True Grit (2010) Movie Reviews

ItsHammerTime 05/12/2012 (1 of 1 found this helpful)

Rating of
3.5/4 

The Coen Brothers did it again, they remade an old John Wayne movie and did a great job at it. The violence wasn't too bad, it was just right and Jeff Bridges who plays Rooster Cogburn did the best acting job I have seen in a very long time in modern day movies. The cinematography was just excellent, I forsure give this move 9 guns out of 10 guns. Good job Coen Brothers at making one of the best westerns my eyes have ever seen.

Gabe 12/19/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3/4 

The acting is brilliant in this remake of the John Wayne classic. The Coen Brothers make another great film. If you haven't seen this already, get it now.

Black 11/24/2011 (1 of 2 found this helpful)

Rating of
2/4 

why?

dukeakasmudge 10/19/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
2.5/4 

Jeff Bridges is no John Wayne & Hailee Steinfeld is no Kim Darby.I did like Matt Damon's Leboeuf just as much as I like Glenn Ford's though .Even the rest of the cast of characters (The stable owner, etc, etc) wern't as good as the originals.This was an OK remake but it doesn't compare to the original True Grit

sapien 06/09/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3/4 

I thought this movie was excellent. Although, the original, I think, is slightly better.

PsychoKing1227 02/01/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3.5/4 

A beautiful adaptation to the book, this contains only the premise of John Wayne's epic Western of the same name, but little else. The powerhouse and phenomenal character-acting fo Matt Damon and Josh Brolin supply a great supporting cast in order to mount Jeff Bridges in one of his better roles as well as being able to uplift the incredible Hailee Steinfeld, a young girl who has a great career ahead of her, showing her cinematic chops in a Coen brothers Oscar-nominated film. A great film with beautiful scenery, the violence necessary, and the dialogue sharp.

Rod 01/30/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3/4 

"True Grit" is a film of a 14-year-old girl hunting on his father's murderer. A U.S Marshal and a Texas Ranger joined her on this search. Very good movie, indeed! The story is smooth and the characters give satisfaction. Actors did well. And not a bad one for my first ever movie by the Coen brothers. This storytelling simply enthused me. Though, I admit the second quarter of the movie sort of a "dead air" for me. Just that thing. Over all, good job!

lpd381 01/11/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3.5/4 

his movie was a lot of fun to me. None of the characters are overally lickable but you find yourself cheering for them. The scenes are shot very well and the acting is solid throughout including a very strong performance by Hailee Steinfeld who plays Mattie Ross. There are some humorus scenes and they flow well from the plot. It is important to view this movie seperate from its 1969 counter part otherwise you may fall to much on your nostalga and miss a very well done film.

Bri 01/11/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3/4 

Quiet in it's way, comical in it's way, perfectly cast, and gorgeously shot, this movie is great while watching, but didn't particularly stick with me in the way that, say, Black Swan did this year. It's a bit of a step out of turn for the Coen Brothers, one that will probably serve more to demonstrate their versatility than to highlight what makes them two of the greatest directors of their time

Myviewing 01/10/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
4/4 

True Grit was excellent, I'll admit I'm not the first person to talk to when it comes to westerns and this is only the second Coen Brothers film I ever saw, but this movie was really special and overall a lot of fun. Not to mention the acting was just superb as well, in part because of how convincing and knockout good Hailee Steinfeld was. Not to mention the acting and reverence to the setting made the film that much more enjoyable. I can't say how it is over the original because I actually did see the John Wayne original a few years back but my memory of it is pretty fuzzy at this point. Either way a great movie I would easily reccomend to anyone.