Over the past decade the Coen brothers have been following a peculiar releasing pattern. For every No Country For Old Men there’s been a Burn After Reading. For every O Brother, Where Art Thou? there’s an Intolerable Cruelty. So now that they turn their bespectacled eyes to one of film’s oldest genres, The Western, have they delivered yet another exquisite masterpiece or a kooky offbeat comedy? Well I’m pleased to report that it is the former. True Grit follows young 14 year old Mattie Ross (played by newcomer Hailee Stienfield) as she hires a disreputable US Marshall, Ruben ‘Rooster’ Cogburn (Jeff Bridges) to avenge her father’s death. Together with a Texas Ranger (Matt Damon) the curious posse head out into Cherokee country to track down the murderer (Josh Brolin). It’s a time-honoured horse opera story that delivers very little in the way of twists or surprises. But True Grit isn’t … There’s more →