“The Tender Bar”

The Tender Bar is one of my all-time favorite memoirs (written by J.R. Moehringer and featured in BMT Volume 15), and it is now a pretty darn good movie. George Clooney directs and Ben Affleck stars in this lovely film about a young boy who is brought up by his single mom and her family, including Uncle Charlie who owns a bar in Long Island. This “tender” bar becomes a haven of community, family and education as little J.R. grows from a young boy into a young man. As a side note, much of the movie was filmed in various towns around Massachusetts including Watertown.