George Clooney’s “The Tender Bar” screened for BAFTA, DGA and select film critics on Saturday and Sunday evening. Reception has been thus far positive, with numerous people citing Ben Affleck’s performance The words “sweet” and “touching” keep coming up in these reactions. Starring Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Christopher Lloyd & Lily Rabe, the film’s official premise describes this as the story of “a boy growing up on Long Island who seeks out father figures among the patrons at his uncle’s bar.” I liked three of Clooney’s directorial films (“Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,” “Good Night, and Good Luck,” “The Ides of March”), but, of late, he’s been struggling behind the camera with such duds as “Leatherheads,” “Suburbicon,” “The Monument’s Men,” and last year’s “The Midnight Sky” — the latter also had a late Oscar-qualifying run in 2020. Remind me how that went? Contribute Hire me
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