True Grit (2010)

Based on the 1968 novel by Charles Portis (which was previously adapted into the 1969 film starring John Wayne).

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.

Critic Reviews:

• " 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. " – Katherine Don

• " 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. " – Ben Walters