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The Tender Bar

A boy growing up on Long Island seeks out father figures among the patrons at his uncle's bar.

Director

George Clooney

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Awards

1 win & 9 nominations

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Uncle Charlie

JR

Young JR

Mom

Grandpa

Christopher Lloyd

The Voice

Wesley

Sidney

Briana Middleton

Chief

Grandma

Bobo

Joey D

Matthew Delamater

Jimmy

Aunt Ruth

Danielle Ranieri

Kathy

Sidney's Dad

Sidney's Mom

Quincy Tyler Bernstine

Professor Van Dyke

School Psychologist

Pat

Kathy's Daughter

Keira Jo Lassor

Mrs. Williams

Jennifer C. Johnson

NYT Editor

Michael Steven Costello

NYT Personnel Woman

NYT Copyboy

NYT Copygirl

Caroline Bergwall

Officer James

Daniel Washington

Chief's Wife

Other Customer

Steve Gagliastro

Aunt Ruth Kid #1

Annabella Valle

Aunt Ruth Kid #2

Clara Jane Kelly

Aunt Ruth Kid #3

Meara Mahoney Gross

Future JR

NC Cop

Michael Balzano III

Student in Classroom

Kid in Classroom

Dickens Bar Regular (Core Group)

Yale Student

Dickens Bar Patron

News Reporter

Christina Calvao

Classroom Kid

Elijah Carvalho

Yale Student

Nicole Chamberlain

A Bar Patron

Christian Cibotti

Yale Student

Classroom Kid

Ruth's Kid

Patrick W. Griffin

80's Dickens Waitress

Bianca

Mellanie Hubert

70's Dickens Waitress

Restaurant Patron

Yale Parent

Boyfriend

NYT Editor

Dicken's Bar Patron, Dicken's Softball Team

Bowler

Dickens Bar Regular

James J. LaBonte

Jimmy's Mother

Jimmy's Father

Officer Gulick

Priest

New York Times Reporter

Dickens Core Group Patron

Ruth's Daughter

A Customer

David Pridemore

Classroom Kid

Tyler M. Rainey

The Voice's Girlfriend

Melanie Blake Roth

Classmate

Restaurant Patron

Mary Ann Schaub

NYT Reporter

Justin M. Tolliver

Ruth's Daughter

Waitress

Anastasia Tsikhanava

Yale Student

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Grandpa Jr Uncle Charlie The Voice Wesley

Today, we're gonna take a break
from our studies, - The Tender Bar

Today, we're gonna take a break from our studies,

Handmade invitations for
the father-and-son breakfast. - The Tender Bar

Handmade invitations for the father-and-son breakfast.

Saturday morning,
we're gonna cook them breakfast, - The Tender Bar

Saturday morning, we're gonna cook them breakfast,

All right, and I want you to do things
that you do with your dad, all right? - The Tender Bar

All right, and I want you to do things that you do with your...

It's hard to tell people
about your father, JR, because... - The Tender Bar

It's hard to tell people about your father, JR, because...

Police can't make him pay support. - The Tender Bar

Police can't make him pay support.

A father-son breakfast might be tough. - The Tender Bar

A father-son breakfast might be tough.

Well, why don't you take him,
you son of a bitch? - The Tender Bar

Well, why don't you take him, you son of a bitch?

Let's go, before I change my mind. - The Tender Bar

Let's go, before I change my mind.

Our educational system, and indeed - The Tender Bar

Our educational system, and indeed

Ability as a concept, turned into
a mechanical, empirical construct. - The Tender Bar

Ability as a concept, turned into a mechanical, empirical co...

You may be a beneficiary of this system. - The Tender Bar

You may be a beneficiary of this system.

Regardless of the system in place, - The Tender Bar

Regardless of the system in place,

Don't tell anybody I'm a good grandfather - The Tender Bar

Don't tell anybody I'm a good grandfather

Your mother has a tumor on her thyroid - The Tender Bar

Your mother has a tumor on her thyroid

It might be malignant, hmm? - The Tender Bar

It might be malignant, hmm?

The biopsy proved
the tumor was malignant, - The Tender Bar

The biopsy proved the tumor was malignant,

They just cut it out,
and the cancer was gone. - The Tender Bar

They just cut it out, and the cancer was gone.

