
JR is a fatherless boy growing up in the glow of a bar where the bartender, his Uncle Charlie, is the sharpest and most colorful of an assortment of quirky and demonstrative father figures. As the boy’s determined mother struggles to provide her son with opportunities denied to her — and leave the dilapidated home of her outrageous if begrudgingly supportive father — JR begins to gamely, if not always gracefully, pursue his romantic and professional dreams, with one foot persistently placed in Uncle Charlie’s bar.

as Charlie Maguire

as JR Maguire

as Young JR Maguire

as Dorothy Maguire

as Grandpa Maguire

as The Voice, JR's father

as Wesley

as Sidney

as Chief

as Grandma Maguire

as Bobo

as Joey D

as Jimmy

as Aunt Ruth

as Kathy

as Sidney's Dad

as Sidney's Mom

as Professor Van Dyke

as School Psychologist

as Pat

as Kathy's Daughter

as Mrs. Williams

as NYT Editor

as NYT Personnel Woman

as NYT Copyboy

as NYT Copygirl

as Officer James

as Chief's Wife

as Other Customer

as Aunt Ruth's Kid #1

as Aunt Ruth's Kid #2

as Aunt Ruth's Kid #3

as Future JR Maguire (voice only)

as Kid in Classroom (uncredited)

as Dickens Bar Regular (uncredited)

as Yale Student (uncredited)

as Dickens Bar Patron (uncredited)

as NYT Copyboy