ORIGINAL MOVIE This heartwarming, and at times heartbreaking, coming-of-age story stars Ben Affleck as streetwise Long Island, New York, bartender Charlie, who becomes a father figure to his young nephew J.R. (played at different ages by Daniel Ranieri and Tye Sheridan, above, with Affleck). In financial straits, the kid and his mom, Dorothy (Lily Rabe)—who split from J.R.’s absentee dad—move in with extended family, including J.R.’s grandparents (Christopher Lloyd and Sondra James) and Uncle Charlie. While pouring booze at the local watering hole, Charlie dispenses no-nonsense advice on women, love and life to J.R., who’s a fixture there when his uncle is working. (One gem: “If you drink, you keep your [bleep] together.”)
Despite his loving and supportive (if scrappy) family, J.R. struggles to find his way: first as a…
