


It was well received by critics with particular praise to its acting, directing, story, musical score and production values, with some deeming it superior to the original.

The film opened the 61st Berlin International Film Festival on February 10, 2011. As the three embark on a dangerous adventure, they each have their "grit" tested in various ways.įilming began in March 2010, and the film was officially released in the United States on Decemafter advance screenings earlier that month. The bickering duo are accompanied on their quest by a Texas Ranger named LaBoeuf who has been tracking Chaney for killing a State Senator. The film also stars Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, and Barry Pepper.Ī previous film adaptation in 1969 starred John Wayne, Kim Darby and Glen Campbell.įourteen-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross hires Cogburn, a boozy, trigger-happy lawman to go after an outlaw named Tom Chaney who has murdered her father. "Rooster" Cogburn and Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross. It is an adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name, starring Jeff Bridges as Deputy U.S. True Grit is a 2010 American Western film directed, written, produced, and edited by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.
