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Starring: Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Lily Rabe, Christopher Lloyd, Max Martini, Rhenzy Feliz, Briana Middleton
Story:
Amazon Prime coming of age drama directed by George Clooney. The Tender Bar (2021) centers on J.R. Moehringer (Tye Sheridan), a fatherless boy who bonds with his Uncle Charlie (Ben Affleck). As J.R.’s determined mother, Dorothy (Lily Rabe), struggles to provide her son with opportunities denied to her, and leave the dilapidated home of her father (Christopher Lloyd), J.R. begins to gamely, if not always gracefully, pursue his romantic and professional dreams, with one foot persistently placed in his Uncle Charlie’s bar.
We’ll add the best quotes once the movie is released and we’ve had a chance to watch it, but for now, here’s a small selection.
Quotes:
Dorothy: Your grandfather is a selfish old prick, who resents taking care of his family.
Grandfather: And yet, you all end up back here. At my house.
Uncle Charlie: Welcome. I’m your only uncle. So, I’m also your favorite uncle. Right?
Young J.R.: Maybe.
Dorothy: I have no idea how, but you are going to law school.
Grandfather: So you can sue your father for child support!
Dorothy: No. So he can help with your fines about the septic tank!
Uncle Charlie: Oh, here we go.
Bar Patron: Hey, whose kid is that?
Uncle Charlie: My sister’s.
Bar Patron: Which sister? The hot one, or the crazy one?
Uncle Charlie: What, do you want to die?
Uncle Charlie: [to youn J.R.] I’ll take care of you. Teach you the male sciences.
Uncle Charlie: [to young J.R.] Okay, two rules. I’m never going to let you win. And I’m going to always tell you the truth. Your father is a deadbeat.
Uncle Charlie: I saw you in the yard playing sports. You’re not very good. You’ll find some other activities.
Young J.R.: I like to read.
Uncle Charlie: You read enough of those, maybe, you could become a writer. One more thing, very important. Never hit a woman. Even if she stabs you with scissors.
Young J.R.: Got it.
Uncle Charlie: In life, you got to have “it”. If you don’t have “it”, you’ll never get it. And I say you got it.
Uncle Charlie: I got an announcement! Today my nephew is officially a man.
Uncle Charlie: [reading J.R.’s letter] It is a great pleasure to offer you a place in the Yale class of 1986.
J.R.: Hey, I’m J.R.
Sidney: Sidney. You’re in my class.
J.R.: I doubt it.
Sidney: So, what do you want to be J.R.?
J.R.: I’m going to be a writer.
Priest: Well what’s your main theme?
J.R.: The absent father. The poor boy who wants a rich girl.
Wesley: [to J.R.] She doesn’t love you. What you do next is going to be important.
Uncle Charlie: Did you go and stare up at the building in the rain?
J.R.: [unconvincingly] No.
Papa Moehringer: [to J.R.] What are you going to do without the bad guy in your life?
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