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Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

>. . . 

>True Grit (blu-ray) 2010 movie written by Joel and Ethan Coen and 
>directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.  Bailee Steinfeld stars as a 14 year 
>old girl in the old West out for revenge against the man (Josh Brolin) 
>who murdered her father.  To bring him to justice she hires an alcoholic 
>lawman (Jeff Bridges) because he has "true grit."  Matt Damon also 
>costars as a Texas lawman who teams up with them.  This is a pretty good 
>Western.

I like this a lot; Hailee Steinfeld is terrific and it's one of Bridges'
best dramatic performances, not that he's ever given a poor performance.
It's a better adaptation than the John Wayne movie was.

But certain scenes just don't work; the script could have been better. I
had forgotten this was a Coen brothers movie.