True Grit (2010) | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

95%

Tomatometer

280 Reviews

85%

Audience Score

100,000+ Ratings

After an outlaw named Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin) murders her father, feisty 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) hires Rooster Cogburn (Jeff Bridges), a boozy, trigger-happy lawman, to help her find Chaney and avenge her father. The bickering duo are not alone in their quest, for a Texas Ranger named LaBoeuf (Matt Damon) is also tracking Chaney for reasons of his own. Together the unlikely trio ventures into hostile territory to dispense some Old West justice.

Read Less

Watch on Fandango at Home

Buy Now

Where to Watch

True Grit

In Theaters

Fandango at Home

Prime Video

Paramount+

Watch True Grit with a subscription on Paramount+, rent on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, or buy on Fandango at Home, Prime Video.

True Grit

What to Know

Critics Consensus

Girded by strong performances from Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, and newcomer Hailee Steinfeld, and lifted by some of the Coens' most finely tuned, unaffected work, True Grit is a worthy companion to the Charles Portis book.

Read Critics Reviews

Critics Reviews

View All (280) Critics Reviews

Katherine Don

Bitch Media

I thought the film was excellent... [But] Don't skimp on the development of female characters just because the complexities are difficult to represent. We're going to notice.

Jan 8, 2021

Full Review

Ben Walters

Sight & Sound

Henry Hathaway's 1969 adaptation was highly faithful... The Coens' movie is less faithful than Hathaway's but stronger - the production, by their regular team, is formally superb - and weirder.

Jul 10, 2018

Full Review

Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

Disappointing overall, though entertaining at times, True Grit isn't exactly the Coen brothers best movie but they get an A for effort.

Rated: C+

Sep 8, 2017

Full Review

Emiliano Basile

EscribiendoCine

Intelligently, the Coens infiltrate their bloody discourse beneath the plot, as in the best classic cinema, where a great theme rides along a great story. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 10/10

May 2, 2024

Full Review

Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

A film by the Coen brothers that rekindles, in a fascinating way, the fuse that was extinguished in revisionist Westerns. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 8/10

Feb 17, 2024

Full Review

Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

No dark area of detail or truth is unexamined or softened, even with the un-Coen-like PG-13 rating.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 4, 2023

Full Review

Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View All (1000+) audience reviews

Alex L Great performance and cast in a beautiful locations Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/14/24 Full Review Geor G Don't make the mistake to watch this after the 1969 movie. The Coen soulless western cannot stand the comparison. Storytelling and, above all, performances leave a lot to be desired. And, being part of the MCU, does not quite qualify you for the role of Mattie, even in its oversimplified form in this movie. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 06/11/24 Full Review Audience Member A fairly basic and straightforward adventure movie, which I did not find much satisfaction in. Still, being a Cohen brothers film, it was well made, well acted and had good dialogue. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/07/24 Full Review Butch S One of the best westerns I’ve ever seen.Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld, were ALL AMAZING..!!👍💙😊🎯 Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/17/24 Full Review Ant D A decent western flick. :) Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/12/24 Full Review Howard H Lovely viewing with great acting from all. Young lady and Jeff create a fantastic friendship worthy of admiration. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/15/24 Full Review Read all reviews

True Grit

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

Joel Coen Director Ethan Coen Director Jeff Bridges Rooster Cogburn Matt Damon LaBoeuf Josh Brolin Tom Chaney Barry Pepper Lucky Ned Pepper

Show Less Cast & Crew

Show More Cast & Crew

More Like This

View All Best Movies to Stream at Home

Cry Macho 57% 64% Cry Macho TRAILER for Cry Macho First Cow 96% 65% First Cow TRAILER for First Cow Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 45% 61% Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Doubt 79% 78% Doubt TRAILER for Doubt No Man's Land 39% 71% No Man's Land TRAILER for No Man's Land Discover more movies and TV shows. View More

Related Movie News

View All Related Movie News

Matt Damon’s Best Movies Definitive Coen Brothers Movies Now Streaming: Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow, A Million Ways to Die in the West, and More

Videos

View All videos

True Grit

True Grit: Trailer 1

2:19

View more videos

Photos

View All True Grit photos

True Grit

View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis After an outlaw named Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin) murders her father, feisty 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) hires Rooster Cogburn (Jeff Bridges), a boozy, trigger-happy lawman, to help her find Chaney and avenge her father. The bickering duo are not alone in their quest, for a Texas Ranger named LaBoeuf (Matt Damon) is also tracking Chaney for reasons of his own. Together the unlikely trio ventures into hostile territory to dispense some Old West justice.

Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Producer: Scott Rudin, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Screenwriter: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Scott Rudin Productions, Mike Zoss Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Int. Seq. of Western Violence|Disturbing Images)
Genre: Western, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 22, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $171.0M
Runtime: 1h 50m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS