George Clooney’s The Tender Bar premiered on Amazon Prime this weekend. The film is based on the (more or less) real-life memoir of journalist J.R. Moehringer. It tells the story of his youth, first as a small child, initially played by young big-eyed actor Daniel Ranieri in his debut performance. His mother (Lily Rabe) who was getting no help from the unsupportive dad (Max Martini) found herself turning to her family for housing and help. Fortunately for young J.R., a father figure was available, although not a conventional one by any means; his bar owning, liquor swilling, nuggets of manly wisdom imparting Uncle Charlie played affably by Ben Affleck.
As the film moves on, J.R. gets older and is played by Tye Sheridan as he goes to college, falls in love for the first time, gets a newspaper job and generally grows up. The story is a big thank you to the writer’s real-life Uncle Charlie who was a formative influence on him in many ways. From teaching him to drive, to giving him advice about love, sports (you suck at it so maybe don’t try), family, and more, Charlie was always either at the house or waiting at his literature-themed watering hole, Dickens, ready to offer gentle encouragement or scolding as the case required.
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