True Grit

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  • Opened December 22, 2010 
  • 2 hr 8 min
  • PG-13 | Some intense sequences of western violence including disturbing images

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 15+. More on child suitability

  • A 14-year-old girl (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 Country for Old Men screenwriting partner Scott Rudin. Josh Brolin co-stars. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Jeff Bridges, Josh Brolin, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld, Barry Pepper
  • Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
  • Genres: Drama

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by Doomspark

I generally find that remakes are never as good as the original. That's true in this case, but True Grit is still a decent flick. It has a grimmer tone than the John Wayne version, and feels more...

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by eaemthomas

Most westerns nowadays try too hard to be beautiful instead of entertaining. True Grit does both. The gorgeous cinematography plays a close second fiddle to the wonderful performances of Jeff...

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Rolling Stone
| Peter Travers

What makes True Grit a new classic for the Coens is the way the brothers absorb the unfairly unsung Portis into their DNA, like they did with Cormac McCarthy in "No Country for Old Men." True Grit is packed with action and laughs, plus a touching coda with an older Mattie, but it's the dialogue that really sings. Great filmmaking. Great acting. Great movie. Saddle up. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

True Grit is probably the least ironic picture in the Coen Brothers' worthy canon, but that doesn't mean it's devoid of their signature oddities, that it doesn't take a few dark, strange turns. Read full review

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USA Today
| Claudia Puig

The original "True Grit" might have been eclipsed by John Wayne's larger-than-life persona, but the Coen brothers' remake is an ensemble piece that feels freshly their own. Read full review

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Movieline
| Stephanie Zacharek

Mattie is a no-nonsense mite with a forthright manner and a mean head for figures; she wears her hair in two sturdy braids whose tips have never seen the inside of any inkwell, believe you me. Read full review

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Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn and Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross in "True Grit."