On-Air Film Review: Benefit for Bennifer in ‘The Tender Bar’

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CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on January 6th, 2022, reviewing the latest from Ben Affleck, directed by George Clooney. “The Tender Bar” is streaming on Amazon Prime Video starting January 7th.


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Rating: 3.0/5.0

Ben Affleck portrays Uncle Charlie, a Long Island bartender in the 1970s who fancies himself a philosopher king. Tye Sheridan is J.R.(the source of the memoir that is based on the film), who rhapsodizes about his life as a kid hanging at the bar and later as a young college student, still thinking Affleck’s Uncle Charlie is the coolest cat.

“The Tender Bar” is streaming on Amazon Prime Video beginning January 7th. Featuring Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Lily Rabe, Christopher Lloyd and Max Martini. Screenplay adapted by William Monahan. Directed by George Clooney. Rated “R”

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