True Spit

I am a fan of western movies, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, The Magnificent Seven, and The Searchers. I've seen my far share of the genre. Sadly, the new True Grit movie, directed by the Coen brothers and starring Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, and Hailee Steinfeld, was boring.



I had high hopes for this movie. I did not see the original True Grit starring John Wayne, Kim Darby,and Glen Campbell, so I could not compare this movie to that. Having said this, the new True Grit was still boring. I say this because during no part in the movie was I at all interested in anything. The action wasn't exciting, the plot was dry, and the ending was lame. Matt Damon should never be a cowboy I thought he over acted his part as LaBoeuf, a cocky texas ranger out to get Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin) for killing a texas senator. Jeff Bridges, who played the role of Rooster Cogburn, did a ok job acting like a drunken sheriff. Haliee Steinfeld, who played Mattie Ross in the movie, I thought did the best job out of all the other actors in this movie.

Hailee Steinfeld, did a great job. Her role as Mattie Ross, was the only thing I found interesting in this movie. Mattie Ross who was a 14 year old girl, trying to find some solace in the death of her father. She out smarts a rancher, hires a well known sheriff, rides a horse across a river, she does it all. I thought her role in this movie was the only real reason to see this movie.

In general this movie was mediocre at best. The acting wasn't all that special, (aside from Hailee Steinfeld), the plot needed an extra something, and they needed better action scenes. Go see this movie if you're in the mood to see a 14 year old girl act tougher then the cowboys around her.

Andrew Grandinetti
Communications Studies