True Grit is a modern Western film adaptation of the novel that has been hugely popular with fans. It follows 14-year old Mattie Ross who hires the alcoholic but ruthless Marshal Rooster Cogburn to help her track down the man who killed her father. They are joined by Texas Ranger LaBoeuf who is also searching for the killer. The film subverts expectations of the typical Western genre through its focus on Mattie's journey and believable performances, especially from Jeff Bridges as Cogburn. Overall it is praised as a must-see movie that has surprised and moved audiences.

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Friends By Eion O’Neil LaBoeuf and Mattie in tow. might get bored rather quickly but although at some points, Hailee
The two men brush off the girl if they stick with the story, they’ll Steinfeld’s performance is exag-
with Staff Writer
To the younger generation,
gerated and it seems like she is
acting more in a middle school
benefits like a new take on the West- Those moments, however, are
ern genre but in fact the Coen few and far between and it ap-
By Elizabeth Krupka brothers’ (Fargo, The Big Leb- pears that Steinfeld will be a force
A&E Editor to be reckoned with in Hollywood
It’s a common winter sce- and impressively produced ad- in the coming years.
nario: you’re snuggled up aptation of the novel and John Damon, who has done wonders
watching a movie with a sig-
Unlike most other West- The Bourne Supremacy, is hardly
Potentially getting a little present in his role as Ranger La-
something something (if you 14-year-old girl named Mattie Boeuf.
know what I mean) before, Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) who Damon, undoubtedly, is the ar-
during or even after. sets out to avenge her father’s rogant, pompous ranger that his
This describes the seem- death. counterpart despsises.
ingly perfect world of friends While in town in Arkansas, Bridges, who also worked with
wrapping her father’s affairs in the Coen Brothers in the 1998
Typically, people who fall which she heckles with busi-
nessmen and carries out seem- with the sibling team for a reason.
category were either friends ingly masculine tasks for the What’s that reason, you ask?
before and don’t want to ruin He’s fantastic as Rooster Cogburn
the friendship, they are both at-
tracted to each other but don’t Cogburn is an alcoholic and
want to date or they dated and a ruthless man named Tom Bridges certainly puts on a show
broke up. Chaney (Josh Brolin) who with his antics.
The cycle of a friend with killed him and stole his horse Everything from shooting at
and possessions. the glass bottles in the air to the
little something like this: talk She is given a few names stupor is believable.
a little, hang out occasionally of marshals that could take up Anyone can be drunk but it
and get down to business of- the case and ultimately decides takes a special type of acting to
ten. that she is going with an equal- play drunk and Bridges nails it.
This usually repeats as of- ly ruthless, one-eyed marshal
ten as both people agree to it. named Rooster Cogburn (Jeff True Grit is a modern Wild West movie that has blown away since before Christmas, local the-
This type of friendship is Bridges) whose sight problem fans and is a must see. aters such as Clearview’s Anthony
something that happens more Wayne and the UA King of Prus-
often than not (like that is hard Also in town is Texas Rang- until she ultimately proves herself be rewarded. sia still have showtimes available.
to believe.) er LaBoeuf (Matt Damon) to them and they bond. If you do ultimately miss this
However, this type of who is searching for Chaney bit of an emotional surprise. -
“friendship” also ends badly, for committing a crime in that This is a warning to the mem-
more often than not. state. but in reality it is more of a novel bers of macho nation, you will cry It’s worth every moment even
It isn’t impossible to have After twisting Cogburn’s come to life than a stereotypical and it’s okay to do so. if right away it does not seem it.
arm and paying him a $50 fee, gun-drawn western.
without the emotional attach- the U.S. Marshal takes on the depict the cowboys going off into
ment from either party, but it case, reluctantly, with Ranger moviegoers who are looking for the sunset in a stereotypical way.
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To hang out the way a cou-
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One party usually gets more
attached to the other and mul-
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how that wasn’t how it was
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Then the question of if the
relationship was worth all of
the pent up emotions arises.
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