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Tender Mercies
No big speech. No rock bottom montage. Just a man who stopped drinking and kept showing up for the small stuff.
Who it's for
Tender Mercies shows recovery without melodrama.
Hopeless→Hopeful
Feelings it meets
What it is
Bruce Beresford's 1983 drama, written by Horton Foote, follows Mac Sledge (Robert Duvall), a washed-up country singer with a drinking problem who wakes at a Texas roadside motel after a binge. He agrees to work for the owner, Rosa Lee, a young widow raising her son Sonny, in exchange for lodging on condition he stays sober.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Alcoholism and an adult child's death.
Age: PG
