Jeff Bridges,
Josh Brolin,
Matt Damon,
Hailee Steinfeld,
Barry Pepper
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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 Et... read more
Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Release Date: December 22, 2010
Keywords:
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western,
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1969,
2010,
coen brothers,
jeff bridges,
true grit,
hailee steinfeld,
Matt Damon ,
Jeff Bridges ,
True Grit ,
Hailee Steinfeld
DVD Release Date: June 7, 2011
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July 23, 2011Top to bottom a solid retelling of the classic. The Coen Brothers do a wonderful job and Bridges and Steinfeld shine. I havent seen the original in years and have never read the book. But this an amazingly good film.
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Considering True Grit is a mainstream release the Coen Brothers have brilliantly remained faithful and affectionate towards the novel and have managed to craft a modern western masterpiece. True Grit is ... read more -
March 30, 2012This is the oldern american that will make the critics jaws drop. with a strong cast and a high grade scenery, alongside it's immaculate plot, the Coen's deliver us a God of a film, one that will be extremely hard to replace in the coming years of re-make's, that would take a bri... read more
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March 9, 2012Loved the script, the editing, and cinematography. Seriously, this movie is perfectly made in terms of technicalities. And what about Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross. Wow, extremely surprising that she did not win for best actress. Nevertheless, "True Grit" was an extremely enter... read more
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March 7, 2012fb1378820053It's not riviting and dosen't have much that will exicte you but it makes up for that thoroughly with strong performances from Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon and especially Hailee Steinfield at times deeply emotional and not to mention fine dialogue. True Grit is not the best film of t... read more
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February 22, 2012How can you not love everything that the Coen Bros. get their hands on? Everything they touch is cinematic magic and True Grit is no exception. While a lot of us went into this movie with a preconceived notion of what it's about based on the previously filmed John Wayne version, ... read more
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February 21, 2012This movie had a great screenplay and terrific acting by everyone on screen. The action sequences are nothing new and somewhat bring this movie down, but its sharp writing keeps its great from start to finish. Also, it was a lot funnier than I anticipated.
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January 19, 2012It's a descriptor that drives me crazy, it's so over-used, but I can't resist saying it: pitch-perfect. Maybe it's that I came to this film without the baggage of the John Wayne original, or maybe it's the fact that I read the novel first; either way, this is a lean story made fo... read more
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January 17, 2012Solid movie. I'm not into Westerns, but it is fun to see the banter between Coen Brothers' characters. All three of the leads do a fantastic job with the script, elevating what might have been a potentially boring plot to something watchable and re-watchable.
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December 23, 2011I was looking forward to this film, but ultimately it was forgettable, a disappointment. My main problem with this film is the pacing. The majority of the film is slow, building the character of 'Tom Chaney' to be this elusive, faceless nemesis, almost being comparable to 'Keyser... read more
Critic Reviews
January 3, 2011
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
December 27, 2010
David Denby, New Yorker
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. Full Review
December 24, 2010
Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
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 ... Full Review
December 24, 2010
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
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. Full Review
December 22, 2010
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
This True Grit makes the original almost unwatchable except as a curio. Full Review
December 22, 2010
Rex Reed, New York Observer
If there's one thing I don't need in my Christmas stocking this year, it's a sorry, lumbering and unasked-for remake of the 1969 sagebrush saga True Grit. Full Review
December 22, 2010
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Though handsomely made and well acted, the film never completely escapes the sense that it's an exercise in genre excavation. Full Review
December 22, 2010
Tom Long, Detroit News
True Grit isn't so much a major film as a good time, and there's nothing wrong with that. Maybe this movie can get westerns back in the saddle again. Full Review
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