{"id":4676,"date":"2016-11-24T11:37:10","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T16:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4676"},"modified":"2026-09-18T15:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T19:08:17","slug":"true-grit-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4676","title":{"rendered":"True Grit-2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>True Grit-2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directors Ethan Coen, Joel Coen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #525<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/70142543.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4677\" src=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/70142543-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70142543\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/70142543-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/70142543.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed November 24, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: A-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Having not seen the original 1969 version of True Grit, starring John Wayne, I cannot compare the two, but the 2010 remake is excellent.<\/p>\n<p>I do not profess to be the greatest fan of the western genre, as stereotypes are usually peppered throughout and the good-versus-bad clich\u00e9s are done to death. Still, True Grit is a different, contemporary western.<\/p>\n<p>Fantastic-looking with numerous big, current stars, humor, and quirkiness.<\/p>\n<p>True Grit is a mainstream (in camera and style) Hollywood Western (the Coen Bros. are usually grittier in their stories), but it&#8217;s well made.<\/p>\n<p>The odd supporting characters make this film fantastic, and it has an edge that enamored me.<\/p>\n<p>The film also contains some Quentin Tarantino elements, making it left of center in some ways.<\/p>\n<p>It follows a tomboy-like fourteen-year-old girl, Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld), who narrates the film as she hires an aging U.S. Marshal (Jeff Bridges) to avenge her father&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p>The story is well told, and the cinematography and attention to detail are great, giving off a crisp feel of really being in the Wild West.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oscar Nominations:\u00a0<\/strong>Best Picture, Best Director-Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Best Actor-Jeff Bridges, Best Supporting Actress-Hailee Steinfeld, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>True Grit-2010 Directors Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Starring Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld Scott&#8217;s Review #525 Reviewed November 24, 2016 Grade: A- Having not seen the original 1969 version of True Grit, starring John Wayne, I cannot compare the two, but the 2010 remake is excellent. 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