The Homesman vs True Grit
True Grit has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 6.5/10 for The Homesman). True Grit is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h 2m. True Grit is the older of the two (2010 against 2014). Both are drama, western movies, so they suit a similar mood. Both feature Hailee Steinfeld.
The Homesman
True Grit| The Homesman | True Grit | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2010 |
| Length | 2h 2m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Drama, Western | Adventure, Drama, Western |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Tommy Lee Jones | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen |
| Main cast | John Lithgow, James Spader, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto, Hailee Steinfeld | Jeff Bridges, Elizabeth Marvel, Hailee Steinfeld, Josh Brolin, Matt Damon |
Synopsis
The Homesman
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs, to join her. The unlikely pair and the three women head east, where a waiting minister and his wife have offered to…
True Grit
Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl 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.
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