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.
Acting
Steinfeld, 13, out-acts everyone including Bridges.
Writing
Dialogue so sharp you'll quote it for weeks.
Cinematography
Roger Deakins makes winter look like punishment.
Director
Ethan Coen
Jeff Bridges
Rooster Cogburn
Hailee Steinfeld
Mattie Ross
Matt Damon
LaBoeuf
Josh Brolin
Tom Chaney
Barry Pepper
Lucky Ned Pepper
Dakin Matthews
Col. Stonehill
Jarlath Conroy
Undertaker
Paul Rae
Emmett Quincy
Domhnall Gleeson
Moon (The Kid)
Elizabeth Marvel
40-Year-Old Mattie
Roy Lee Jones
Yarnell
Ed Corbin
Bear Man
Leon Russom
Sheriff
Bruce Green
Harold Parmalee
Candyce Hinkle
Boarding House Landlady
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Coens pitched this not as a remake of the 1969 film but a more faithful adaptation of Charles Portis's novel—which they consider comedic literature, not Western pulp.
Jeff Bridges spent months developing Rooster's incomprehensible mumble, only to worry audiences couldn't understand him. The Coens told him: 'That's the point.'
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