True Grit (2010)

A precocious 14-year-old browbeats the meanest, baddest US Marshall in the land to bring justice to her family.

In their remake, the Coen brothers decide to play up the inherent comedy in the premise...

Because you can't really get any funnier than pairing up a violent, pragmatic old man with a naive, idealistic and precocious girl in a western.

Read my full review at Fridae, first published on 23 February 2011.