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  Let me get this out of the way: I’ve never actually seen the original 1969 True Grit with John Wayne, Kim Darby and Glen Campbell (let alone read the 1968 Charles Portis novel). When it comes to westerns, I prefer more recent films like Tombstone, No Country For Old ...

The western is a practically dead genre. That, however, doesn't mean that the Coen brothers can't ignore that and still make a brilliant movie, because, as it stands, True Grit is a fantastic achievement, it's a true adventure. Don't get me wrong, True Grit is in no sense a movie ...

True Grit is an entertaining Western through-and-through. Though the trailer kind of passed it off as a dark, No Country-style brutal film, it actually has a lot more humor than you might first think. That's not to say that there isn't your fair share of gunfights and machismo tough-talk, no ...

disclaimer:  I have never read the original novel nor seen the 1960s John Wayne True Grit in its entirety.  I am judging this movie solely on its merit as a standalone film  When 14-year-old Mattie Ross(Hailee Steinfeld) goes looking for a bounty hunter to catch her father's murderer, it's clear ...

         With messages you don't usually see in modern films, True Grit manages to ride above a typical revenge flick to become a new classic western.        The introduction has a middle-aged woman telling a story from when she was fourteen and her loving father had been unjustly ...

For a filmmaking duo that built their career on taking genres and twisting them into new and interesting forms, it’s surprising to see the way the Coen Brothers tackled their adaptation of Charles Portis’s novel (also made into a 1969 film starring John Wayne) True Grit. This is a straight up western, ...

This was a great western film but it takes a while for you to get really into it. A great use of black humor. Hailee Steinfeld and Jeff Bridges play amazing roles in the film. The attention to detail was all ways there.This movie is about a girl trying to ...

While "True Grit" is a fantastic remake of a well-regarded classic film, and it is also well acted, I can only say it's one of the best of 2010, but probably won't make my top ten. The big star of the show here is Hailee Steinfeld, who comes out of ...

True Grit is yet another very good film by Joel and Ethan Coen, though it might be the least distinctly-Coen movie to date. It's not a remake of the John Wayne movie, but much like No Country for Old Men, it appears to be a very faithful adaptation of a ...

Film: True Grit Directors: Joel & Ethan Cohen Written By: Joel & Ethan Cohen (Screenplay) Charles Portis (Story) Distributor: Paramount Pictures Run Time: 1 hour 50 minutes Starring: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld, Josh Brolin True Grit is a straight western. Not a thriller with a western bent. Not ...

Watching Academy Award nominated films removed from award seasons isn’t the most ideal situation. The films have been built up to ridiculous levels over 3 or so months and that kind of overexposure can really alter a person’s opinion before they actually sit down and watch the films. Trying to ...

To start I am going to say that I like westerns and Coen brothers films so the two of them together was always going to be something I would want to see, however it has taken to film coming out on DVD for me to finally see it. Now I ...

The Coen brothers (Joel & Ethan) have been at it since 2007, releasing a string of memorable, solid titles: No Country for Old Men (2007), Burn After Reading (2008), A Serious Man (2009), and recently, True Grit (2010). In this recent entry, three riders ride into the sunset, witty banter ...