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17/12/2021 Drama 1h 44m
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Between the ones who love you and the ones who leave you is the journey of a lifetime.

Overview

JR is a fatherless boy growing up in the glow of a bar where the bartender, his Uncle Charlie, is the sharpest and most colorful of an assortment of quirky and demonstrative father figures. As the boy’s determined mother struggles to provide her son with opportunities denied to her — and leave the dilapidated home of her outrageous if begrudgingly supportive father — JR begins to gamely, if not always gracefully, pursue his romantic and professional dreams, with one foot persistently placed in Uncle Charlie’s bar.

  1. George Clooney

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Ben Affleck

    Charlie Maguire

  2. Tye Sheridan

    JR Maguire

  3. Daniel Ranieri

    Young JR Maguire

  4. Lily Rabe

    Dorothy Maguire

  5. Christopher Lloyd

    Grandpa Maguire

  6. Max Martini

    The Voice, JR's father

  7. Rhenzy Feliz

    Wesley

  8. Briana Middleton

    Sidney

  9. Max Casella

    Chief

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-03-27
It's not often I find myself writing this, but Ben Affleck is comfortably the best thing about this otherwise rather lacklustre adaptation of JR Moehringer's autobiographical coming of age tale. It depicts the story of his childhood - through the eyes of the engaging young Daniel Ranieri - before he heads to Yale in the guise of Tye Sheridan. The first half hour, maybe, is quite entertaining. This young lad living with his mother (his selfish father is estranged from them, living the mobile life of a late night radio talk show host) in the home of his mildly eccentric grandfather (Christopher ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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