- HD 1080
- Runtime: 101m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: John Polson
- Stars: Russell Crowe, Jon Foster, Sophie Traub, Laura Dern, Alicia Harding
- keywords: release from prison, ex-con, ill wife, murder of family
- Production_studio: Hanson Allen Films, Ideal Partners, TurtleBack Productions, Lionsgate, GreeneStreet Films
- Slogan: The intimacy of the kill
- providers: Starz Apple TV Channel, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz, Starz Amazon Channel
- The Tenderness is featured in the top rankings of 2009
- #98 in Top Crime Movies of 2009
A hardened cop tries to unravel the past to discover whether a violent teenager was responsible for the murder of his family. A confused fifteen-year-old runaway becomes enthralled with the young man.