True Grit
1969, Western, 2h 8m
54 Reviews 25,000+ RatingsWhat to know
True Grit rides along on the strength of a lived-in late-period John Wayne performance, adding its own entertaining spin to the oft-adapted source material. Read critic reviews
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Rooster Cogburn
La Boeuf
Mattie Ross
Emmett Quincy
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Critic Reviews for True Grit
All Critics (54) | Top Critics (21) | Fresh (48) | Rotten (6)
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Far too often for True Grit to quite overcome, [Wayne's] larger-than-life turn flirts with, if not outright topples into, self-parody.
January 5, 2011 | Rating: C+ | Full Review… -
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December 27, 2010 | Rating: 8.5/10 | Full Review… -
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Far too often for True Grit to quite overcome, [Wayne's] larger-than-life turn flirts with, if not outright topples into, self-parody.
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Wayne won a Best Actor Academy Award for his rambunctious turn.
May 30, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review… -
A winning, action-packed, humorous, road trip-styled revenge epic.
August 27, 2020 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for True Grit
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Nov 19, 2016Solid Western. Much better than the overrated Coen brothers remake.Stephen S Super Reviewer
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Apr 02, 2015John Wayne starred in this revisionist Western tale of a young girl's revenge. Three unlikely individuals set on the dangerous quest together.Mattie Ross' father was killed by an outlaw, she then hired drunken marshall Cogburn to help her catch the killer. Along the way, Texas ranger La Boeuf wanted to catch the killer for bounty. It's a two hour of fun, the acting of Mattie was a bit slacking but overall still quite enjoyable and the music was great too.Sylvester K Super Reviewer
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May 14, 2014Far from irritating, the aging John Wayne pulls off his best performance by being not quite the solid cowboy that we always anticipate that he will be. Although remade well, the original remains superior.John B Super Reviewer
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Jul 30, 2013Henry Hathaway (<i>How the West Was Won</i> [1962]), famous collaborator with John Wayne, has just confirmed that John Wayne is <b>the</b> one-eyed fat man with true grit, and rightfully so. Two standout performances carry the film to superior levels: John Wayne as the ruthless U.S. Marshall Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn, a role that gave him an Academy Award, and Kim Darby as Mattie Ross of Dardanelle in Yell County, an adolescent struggling to enter into an adult world with her own moral principles and a remarkable iron-forged perseverance capable of making successful businesses and controlling adults' ego. <i>True Grit</i> is a revenge-themed adventure film in the old classic Hollywood tradition with a great cast (Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper) and a notorious cinematography showcasing its Technicolor wonders through wild landscapes full of green, blue and white. The film got overshadowed by its superior western counterparts from <i>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid</i> to <i>The Wild Bunch</i>, but still it remains as a good adventure story to behold, slightly superior to the Coen's remake, which brought this classic to famous light once again. 75/100Edgar C Super Reviewer
True Grit Quotes
| Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn: | If they wanted a decent burial they shouldn't had gotten themselves killed in winter. |
| Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn: | Them men wanted a decent burial, they should have got themselves killed in summer. |
| Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn: | Fill your hands, you son-of-a-bitch! |
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