Name: Scent of a Woman
Genre: Drama
Released: 1992-12-23
Duration: 2 h 36 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar, Philip Seymour Hoffman

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Synopsis

Frank Slade has a plan. It includes a weekend of fast cars, the tango, high living and a loaded forty five. And Charlie is coming along for the ride.

Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.

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barackobama5.8October 9, 2026

Woohoo another upstate ny setting, this time at Emma Willard! I generally enjoy movies that deal with loneliness since it was a big part of my childhood but I find it very hard to empathize with the type of male loneliness in this movie. This movie is really not for me, but Al Pacino is a great actor who makes it bearable by allowing me to appreciate his skill. Maybe sometimes this movie milks it a little bit with the monologues. I think I would enjoy this movie if I was a guy with a complex relationship with my father