When it comes to some of the biggest, most-anticipated films of the year, we like to do a little round-up after the first screenings of the film. Last week I rounded up Tron: Legacy impressions and now we have the first word from the next Coen Brothers film, True Grit. Scott Feinberg, in a post that has been since taken down, called it “the best western since Unforgiven.” The official embargo gets lifted tomorrow at 1PM EST, so expect many more reviews. Check out all the first impressions below.

UPDATE: The embargo has lifted. See all the reviews here:

Reviews

In Contention

Bad Ass Digest

Cinematical

Collider

/Film

Hitfix (Greg)

Hitfix (Drew)

AICN

Awards Daily

Cinemablend

Indiewire

Hollywood Elsewhere

Previously:

Peter Travers:

True Grit’s a new Coen bros classic. A star is born in Hailee Steinfeld. Damon nails it & Bridges is killer good. The Dude does the Duke proud. Props to the Coens for sticking to True Grit as Charles Portis wrote it. The rich language runs thru the film like a vein of comic gold.

Sasha Stone:

So @petertravers loved True Grit. I agree with everything he said. Except to also add that I found it surprisingly moving at the end.

Jeffrey Wells:

I was told two things yesterday about True Grit. One, that it’s a surprisingly emotional film (i.e., surprisingly for the Coen brothers, that is). And two, that while Jeff Bridges’s Rooster Cogburn performance is crackling and robust, Matt Damon “almost steals the show”in the Glenn Campbell role, and that he’s suddenly looking like a possible Best Supporting Actor nominee.

HHH on HE:

This film delivers. The air was electric at the screening I attended and people were really taken with it in a big way.. Of course, it’s the Coens and no one had a doubt about it (except Wells, naturally).

@wdana:

Just back from a True Grit screening. Wow, was that ever a good movie!

@michealcastaldo:

i saw the screening of True Grit last night. another Coen brothers Film. there was a Q&A with Matt Damon and Hailee Steinfeld. A+++++

The Wrap also rounded up a few comments, which you can check out here. If you haven’t seen the trailer, well even if you have, see it again here.

True Grit hits theaters December 22nd.