True Grit Reviews
Examiner.com
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.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Cinemania
True Grit is as close to Disney as the Coens get. And go figure, this time out, it is meant as a compliment.
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| Original Score: 84/100
Movie Habit
Non-gritty update a step up from John Wayne and Glen Campbell
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)
... The best of both worlds: a classic Western and classic Coen brothers.
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| Original Score: A
Reel Film Reviews
...a traditional Western that's been augmented with a number of irresistibly off-kilter elements.
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| Original Score: 3/4
American Profile
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.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Cinema Sight
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.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Digital Spy
The dialogue zings with period flourish and point-blank delivery.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Leonard Maltin's Picks
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...
IdentityTheory
The title refers to the trait Mattie needs in her avenger, though the film sympathizes with the criminal outcasts.
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| Original Score: 8/10
MSN.com
... the most accessible and successful (financially speaking) film of their career.
Movie Metropolis
The new movie really is quite different from the older one, and in almost every way an improvement.
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| Original Score: 8/10
Akron Beacon Journal
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.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Parallax View
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...
EricDSnider.com
This isn't the deepest Western or the most thoughtful Coen brothers film, but dang if it isn't a good time.
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| Original Score: B+
Movies.com
There's a first time for everything and, finally, now there's a Coen Brothers movie that you can watch alongside your parents without them complaining that it's too weird.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Houston Press
Does Damon spend the whole movie doing his Matthew McConaughey impression? Yeah. If you've seen the bit in question, it's actually kind of distracting.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Uruguay Total
Más que una remake, una readaptación de la novela original hecha con mayor fidelidad. En sus mejores momentos (y Temple de Acero tiene varios buenos momentos) los Coen siguen demostrando por qué son dos de los más brillantes cineastas de la actualidad.
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| Original Score: 4/5
