What accounts for this movie’s huge breakout? And how far a departure for the Coen brothers is True Grit? Finally, is there any connection between these two things? Delving into the script-one of my favorites of the year-I look at some of the elements contributing to the film’s multiple levels of success.įirst up for me was the question of True Grit’s genre. Now they have on their hands a veritable box office hit. The Coen brothers have a devoted cult fan base and much critical successes. True Grit, like many Oscar nominees this season, including The King’s Speech, is the smaller movie that could.
take of the Coen’s previously largest grossing film, the quasi-action flick No Country For Old Men, pulling in $165 million to date. Made on a budget of about $35 million (peanuts for a genre film: see Inception, which cost $160 million to make), the movie has already doubled the U.S. Second, it’s the Coen brothers’ most financially successful flick to date. A heartfelt Christmas movie from the Coen brothers? Could it be? The movie seems a straightforward and unlikely foray into the Western genre by two filmmakers better known for darker, more comedic flicks like The Big Lebowski and Fargo. First, True Grit has thrown critics for a curve. One of the final films to be released in 2010, True Grit has been a bit of a last minute surprise to many folk.
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