As God is my witness, - The Tender Bar

As God is my witness,

They give you this half-assed clue,
and the answers rhyme. - The Tender Bar

They give you this half-assed clue, and the answers rhyme.

Like, uh... "Jane's vehicles" - The Tender Bar

Like, uh... "Jane's vehicles"

- This kid's a prodigy.
- Gonna have to cut cards - The Tender Bar

- This kid's a prodigy. - Gonna have to cut cards

- Where do you think you're going?
- It's fucking Wednesday! - The Tender Bar

- Where do you think you're going? - It's fucking ...

I was gonna hold on to it for a minute,
but I'll give it to you now. - The Tender Bar

I was gonna hold on to it for a minute, but I'll give i...

Not exactly
the first inkblot on her ledger. - The Tender Bar

Not exactly the first inkblot on her ledger.

Platitude. Duplicity. Sanctimonious." - The Tender Bar

Platitude. Duplicity. Sanctimonious."

Yeah, well, your uncle is
talking about gambling, - The Tender Bar

Yeah, well, your uncle is talking about gambling,

"Dear Mr. Maguire..." - The Tender Bar

"Dear Mr. Maguire..."

"It is a great pleasure to inform you - The Tender Bar

"It is a great pleasure to inform you

"I'm also pleased to notify you
that your financial need has been met." - The Tender Bar

"I'm also pleased to notify you that your financia...

You always do well in that class,
'cause there's no right answer. - The Tender Bar

You always do well in that class, 'cause there's n...

Your mother's gonna come to you
and try to give you money. - The Tender Bar

Your mother's gonna come to you and try to give you mon...

Nah, it's "Junior." - The Tender Bar

Nah, it's "Junior."

You will be making the acquaintance - The Tender Bar

You will be making the acquaintance

Not in your own worst impulses - The Tender Bar

Not in your own worst impulses

Though you will, in each case... - The Tender Bar

Though you will, in each case...

For the time being, in this class,
though I beat against barbarous current, - The Tender Bar

For the time being, in this class, though I beat against bar...

The Iliad and the Odyssey
are the two seedlings, - The Tender Bar

The Iliad and the Odyssey are the two seedlings,

You will start by reading half the Iliad - The Tender Bar

You will start by reading half the Iliad

The first half of the Iliad. - The Tender Bar

The first half of the Iliad.

Now, as some of you hopefully may know, - The Tender Bar

Now, as some of you hopefully may know,

So take note of these
and other examples of its use - The Tender Bar

So take note of these and other examples of its use

Well, if you're made to read
the greatest things ever written, - The Tender Bar

Well, if you're made to read the greatest things ever w...

If you go to Yale
but you don't have any balls, - The Tender Bar

If you go to Yale but you don't have any balls,

I mean, I can do Wordy Gurdy all day long, - The Tender Bar

I mean, I can do Wordy Gurdy all day long,

Everybody alive is lucky - The Tender Bar

Everybody alive is lucky

Our ancestors were all either fast, smart - The Tender Bar

Our ancestors were all either fast, smart

Luck, asshole... it's why we're all here. - The Tender Bar

Luck, asshole... it's why we're all here.

You see, you're believing
in society's bullshit interpretation - The Tender Bar

You see, you're believing in society's bullshit in...

Hey! The fuck are you guys doing here? - The Tender Bar

Hey! The fuck are you guys doing here?

Everybody, - The Tender Bar

I think a Yale man
should drink gin myself, - The Tender Bar

I think a Yale man should drink gin myself,

Whatever you assholes choose now
is what I'm gonna pour - The Tender Bar

Whatever you assholes choose now is what I'm gonna pour

Goodness. Evidently, tonight, you guys
are backed up on Chief and Joey D. - The Tender Bar

Goodness. Evidently, tonight, you guys are backed up on Chie...

All props to the 82nd, but your little
fucking airdrop on Grenada is not a war. - The Tender Bar

All props to the 82nd, but your little fucking airdrop on Gr...

You need to find the main guy,
who's a problem, - The Tender Bar

You need to find the main guy, who's a problem,

You know, Uncle Charlie is, like,
your old man, basically. - The Tender Bar

You know, Uncle Charlie is, like, your old man, basically.

