Review True Grit

True Grit was a classic american old western film rejuvinated by the great Coen Brothers. The film was released last year in United States, but it never get any theatrical release as it should here in our country. I just saw it in bootleg DVD, and though it has been almost a year since its release, i think it was great.

The story is about a 14 year old girl determined to avenge her father's death by hiring an antiheroic U.S. Marshall Cogburn played so exquisitely here by actor Jeff Bridges, who reunites with The Coen Brothers after their 1998's cult classic The Big Lebowski. He was so good here, i can't even think of him as the usual character he has been playing in his body of work for decades, including as the villain in Iron Man. Here, he was accompannied by a Texas ranger, Le Beouf who is also determined to catch the bad guy for reward money. He is played by one of my favorite actor, Matt Damon. This is another evidence of his fine work and versatility in the Hollywood film industry. The bad guy played convincingly by Josh Brolin,but the surprise is that none of these three fine actors get to be the scene stealer as new comer Hailee Steinfeld amazed as a precocious young girl who hire The marshall to pursue the man who killed her father.

The cinematography by Roger Deakin is top notch, one of the best techinical achievement in motion picture of 2010. And of course, much of the credit need to be given to The Coen Brothers who succesfully create a nuance of old western world, withsome dramatization particularly in the opening scene, where Hailee's character uttered the very message of this movie, " You must pay for everything in this world, one way or another. There is nothing free, except for the grace of God".

True Grit, a Paramount Pictures release: in 2010 is rated PG-13 for some intense sequences of western violence including disturbing images. Running time: 110 minutes. Three and a half stars out of Four (A-)