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True Grit

2010

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin ...

7.1

56,351

Western. Adventure Aging marshal Rooster Cogburn (Jeff Bridges) is hired by young girl Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) to find her father's killer, Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin). A ranger from Texas named LaBoeuf (Matt Damon) will help them... New adaptation from Charles Portis' novel. Henry Hathaway directed the same story in "True Grit" (1969). Now Jeff Bridges will star as aging sheriff Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn, played by John Wayne in the old classic.

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"The brothers absorb the unfairly unsung Portis into their DNA, like they did with Cormac McCarthy in "No Country for Old Men." (...) Great movie (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"This True Grit is a very impressive piece of work, (...) Its final moments have an exquisite sadness and gentleness that the Coen brothers have never quite achieved before (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Angie Errigo Empire	"Terrific: tough, exciting, funny, gorgeous and bewitchingly acted, this is darn close to perfection (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Claudia Puig USA Today	"[The Coens] have pulled off an impressive feat: repurposing a classic film with their idiosyncratic blend of dark, deadpan humor and palpable suspense, while remaining ultra-faithful to the novel. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Peter Debruge Variety	"It’s hard to imagine bigger boots to fill than the ones that earned John Wayne his Oscar in 'True Grit,' and yet Jeff Bridges handily reinvents the iconic role of Rooster Cogburn"
		Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"A comic-serious tale about some nasty, brutish times. (...) Like Charles Laughton’s “Night of the Hunter,” which the Coens quote both musically and visually, “True Grit” is a parable about good and evil"
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"This is a film by the Coen Brothers, and this is the first straight genre exercise in their career. It's a loving one. Their craftsmanship is a wonder. Their casting is always inspired and exact (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"Well-made and acted Coen Brothers remake lacks the humor and resonance that might have made it memorable"
		David Edelstein New York Magazine	"True Grit isn't as momentous an event as you might hope, but once you adjust to its deliberate rhythms (it starts slowly), it's a charming Western comedy"

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