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The Tender Bar is a 2021 American coming-of-age drama film directed by George Clooney and written by William Monahan. Based on J. R. Moehringer's 2005 memoir, it recounts Moehringer's life growing up on Long Island. It stars Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Daniel Ranieri, Lily Rabe, and Christopher Lloyd. It was the final film appearance of Sondra James before her death in September 2021.
The film premiered at the BFI London Film Festival on October 10, 2021. It received a limited release on December 17, 2021, by Amazon Studios; then was widely released on December 22, prior to its streaming debut on Prime Video on January 7, 2022. It received mixed reviews, though Affleck was nominated for the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards for his performance.
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In 1973, nine-year-old JR Maguire and his mother Dorothy move back in with her parents on Long Island. Abandoned by his deadbeat father Johnny, a radio DJ known as "the Voice", JR grows up with his mother's working-class family. He finds a surrogate father in his uncle Charlie, the owner of a local bar, "The Dickens".
