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Read enough books, he tells his nephew, and you could become a writer.
Immediately, voice-over narration from a grown-up J.R., provided by actor Ron Livingston, breaks into the scene.
From that moment on, future J.R. announces, I wanted to become a writer.
Too much is skimmed over rather than dug into deeply.
He meets J.R. where he is, and also makes him feel like hes one of the grown-ups.
Charlie the character is a bit of a conundrum, though.
The movie wants us to see him as a hero of sorts, the same way J.R. does.
George Clooney has gone the Uncle Charlie route withThe Tender Bar.
He made a nice movie.
But given his intellect and insightful nature, its obvious he could have made something more.
This passable but forgettable drama is the result.
