True Grit(2010)- User Reviews

Just watched True Grit with Bridges and Damon. I was hoping to see a good western, turned out it was boring and almost laughable as a Cohen film . Very disapointing. Bad acting and dialog that was hard to follow, much less understood. Waste of my ti …more»

Poo-Poo on those nay sayers here. This is not a remake. It is not the slick John Wayne version..and I love John Wayne. It is it's own film and as such can stand alone. The acting was great! Oscars to the cast! I hate to admit it...but Jeff Bridges …more»

This is the remake of the 1968 John Wayne classic, though this version follows the book more closely. Jeff Bridges does an outstanding job as Marshal Rooster Cogburn. He is gritty and mean. Hailee Steinfeld is perfect for the role of Mattie Ross.  …more»

As a great admirer of the Cohen brothers, I am totally disappointed here. This movie, compared to the John Wayne, version is sterile, unfeeling, and lacking character. All the characters act like Robots. There is none of the empathetic interaction that …more»

This movie had some decent acting-solid performance by Bridges and very good by the female lead. Overall the story was missing a little, you never really felt that there was any real menace to the villans which ultimately cost the movie in the end from …more»

each as a stand alone movie is outstanding to compare does each adisservice i mean i love j bridges but the duke is the duke--- fill your hands ned peppermore»

wasn't able to finish the movie. it was just plain boring throughout the entire movie. could hardly understand what the characters were saying.more»

TRUE GRIT (2010)
I will start by saying that of all film genres, westerns are my least favorite although John Ford's THE SEARCHERS is one of my all time favorites. Now I have seen the original because I wanted to see John Wayne's Oscar winning …more»

While the movie had its moments, much of the acting was just awful to go along with much of the script being terrible. Matt Damon pretty much mailed it in on this one, which seems to be a growing trend for him in movies. Jeff Bridges fell flat on his …more»

I wasn't interested in seeing this movie until I saw that it was made by the Coen brothers. What new twist would they give to this classic Western? What added dimensions would there be to the characters, the settings, even the music?

Ho-hum. First …more»