True Grit (2010)
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Critic 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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Cast
as Mattie Ross
as Rooster Cogburn
as LaBoeuf
as Tom Chaney
as "Lucky" Ned Pepper
as Colonel Stonehill
as 40-Year-Old Mattie
as Moon (The Kid)
as Emmett Quincy
as Sheriff
as Undertaker
as Yarnell
as Harold Parmalee
as Bear Man
as Boarding House Landlady
as Mr. Lee
as Cole Younger
as Cross-examining Lawyer
as First Lawyer
as Judge Parker
as Stableboy
as Ferryman
as Repentant Condemned Man
as Unrepentant Condemned Man
as Condemned Indian
as Woman at Hanging
as Indian Youth at Bagby's
as Indian Youth at Bagby's
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Critic Reviews for True Grit
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It could be the Coens' most straightforward film, but it's also one of their best.
The 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.
The Bible argues an eye for an eye. But as Rooster Cogburn doesn't have an eye to spare, the movie needs to ask if their death quest is worth the risk.
Audience Reviews for True Grit
Out of all westerns I've seen (being only 3) this is probably the second best to me (Cowboys and Aliens being my favorite,) Its extremely well acted, the action, though very little, is still very well done, also the comedy is also pretty funny, though some of the comedy comes from how random some of the scenes are such as the bear guy. The film is also much like a horror movie, with some pretty brutal deaths and some pretty graphic frights like some hanging man they have to cut down from the trees. The one flaw I dislike about this movie is that Jeff Bridges is very hard to understand in a lot of moments in the film (Thank God for Subtitles on DVDs.) But overall this is a fantastic film.
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Wonderful direction, strong performances from all, and beautiful cinematography add up to a great modern Western from the Coen brothers.
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A mesmerizing epopee that evokes the true grandeur of classic Westerns, with a beautiful melancholy score, well-developed characters, a magnificent cinematography, endless memorable lines and top-notch performances, especially from Bridges and Steinfeld.
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True Grit Quotes
| Rooster Cogburn: | I don't need to buy that, I confiscate it. I'm an officer of the court! |
| Mattie Ross: | They tell me you're a man with true grit. |
| 40-Year-Old Mattie: | (first lines) People do not give it credence that a young girl could leave home and go off in the wintertime to average to her father's blood. But it did happen. I was just fourteen years of age when a coward by the name of Tom Chaney shot my father down and robbed him of his life and his horse and two California gold pieces that he carried in his trouser band. Chaney was a hired man and Papa had taken him up to Fort Smith to help lead back a string of Mustang ponies he'd bought. In town, Chaney had fallen to drink and cards and lost all his money. He got it into his head he was bein' cheated and went back to the boardin' house for his Henry rifle. When Papa tried intervene, Chaney shot him. Chaney fled. He could have walked his horse, for not a soul in that city could not be bothered to give chase. No doubt Chaney fancied himself scot-free. But he was wrong. You must pay for everything in this world, one way and another. There is nothin' free, except the grace of God. |
| Colonel Stonehill: | I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world itself is vexin' enough. |