RELEASE: 2010 GENERE: Western, Drama, Action and Adventure; RUN-TIME: 1 hr, 50 mins; RATED: R; STARRING: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Hailee Steinfield; DIRECTED BY: Ethan Cohen, Joel Cohen;
REVIEW: In a few words, the casting for this movie was superb; the performances outstanding. In the role of Rooster Cogburn, a grizzly, aging, and often drunk U.S. Marshal, Jeff Bridges provides what is probably his best performance ever. As for her role of the 14-year-old Mattie Ross, Hailee Steinfield was mesmerizing. The tense verbal comedy of Mattie's early negotiation with a Fort Smith merchant will immediately win you over to her being a star on par with Jeff Bridges. She conquers the role with the maturity of a well seasoned actress. This film offers one of the year’s best overall casts and should garner more than one Academy Award nomination. Truely one of the best films we've seen all year. We give it [4-1/2 Stars].
SYNOPSIS: A stubborn young woman, 14-year-old Mattie Ross (played by Hailee Steinfeld) joins an aging but tough 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.
REVIEW: In a few words, the casting for this movie was superb; the performances outstanding. In the role of Rooster Cogburn, a grizzly, aging, and often drunk U.S. Marshal, Jeff Bridges provides what is probably his best performance ever. As for her role of the 14-year-old Mattie Ross, Hailee Steinfield was mesmerizing. The tense verbal comedy of Mattie's early negotiation with a Fort Smith merchant will immediately win you over to her being a star on par with Jeff Bridges. She conquers the role with the maturity of a well seasoned actress. This film offers one of the year’s best overall casts and should garner more than one Academy Award nomination. Truely one of the best films we've seen all year. We give it [4-1/2 Stars]. SYNOPSIS: A stubborn young woman, 14-year-old Mattie Ross (played by Hailee Steinfeld) joins an aging but tough 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.
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