True Grit

  • 1969


MOVIE IS disgracefully enjoyable extraordinary comedic entertaining
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Positive Reviews 26
Negative reviews 4
Average Rating 3.8/5
disgracefully enjoyable extraordinary comedic entertaining

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3.0
The Coens direct True Grit with a light touch, but like Portis stark, funny novel, their adventure tale shaves off none of the rough edges. Av Club
4.5
This is a guy who really knows what hes doing, which isnt surprising given how beautiful No Country For Old Men and The Assassination of Jesse James B .. Den Of Geek
5.0
It is one of the most delightful, joyous scary movies of all time. Rogerebert
4.0
The three companions eventually show how much grit they really have, but is it enough to see justice done, and to live to tell the tale Common Sense Media
1.5
Its mostly Wayne all the way. He towers over everything in the film. Variety
4.5
A tale well told, if this is minor Coen, its still majorly entertaining. Collider
3.0
They forget that the Coens broke onto the film scene with Blood Simple, a contemporary take on classic film noir.
3.8
My only reservation about the movie, not a serious one but a nagging one, is that watching the film its hard to see why the Coens wanted to make it. San Francisco Chronicle
3.0
John Wayne, unjustly denied even an Oscar nomination for outstanding work on Red River and The Searchers, took home his statuette for letting his gut ..
4.0
Their latest, True Grit, adapted religiously from Charles Portis 1968 pulp novel, is a wonderfully entertaining, beautiful Western drama that lets the .. Ny Daily News
4.5
At the end of the film, I felt genuinely disappointed that it was over and Im here to tell you I cant remember the last time I felt that way about ANY .. Screen Rant
3.8
Though handsomely made and well acted, the film never completely escapes the sense that its an exercise in genre excavation. The Globe And Mail
2.0
Its moving, and brilliantly done, and shows how the Coens have strengthened and matured as filmmakers. Philly
4.4
True Grit is probably the least ironic picture in the Coen Brothers worthy canon, but that doesnt mean its devoid of their signature oddities, that it .. Philly
4.4
Much of the humor is low key and exists side by side with the drama and adventure of the story, but its impossible to miss. ReelViews
5.0
This is no whiz bang summer adventure.This is more like an odyssey. Combust Ible Celluloid
1.0
John Wayne won his Oscar for his self parodistic performance in this cutesy poo western (1969) about a teenage girl (Kim Darby) who hires a broken dow .. Chicago Reader
3.8
LaBoeuf wants to take Chaney back to Texas, where hes wanted for shooting a senator. Toronto Star
3.0
The films last scene, at the grave, was not in the book, but screenwriter Margueritte Roberts wanted to end the movie on a more personal and sentiment .. Emanuellevy
4.5
By growing old disgracefully as the fat, swaggering Rooster Cogburn, Wayne proves he can act and solves his own senior citizen problem in one master s .. Time
4.5
This True Grit is much more comedic, the performances are better, the script is better, and so is the direction. Tony Medley
3.8
The girl with the strength of a man, and the man with a sensitive heart (albeit under layers of crust). Groucho Reviews
5.0
Much of the films entertainment comes from the obvious contrasts and subtle similarities between Cogburn and Mattie. Movies Tv Guide
5.0
A marvelously rambling frontier fable packed with extraordinary incidents, amazing encounters, noble characters, and virtuous rewards. Ny Times
3.8
One of Hollywoods true curiosities.At times a charming, kiddie Western, this John Wayne vehicle also has a real nasty streak. Larsen On Film
2.5
So audiences can be forgiven for expecting a lot from True Grit, the Coens adaptation of the Charles Portis novel.They will be disappointed. Big Picture Big Sound
4.5
Wayne received an Oscar for this enjoyable western and certainly deserved it for being able to reverse his horse quicker and better than lesser mortal .. Film 4
2.0
John Wayne won an Oscar for his portrayal of boozy, one eyed Federal Marshall Rooster Cogburn in True Grit, a performance that plays off the Dukes leg .. Nicks Chager
4.0
Rohmers discerning. witty comedy of sense and sensibility reaches a conclusion defined by the limitations, potential and truth of his characters. Archive Spectator
4.0
Whatever else they may be, the two films are a stunning reaffirmation of the Westerns resilience. America Magazine
4.0
This pays big dividends at the climax, when the action becomes starker than anything seen heretofore and then moves into hallucinatory myth. Parallax View



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