboy