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Coming-of-age drama directed by George Clooney and starring Tye Sheridan, Ben Affleck and Christopher Lloyd. Follows a boy growing up on Long...
Coming-of-age drama directed by George Clooney and starring Tye Sheridan, Ben Affleck and Christopher Lloyd. Follows a boy growing up on Long Island, who looks for father figures among the patrons of his uncle's bar. The screenplay, written by William Monahan (The Departed), is based on the memoir by journalist J. R. Moehringer.
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51 %186 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
70 %682 reviewsAudience score rating
"A coming-of-age story that feels as if it was conceived inside of a lab."
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine"This doesn't feel like real memory at all: just a collection of flavourless picturesque scenes."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"It's alive with messy, loving clashes and bursts of joy."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Now that Affleck has reached middle age, he's capable of bringing fresh depth to his performances."
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Variety
Variety"An uninspiring middlebrow effort."
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The Times
The Times"Vaguely inconsequential..."
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The Telegraph
The Telegraph"Clooney tells an uneventful but intimate story..."
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Independent
Independent"It's not the kind of movie that will knock you out..."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"It feels as if every actor has been under-used."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"What The Tender Bar lacks in dramatic heft and originality, it makes up for in warmth, geniality and a clutch of great performances..."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"it almost feels offensive that this performance is being wasted in such a dud of a movie. "
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Slash Film
Slash Film"A film of passive mediocrity..."
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Financial Times
Financial TimesThe Tender Bar | Details
- Rating
- 15, strong language, sex references
- Runtime
- 104
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- USA
