movie review - True Grit
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Toronto, 2011.04.25
This is a classic Western about a girl who encourages an aging US Marshall too pursue the man who killed her father. She insists on joining him, and she continues to drive him forward. Along the way they run into a Texas Ranger arguably out of his jurisdiction, who is chasing the same fugitive. When they catch up with their quarry, of course, things turn out to not be so simple. With a stellar cast, an impeccable script based on a 1968 novel by Charles Portis, and cinematography that does all of the above justice, this is a superb example of its genre, probably the best Western I've ever seen.
Recommended.