If you didn't believe his concrete proof,
the Church would cut your nuts off. - The Tender Bar

If you didn't believe his concrete proof, the Church wo...

Read Orwell on the lower upper middle classes - The Tender Bar

Read Orwell on the lower upper middle classes

Most illogical city
I have ever seen in my life. - The Tender Bar

Most illogical city I have ever seen in my life.

My old man said, "Pick a city." - The Tender Bar

My old man said, "Pick a city."

- The moral of the story is...
- Right, right. The moral of the story is - The Tender Bar

- The moral of the story is... - Right, right. The moral of ...

- Hi.
- How are you? Uh, is Stinky in there? - The Tender Bar

- Hi. - How are you? Uh, is Stinky in there?

He was always on the radio, in New York. - The Tender Bar

He was always on the radio, in New York.

He was Johnny Ace
or Johnny Michaels on the radio. - The Tender Bar

He was Johnny Ace or Johnny Michaels on the radio.

Women with father complexes
tend to eat a lot, - The Tender Bar

Women with father complexes tend to eat a lot,

- You being careful?
- Jesus, Mom. Fuck. - The Tender Bar

- You being careful? - Jesus, Mom. Fuck.

"Lower-middle-upper." - The Tender Bar

"Lower-middle-upper."

I mean, I just feel like
Sidney's so up here - The Tender Bar

I mean, I just feel like Sidney's so up here

It's not the worst thing if the man
puts the woman on a slight pedestal. - The Tender Bar

It's not the worst thing if the man puts the woman on a...

- What?
- What? - The Tender Bar

- What? - What?

It's Christmas in Connecticut,
with a Volvo. - The Tender Bar

It's Christmas in Connecticut, with a Volvo.

There wasn't a thing
Sidney wouldn't do or try. - The Tender Bar

There wasn't a thing Sidney wouldn't do or try.

She taught me about love, - The Tender Bar

She taught me about love,

I knew that my first great love
probably wouldn't be my last. - The Tender Bar

I knew that my first great love probably wouldn't be my...

But there was something about her,
something different, - The Tender Bar

But there was something about her, something different,

Since you can call him Phil,
I suppose you can call me Mrs. Lawson. - The Tender Bar

Since you can call him Phil, I suppose you can call me Mrs. ...

Well, Sidney tells me... Excuse me. - The Tender Bar

Well, Sidney tells me... Excuse me.

Sidney tells me you're both architects. - The Tender Bar

Sidney tells me you're both architects.

I mean, I just failed an English exam,
but a house is a dwelling - The Tender Bar

I mean, I just failed an English exam, but a house is a dwel...

I understand you have an absconded father - The Tender Bar

I understand you have an absconded father

She dwells in Manhasset, - The Tender Bar

She dwells in Manhasset,

And one of the things she always
loved to do was ride around - The Tender Bar

And one of the things she always loved to do was ride around

She sounds like a very intelligent woman,
if a trifle optimistic. - The Tender Bar

She sounds like a very intelligent woman, if a trifle optimi...

I'd spend the next two years just focusing
on making something of myself. - The Tender Bar

I'd spend the next two years just focusing on making so...

Writing for the paper, working at the bar. - The Tender Bar

Writing for the paper, working at the bar.

I fear that sometimes
the question is too little asked. - The Tender Bar

I fear that sometimes the question is too little asked.

Do you have plans in your head
to make something of yourself, - The Tender Bar

Do you have plans in your head to make something of yourself...

Also, the Gatsby thing, you know? - The Tender Bar

Also, the Gatsby thing, you know?

Well, what's your main theme?
Since it isn't really that one. - The Tender Bar

Well, what's your main theme? Since it isn't reall...

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A boy growing up on Long Island seeks out father figures among the patrons at his uncle's bar.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: George Clooney

Writer: William Monahan, J.R. Moehringer

Production: N/A

Genre: drama

Year: 2021

MetaScore: 53/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 07 Jan 2022

Awards: 1 win & 9 nominations

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Also watch: Falling for Figaro, Love Me Tender, La Llorona, Coda, Four to Dinner, Society of the Snow: Who Were We on the Mountain?, The Three Musketeers