New York Time Review of Film

          This review of the film True Grit is by Hailee Steinfield and Jeff Bridges of the New York Times. Their title is "Wearing Braids, Seeking Revenge". This is the ideal title because it describes Mattie. She wore braids everyday and every scene of the movie. As a mentioned in my last post Mattie was seeking revenge from a man named Tom Chaney because he killed her father.
          The first thing that caught my eye about this review is that it said that Rooster will win an award for the fat one eyed man. I may not have liked the film as much as I thought I would, but I think that is definitely an accurate statement to make because not only did he keep to his drunken habits but he did it while be extremely hilarious.
          The reviewers comment that everything revolves around money. Everything does revolve around money because first of all that is the reason that Mr. LaBeef is after Chaney, he is expecting a huge reward. The same for Rooster. The reason that he is looking for Chaney is because he is being paid by a fourteen year old girl. In the beginning of the story Mattie has problems with boarding because she does not have enough money, so she has to sleep in a room filled with dead bodies.
          The reviews mention that this story is not about only a fourteen year old girl but also her elder self. This is true because at the beginning of the the film we hear the voice of an older women telling or reflecting on a story. Then comes the woman's childhood. Then we see the woman's present life as she concludes her story. This means that this story was told in dual narrative. I can assure you that it was not as great a dual narrative as To Kill a Mocking Bird, but still the same.
          Hailee and Jeff claim that the film follows the same story as the novel, but I'll be the judge of that. I'll keep you posted.

To read this review please click on the following website:  http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/12/22/movies/22true.html?pagewanted=1