A boy growing up on Long Island seeks out father figures among the patrons at his uncle's bar.A boy growing up on Long Island seeks out father figures among the patrons at his uncle's bar.A boy growing up on Long Island seeks out father figures among the patrons at his uncle's bar.
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- TriviaIn 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."
- GoofsIn one of the first scenes, J.R. is listening to the radio as the song "I Love The Nightlife" comes on. The scene is set in 1972 but that song was released in 1978.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2022)
- SoundtracksRadar Love
Written by Barry Hay and George Kooymans
Performed by Golden Earring
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Courtesy of Red Bullet Productions BV
Featured review
Based on his memoir, JR's coming of age to become a writer.
This is an Amazon original movie, my wife and I watched it at home streaming on Amazon. It is set mostly on Long Island and in Connecticut but was filmed in various Massachusetts locations.
The movie is really two parts and they cut back and forth. The older part is in the early 1970s when young JR and his mother deal with their situation by moving back to her parents' home, dad is a radio voice and mostly absent. JR's uncle (Affleck in a good role) operates his own bar and gives young JR some life advice. Mom wants JR to go to Yale and become a lawyer, but JR decides he wants to be a writer.
The other half is in the 1980s when JR is at Yale, then later when he starts to get jobs as a reporter. Woven in are his frustrations with the girl he falls for but she never seems to be able to choose just him.
All in all a good and interesting movie ultimately about JR's coming of age.
The movie is really two parts and they cut back and forth. The older part is in the early 1970s when young JR and his mother deal with their situation by moving back to her parents' home, dad is a radio voice and mostly absent. JR's uncle (Affleck in a good role) operates his own bar and gives young JR some life advice. Mom wants JR to go to Yale and become a lawyer, but JR decides he wants to be a writer.
The other half is in the 1980s when JR is at Yale, then later when he starts to get jobs as a reporter. Woven in are his frustrations with the girl he falls for but she never seems to be able to choose just him.
All in all a good and interesting movie ultimately about JR's coming of age.
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- TxMike
- Jan 7, 2022
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- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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