True Grit (2010)
Average Rating: 8.4/10
Reviews Counted: 256
Fresh: 246 | Rotten: 10
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.
Average Rating: 8.3/10
Critic Reviews: 43
Fresh: 41 | Rotten: 2
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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Fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) joins an aging U.S. marshal (Jeff Bridges) and another lawman (Matt Damon) in tracking her father's killer into hostile Indian territory in Joel and Ethan Coen's adaptation of Charles Portis' original novel. Sticking more closely to the source material than the 1969 feature adaptation starring Western icon John Wayne, the Coens' True Grit tells the story from the young girl's perspective, and re-teams the celebrated filmmaking duo with their No
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Cast
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Jeff Bridges
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Josh Brolin
Tom Chane, Tom Chaney -
Matt Damon
LaBoeuf -
Hailee Steinfeld
Mattie Ross -
Barry Pepper
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Bruce Green
Harold Parmalee -
Dakin Matthews
Colonel Stonehill -
Elizabeth Marvel
40-Year-Old Mattie -
Domhnall Gleeson
Moon (The Kid) -
Paul Rae
Emmett Quincy -
Leon Russom
Sheriff -
Jarleth Conroy
Undertaker -
Roy Lee Jones
Yarnell -
Ed Lee Corbin
Bear Man -
Candyce Hinkle
Boarding House Landlady -
Peter Leung
Mr. Lee -
Don Pirl
Cole Younger -
Joe Stevens
Cross-examining Lawyer -
David Lipman
First Lawyer -
Jake Walker
Judge Parker -
Orlando Storm Smart
Stableboy -
Ty Mitchell
Ferryman -
Nicholas Sadler
Repentant Condemned Man -
Scott Sowers
Unrepentant Condemned M... -
Jonathan Joss
Condemned Indian -
Maggie Goodman
Woman at Hanging -
Brandon Sanderson
Indian Youth at Bagby's -
Ruben Nakai Campana
Indian Youth at Bagby's
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It could be the Coens' most straightforward film, but it's also one of their best.
Top CriticThe tense verbal comedy of Mattie's early negotiation with a Fort Smith merchant should win you over to this movie's high linguistic wit.
Nothing very startling happens, but the Coens have a sure hand, and Bridges, in the old John Wayne role, plays a man, not a myth; you can sense Rooster's stink and his nasty intelligence, too.
The real reason to see the film is the work of the Coens' regular collaborators, cinematographer Roger Deakins and composer Carter Burwell, who supply the visual and auditory landscapes that are True Grit's most notable achievement.
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen fill the film with self-conscious good humor-hey, it's the Coen brothers-and the charmingly old-fashioned locutions of the Charles Portis novel.
A great film that will stand the test of time.
Duke has been usurped by the Dude, and I couldn't be more thrilled by the experience of watching one of our finest actors take a role as iconic as Rooster Cogburn and indisputably make it his own.
It may not rank among the Coen Brothers' greatest works, but their new adaptation of the Portis novel is intriguing to watch, beautifully filmed, and well worth taking a look at for the fascinating characters.
True Grit is as close to Disney as the Coens get. And go figure, this time out, it is meant as a compliment.
Non-gritty update a step up from John Wayne and Glen Campbell
... The best of both worlds: a classic Western and classic Coen brothers.
...a traditional Western that's been augmented with a number of irresistibly off-kilter elements.
Not as out-there as Lebowski, as bleak as No Country, or as twisted as Fargo, but it crackles, like a good campfire, with colorful Coen flourishes all the same.
Either I'm softening on the Coens or they are softening themselves. Not as darkly comic as their prior films, this western is easily one of their better films.
The dialogue zings with period flourish and point-blank delivery.
Jeff Bridges is rough and rowdy marshal Ruben "Rooster" Cogburn, and manages to put his own stamp on the role made famous in 1969 by John Wayne. It's no surprise that he knows how to bring a wide palette of colors to this character, and he seems to be...
The title refers to the trait Mattie needs in her avenger, though the film sympathizes with the criminal outcasts.
... the most accessible and successful (financially speaking) film of their career.
This True Grit is timeless.
So-so features can't dampen an otherwise prodigious presentation of the Coens' latest masterwork.
Combining humor and adventure, the Coen brothers' version of 'True Grit' entertains with every step it takes. (Blu-ray edition)
The new movie really is quite different from the older one, and in almost every way an improvement.
A marvelous film. The highlight is the performance of Hailee Steinfeld as the young heroine, Mattie Ross, but also boasting strong turns by Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon.
The brothers' fidelity to Portis' novel not only honors a great literary achievement but also makes for a narrative with fascinating interruptions, digressions and enigmatic encounters...
This isn't the deepest Western or the most thoughtful Coen brothers film, but dang if it isn't a good time.
Audience Reviews for True Grit
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- Mattie Ross: We have no rodeo clowns in Yell County.
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- Rooster Cogburn: The Jake's is occupied, and will be for quite some time.
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- Rooster Cogburn: If he is not in a shallow grave somewhere between here and Fort Smith he is gone. Long gone! Thanks to Mr. LaBeouf, we have missed our shot. He barked and the birds have flown. Gone. Gone. Gone! Lucky Ned and his cohort gone. Your fifty dollars gone. Gone the whiskey - seized in evidence. The trail is cold, if there ever was one. I'm a foolish old man who's been drawn into a wild goose chase by a harpy in trouser and a nincompoop. Mr. LaBeouf, he can wonder the Choctaw Nation for as long as he likes. Perhaps the local In'jins will take him in and honor his jibberings by making him chief. You, sister, may go where you like. Our engagement is terminated. I bow out.
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- Colonel Stonehill: I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world itself is vexing enough.
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- Rooster Cogburn: I always go backwards when I'm backing up.
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- Mattie Ross: And for your reference, next time you write 'it would be futile to follow me', it ain't spelled 'f-u-d-d-l-e'.
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