The farmer Frank Ross heads with his employee Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin) to Fort Smith to buy some ponies. However, he is murdered by Chaney that steals his money and flees to the Indian Territory. Frank's teenager daughter and book keeper of the family business Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) travels with one employee to bring the body of her father back home. Before meeting the undertaker, they see the hanging of three men sentenced by the tough Judge Parker. The stubborn Mattie seeks out the sheriff that tells her that he does not have authority in the Indian Nation. She asks who the best Marshall is and the sheriff recommends Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn (Jeff Bridges), an old big fellow with eye pad that has grit to bring criminals from the Indian Territory. Mattie hires the drunken Rooster and he schedules to travel yearly in the morning with her.
When Mattie is ready to depart, she finds that the Texas Ranger LaBoeuf (Matt Damon) had visited Rooster and proposed to share a huge reward for Tom Chaney in Texas for the murder of a senator. LaBoeuf and Rooster cross the river and Mattie joins them, and the unlikely trio begins their dangerous journey seeking out Tom Chaney in the Indian Territory.
If I had never seen the 1969 "True Grit", I would have loved this remake. However, this film is basically the original film shot frame by frame with great cast and minor modifications. After the awful remake of "The Ladykillers", the Coen Brothers have finally made a good, but absolutely unnecessary remake of a great film. Probably the audition of the cast might have been watching the original film many times to follow practically the same screenplay. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Bravura Indômita" ("Untamed Bravery")
When Mattie is ready to depart, she finds that the Texas Ranger LaBoeuf (Matt Damon) had visited Rooster and proposed to share a huge reward for Tom Chaney in Texas for the murder of a senator. LaBoeuf and Rooster cross the river and Mattie joins them, and the unlikely trio begins their dangerous journey seeking out Tom Chaney in the Indian Territory.
If I had never seen the 1969 "True Grit", I would have loved this remake. However, this film is basically the original film shot frame by frame with great cast and minor modifications. After the awful remake of "The Ladykillers", the Coen Brothers have finally made a good, but absolutely unnecessary remake of a great film. Probably the audition of the cast might have been watching the original film many times to follow practically the same screenplay. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Bravura Indômita" ("Untamed Bravery")