2010 · western · adventure
True Grit
Directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen1h 50m2010
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.
Our read: True Grit (2010) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded western · adventure entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured western / adventure, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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