Coens improve on original ‘True Grit’

It’s not often a remake of a much loved film betters the original but here the Coens have not only bettered the John Wayne yarn of 1969 – for which he won his Academy Award (without in truth deserving it) – but shown it for what it really was: hardly a classic but a decent journeyman Western.

Directors: Ethan/Joel Coen

Cast: Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin