The Tender Bar
2021JR 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.
Acted in
Ben Affleck
as Charlie Maguire
Tye Sheridan
as JR Maguire
Daniel Ranieri
as Young JR Maguire
Lily Rabe
as Dorothy Maguire
Christopher Lloyd
as Grandpa Maguire
Max Martini
as The Voice, JR's father
Rhenzy Feliz
as Wesley
Briana Middleton
as Sidney
Max Casella
as Chief
Sondra James
as Grandma Maguire
Michael Braun
as Bobo
Matthew Delamater
as Joey D
Ivan Leung
as Jimmy
Danielle Ranieri
as Aunt Ruth
Kate Avallone
as Kathy
Mark Boyett
as Sidney's Dad
Quincy Tyler Bernstine
as Sidney's Mom
Ezra Knight
as Professor Van Dyke
David Carl
as School Psychologist
Shannon Collis
as Pat
Keira Jo Lassor
as Kathy's Daughter
Jennifer C. Johnson
as Mrs. Williams
Michael Steven Costello
as NYT Editor
Kate Middleton
as NYT Personnel Woman
Jackson Damon
as NYT Copyboy
Caroline Bergwall
as NYT Copygirl
Daniel Washington
as Officer James
Jenny Eagan
as Chief's Wife
Steve Gagliastro
as Other Customer
Annabella Valle
as Aunt Ruth's Kid #1
Clara Kelly
as Aunt Ruth's Kid #2
Meara Mahoney Gross
as Aunt Ruth's Kid #3
Ron Livingston
as Future JR Maguire (voice only)
Jack Baumrind
as Kid in Classroom (uncredited)
Julia Bechler
as Dickens Bar Regular (uncredited)
Keith R Beck
as Yale Student (uncredited)
Alissa Bourne
as Dickens Bar Patron (uncredited)