Review of True Grit (2010) by Chris M — 06 Jan 2013
A smart fourteen-year-old (Hailee Steinfeld in an impressive debut) hires a heavy drinking U.S. marshal (Jeff Bridges) and an out-of-state Texas ranger (Matt Damon) to track down her father's killer in the Coen Brothers' entertaining remake of the 1969 John Wayne Western, True Grit.
The biggest reason this remake works so well is due in large part to the Coen Brothers' sharp, smart script. Steinfeld, as I stated earlier, delivers a strong performance as the young woman and Damon is fun comic relief as the Texas ranger, but Bridges was kind of difficult to understand to the point where his work here is overdone.
This review of True Grit (2010) was written by Chris M on 06 Jan 2013.
True Grit has generally received very positive reviews.
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