Oscar nomination voting started today, and George Clooney as he has often in his career, has a movie that deserves consideration in The Tender Bar which so far has been somewhat unfairly overlooked in critics and guild award nominations but is the kind of small gem, a family dramedy and coming-of-age story, that I think is the finest directorial job Clooney has done since Good Night And Good Luck.
Apparently those who have caught the film in its streaming run that began on January 7 on Amazon Prime agree. In fact the streamer says the movie, which is based on JR Mohringer’s memoir of growing up in Long Island where the patrons of his Uncle Charlie’s bar basically stood in as father figures for him, had one of the best debuts of any original movie on Prime Video, currently in their top 10 movie releases of all time, and opened globally on the service worldwide in over 240 countries and territories where it was #1 in its opening week.
It has also been getting a large amount of five star reviews from users on the site.Clooney is back in England at his home there after his currently shooting film, Ticket To Paradise, was shut down due to several Covid outbreaks on its Australian locations.
He will be returning soon but had time to hop on the phone with me to talk about his excitement over the success of The Tender Bar, and especially to bring attention to Affleck’s performance which has been nominated for a SAG Award for Best Supporting Actor and is buzzed to put the actor back in the Oscar race if the Gods are smiling. “I have to say the thing that’s so cool about that is Ben really showed up, and he stuck his neck out, and yes, he’s gotten an SAG award nomination and a Golden Globe nomination.
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