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 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...more
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The new old-school Western done right.
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The best film of the year.
80 out of 100 Metascore®
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OK for kids 15+
True Grit 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...
Great movie! Did not get a chance to see it in a theater, so I rented on PPV at home. Worth every penny. Outstanding acting!
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