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A polished, character-rich western with sharp dialogue, strong atmosphere, and a standout star turn from Hailee Steinfeld. It plays like a classic frontier yarn, but with the Coens’ dry humor, moral bite, and exacting craft.
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Wed · 1h 50m
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon
Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find—a man with 'true grit'—Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn.
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon
A polished, character-rich western with sharp dialogue, strong atmosphere, and a standout star turn from Hailee Steinfeld. It plays like a classic frontier yarn, but with the Coens’ dry humor, moral bite, and exacting craft.
True Grit is a rare remake that feels both faithful and freshly alive. The Coens lean into the pleasures of a classic western: pursuit, vengeance, hard bargains, and the rough poetry of frontier speech, while keeping the tone dry, unsentimental, and quietly funny.
Hailee Steinfeld is the film’s engine, giving Mattie Ross a forceful intelligence that keeps the movie from ever becoming merely nostalgic. Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon are excellent foils, and the film’s sense of place, music, and texture make the Old West feel tactile rather than decorative.
What lingers most is how assuredly it balances adventure with melancholy. It is a clean, elegant piece of storytelling that respects genre tradition without feeling dusty, and it remains one of the most satisfying modern westerns.
issy 🥝 · 3743 likes
now look I don't know anything about anything but I'm like 99% sure it's not supposed to be pronounced labeef
sophie (4★) · 2491 likes
my aesthetic is 13-year-old hailee steinfeld outshining everyone else in her first movie
fran hoepfner (4★) · 1632 likes
girls don't like clothes, they like hanging out with Jeff Bridges and threatening to sue people. forgot this is one of the best scores of last decade. won't make that mistake again!
David Sims (5★) · 1603 likes
if you would like to sleep in a coffin, it would be all right
Colin the dude (5★) · 1481 likes
"Time just gets away from us." Only the Coens. The most authentic western in modern memory, only the Coens could accomplish what they do here and they warrant rewatchability to spare. For one, the Coens are masters of language. Always have been, always will be. The way they go about capturing the Old West linguistics and dialects and transplant them into unique and unusual accents of characters is an absolute treat to experience and in the process, transplants the viewer… more
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