The Tender Bar
2021, drama
104 minutes
J.R. 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...
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6.0
2022-01-18
The film, carried out with a generically feel-good posture despite J.R.’s romantic and professional disillusions, needed more depth. Read more
6.0
2021-12-19
The illustrious star never overplays it. Each moment of easygoingness and smooth dialogue is matched by another he evokes with soothing or bracing honesty for the hardships at hand. That’s where Affleck and The Tender Bar glow towards some rare exceptionality. Read more
5.0
2021-12-23
While Affleck adds another fine showing to his current winning streak, there’s not much else in The Tender Bar to convince you the book was worth a big screen adaptation at all. Read more
4.0
2021-11-19
Much like the real JR’s life so far, this movie is tremendously inconsequential and almost infuriatingly simple. Read more
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6.0
2022-01-16
Een aangename film welke wat meer pit had verdiend waardoor de sterke cast wat meer had kunnen stralen aan de andere kant is de stof nou eenmaal wat het is en misschien hadden de makers toen moeten bedenken dat dit verhaal misschien beter in boekvorm werkt dan op film. Wat overblijft is een aangename zit waarbij vooral Ben Affleck opvalt, maar welke je ook zo weer vergeten bent. Read more
6.0
2022-01-04
The Tender Bar is een prettige film over opgroeien, maar wel een die iets teveel voortkabbelt. Overigens speelt Ben Affleck iedereen wel naar huis als oom Charlie. Read more
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