True Grit

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True Grit

PG-13

2010

1h 50m

Western

Drama

Adventure

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After an outlaw named Tom Chaney murders her father, feisty 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross hires Rooster Cogburn, a boozy, trigger-happy lawman, to help her find Chaney and avenge her father. The bickering duo are not alone in their quest, for a Texas Ranger named LaBoeuf is also tracking Chaney for reasons of his own. Together the unlikely trio ventures into hostile territory to dispense some Old West justice.

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Critics Consensus

Girded by strong performances from Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, and newcomer Hailee Steinfeld, and lifted by some of the Coens' most finely tuned, unaffected work, True Grit is a worthy companion to the Charles Portis book.

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Katherine Don

Bitch Media

01/08/2021

I thought the film was excellent... [But] Don't skimp on the development of female characters just because the complexities are difficult to represent. We're going to notice.

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Ben Walters

Sight & Sound

07/10/2018

Henry Hathaway's 1969 adaptation was highly faithful... The Coens' movie is less faithful than Hathaway's but stronger - the production, by their regular team, is formally superb - and weirder.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

09/08/2017

C+

Disappointing overall, though entertaining at times, True Grit isn't exactly the Coen brothers best movie but they get an A for effort.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 11

4/5

Two fantastic lead performances take this familiar Western premise into a whole new level of enjoyment.

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Emiliano Basile

EscribiendoCine

05/02/2024

10/10

Intelligently, the Coens infiltrate their bloody discourse beneath the plot, as in the best classic cinema, where a great theme rides along a great story. [Full review in Spanish]

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

02/17/2024

8/10

A film by the Coen brothers that rekindles, in a fascinating way, the fuse that was extinguished in revisionist Westerns. [Full review in Spanish]

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Jordan S.

@jswez Apr 4

Setting and storyline are great, but the acting is superb. One of the rare films that does its book predecessor proud.

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Romas M

@Romas Mar 28

Greetings from Lithuania. "True Grit" (2010) is an amazing film. Won't going to tell the story, just wanna say that this is my favorite film so far by Coen brothers, and one of the best film I saw in 2010-2011. Jeff Bridges absolutely stole the show and every scene he was in and created one of the most memorable characters in his carrier - Rooster Cogburn. The entire cast was great. The movie making level in "True Grit" is at its best. Every single aspect of this movie works, works like i haven't seen in a long time. Cinematography by Roger Deakins is amazing. If I wouldn't be a fan of "Inception" I would say that this is the best cinematography of the year. And writing of Coens was brilliant - it is just a pleasure to listed to dialogs. Overall, "True Grit" for is a great movie. It's made on a highest level were everything in every department is a step better than in your average western movie. It is still one of the best films Coens have ever made.

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Mauricio Gabriel D

@Cremasterduro Dec 14

Excelente, la original con j.wayne, me había gustado mucho de chico, no volvi a verla, pero está adaptación me gustó mucho. Recomendable.

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Joao G

@RT50242136 Nov 30

Nice movie that is another must see by Cohens top prodution, even though not n.1.

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Dan F.

@DatGuyDan Oct 20

A masterpiece, plain and simple. Hailee Steinfeld is incredible, and the story moves like Swiss clockwork.

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Wyatt H

@GoopyWoopy Oct 14

While it's definitely better in most aspects than the original, nothing can beat John Wayne for me, especially since I grew up with the film

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Synopsis

After an outlaw named Tom Chaney murders her father, feisty 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross hires Rooster Cogburn, a boozy, trigger-happy lawman, to help her find Chaney and avenge her father. The bickering duo are not alone in their quest, for a Texas Ranger named LaBoeuf is also tracking Chaney for reasons of his own. Together the unlikely trio ventures into hostile territory to dispense some Old West justice.

Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Producer: Scott Rudin
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Mike Zoss Productions, Scott Rudin Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Int. Seq. of Western Violence|Disturbing Images)
Genre: Western, Drama, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 22, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $171.0M
Runtime: 1h 50m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS