True Grit
2010110 minutesPG-13
5.6
Arcplot Score
📝 Unconventional
Unverified
⭐ 7.6IMDb
🍅 95%Rotten Tomatoes
Ⓜ️ 80/100Metacritic
🎬 7.3TMDb
📊 7.4Popularity
🏆Nominated for 10 Oscars. 38 wins & 170 nominations total
Directed by: Coen Brothers
Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sloth, and generally reprobate character do not augment her faith in him. Against his wishes, she joins him in his trek into the Indian Nations in search of Chaney. They are joined by Texas Ranger LaBoeuf, who wants Chaney for his own purposes. The unlikely trio find danger and surprises on the journey, and each has his or her "grit" tested.
Box Office
Budget:$38.0M
Revenue:$252.3M
Profit:$214.3M
Arcplot Score Breakdown
Beat Timing Precision6.4/10
Emotional Arc Impact5.5/10
Thematic Consistency5/10
Overall Score5.6/10
Beat Sheet
15 plot points
1
Opening Image
1 min
2
Theme Stated
5 min
3
Set-Up
10 min
4
Catalyst
20 min
5
Debate
30 min
6
Break Into Two
40 min
7
B Story
50 min
8
Fun and Games
60 min
9
Midpoint
70 min
10
Bad Guys Close In
80 min
11
All Is Lost
90 min
12
Dark Night of the Soul
100 min
13
Break Into Three
105 min
14
Finale
108 min
15
Final Image
109 min
Emotional Arc
+100-10
Plot Points
#1
Opening Image
1 min
Mattie Ross determined, strong-willed. Setting of frontier justice.
#2
Theme Stated
5 min
Mattie: "I want justice." Morality, vengeance, and coming-of-age theme.
#3
Set-Up
10 min
Hiring Rooster Cogburn. Preparing for journey.
#4
Catalyst
20 min
They set out to track Tom Chaney. Action begins.
#5
Debate
30 min
Mattie struggles with danger and morality.
#6
Break Into Two
40 min
Journey into dangerous territory.
#7
B Story
50 min
Mattie-Rooster dynamic. Respect and growth.
#8
Fun and Games
60 min
Encounters, shootouts, adventures.
#9
Midpoint
70 min
Tom Chaney cornered. Stakes high.
#10
Bad Guys Close In
80 min
Rival dangers and betrayal threaten progress.
#11
All Is Lost
90 min
Chaney escapes. Failure and despair.
#12
Dark Night of the Soul
100 min
Mattie reflects on vengeance and justice.
#13
Break Into Three
105 min
Final confrontation with Chaney.
#14
Finale
108 min
Justice served. Mattie stronger, matured.
#15
Final Image
109 min
Mattie leaves town, fulfilled and resolved.