The Tender Bar Trivia | 30 facts about the movie

«The Tender Bar» is a 2021 American coming-of-age drama film directed by George Clooney

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1. The Tender Bar is a 2021 American coming-of-age drama film.
2. It was directed by George Clooney.
3. The screenplay was written by William Monahan.
4. The film is an adaptation of the 2005 memoir of the same name by J. R. Moehringer.
5. It recounts Moehringer’s life growing up on Long Island.
6. It stars Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Daniel Ranieri, Lily Rabe, and Christopher Lloyd.
7. It marked the final film appearance of Sondra James before her death in September 2021.
8. The film was released in a limited release on December 17, 2021, by Amazon Studios.
9. The film had its world premiere during the London Film Festival on October 10, 2021
10. Later, it premiered globally on December 22, 2021, prior to streaming on Prime Video on January 7, 2022.
11. It received mixed reviews from critics.
12. Ben Affleck though was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance.
13. The project initially began development in 2013 at Sony Pictures and Chernin Entertainment, with Ted Melfi set as writer and director.
14. Upon his exit, Sony placed the project into turnaround, with Amazon Studios picking up the rights in July 2020.
15. George Clooney entered negotiations to direct the film from a screenplay by William Monahan.
16. Clooney was also attached to produce the film alongside his Smokehouse Pictures producing partner Grant Heslov.
17. Ted Hope was also announced as a producer under his first-look deal at Amazon Studios.
18. Principal photography performed at various locations in Eastern Massachusetts, began on February 22, 2021 and concluded on April 14, 2021.
19. Filming sites included a location in the Belvidere neighborhood of Lowell, Massachusetts, a location in the “Granite Park” neighborhood of Braintree, Massachusetts, and a vacant restaurant building at the South Shore Plaza, also in Braintree, Massachusetts.
20. In a Variety interview, Ben Affleck said “I think the world is a tough and ugly place, particularly now, so I feel good injecting this movie onto the world.”
21. The bowling scene shows a version of bowling called candlepin bowling, which was more popular in the eastern United States. Specifically, the North East United States- like, New England. Candlepin bowling alleys aren’t found in the middle and Southeast United States.
22. This is the 2nd collaboration between Ben Affleck and George Clooney, after both served as producers on Argo (2012).
23. Reunites George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Ben Affleck: the trio that won Best Picture for Argo (2012).
24. The bowling scene shows everyone bowling “candle pins,” which is not played (and wasn’t played at the time of the movie) on Long Island. The bowling alley in the movie is located in Wakefield, MA.
25. Ron Livingston, who voices adult J.R. as narrator went to Yale, as did J.R. Moehringer. They graduated three years apart. J. R.’s mother wanted him to go to Harvard or Yale.
26. Director George Clooney and star Ben Affleck have both played Batman in different DC comics films: Affleck in the DC Extended Universe and Clooney in Batman & Robin (1997).
27. At 1:21:08 in as JR reads the wedding announcement for Sidney, it says her husband is a senion resident. It should say senior not senion.
28. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 52% of 154 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.6/10.
29. The website’s consensus reads, “It’s well-acted and suffused with a warm nostalgic glow, but none of that is enough to overcome The Tender Bar‘s sleepy, sentimental noodling.”
30. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 54 out of 100 based on 32 critics, indicating “mixed or average reviews”.^[14]