True Grit

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True Grit

PG-13

Released Dec 22, 2010

1h 50m

Western

Drama

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After an outlaw named Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin) murders her father, feisty 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) hires Rooster Cogburn (Jeff Bridges), 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 (Matt Damon) 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

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.

Jan 8, 2021

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Ben Walters

Sight & Sound

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.

Jul 10, 2018

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

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

Rated: C+

Sep 8, 2017

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Emiliano Basile

EscribiendoCine

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]

Rated: 10/10

May 2, 2024

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

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

Rated: 8/10

Feb 17, 2024

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

No dark area of detail or truth is unexamined or softened, even with the un-Coen-like PG-13 rating.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 4, 2023

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Will G

This is a fantastic modern western. Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon gave great performances. The Coen brothers are awesome directors. The cinematography was nice. I want to see the John Wayne version. Reminded me of “Red Dead Redemption”.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/31/24

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Blu B

A 21st Century Western Classic and one of the best remakes I've ever seen. Everything is really well done across the board and a lot of it I'm sure is because of the Coen Brothers guiding hand. I still personally love the 69' original more because of the cinematography has more color and pops and John Wayne is amazing in that role. Hailee in this is really good for one of her first outings and truly shows she's a born actress. Still personally prefer the 69' version also but man I can't deny she's great in this. Bridges is really good too and quite charming and fun while being a absolute badass. It never feels like to me he's trying to imitate John Wayne. Just doing his own thing. I liked some of the changes made like the ending showing all the years later and I didn't mind Damon being gone in the middle vs tagging along the whole way. It allowed more focus on Rooster & Mattie's relationship. Also didn't mind how they quickened the start of the film too. I do wish they would've shown Damon & Bridges meeting thogh. It comes kind of abrupt seeing them together vs the original. But yeah you can tell this has nothing but respect for the source material and original. It's totally unnecessary as it's still the same beats but it's really good. Anyone who is a fan of the original, any actors in this, westerns, or the Coen Brothers should check this out.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/25/24

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Alec B

It surpasses the first film adaptation in just about every way imaginable but most notable is in its language and that Mattie Ross is ultimately enduring here rather than being the most annoying character imaginable.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/08/24

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Tom F

The Coen Brothers work their magic on this brutal tale of the West, recovering it from the grip of John Wayne.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/07/24

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Fer S

Great movie! Amazing performance by Jeff Bridges. Very engaging story and shot in a very pleasing way. I would have liked a darker tone though! specially during the climax.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/04/24

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Paulo M

Western for kids... Bridges could had been great with such performance in a different, more truth to reality, western movie. Not a bad movie, but, since the beginning, you sense the ending of it and how unreal is going to be.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/27/24

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Synopsis

After an outlaw named Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin) murders her father, feisty 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) hires Rooster Cogburn (Jeff Bridges), 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 (Matt Damon) 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, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Screenwriter: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Scott Rudin Productions, Mike Zoss Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Int. Seq. of Western Violence|Disturbing Images)
Genre: Western, Drama
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

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