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Driven by an extravagant, tour-de-force performance by Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman is the story of Frank Slade (Pacino), a blind, retired army colonel who hires Charlie Simms (O’Donnell), a poor college student on the verge of expulsion, to take care of him over Thanksgiving weekend. At the beginning of the weekend, Frank takes Charlie to New York, where he reveals to the student that he intends to visit his family, have a few terrific meals, sleep with a beautiful woman and, finally, commit suicide. The film follows the mis-matched pair over the course of the weekend, as they learn about life through their series of adventures. Though the story is a little contrived and predictable, it pulls all the right strings, thanks to O’Donnell’s sympathetic supporting role and Pacino’s powerful lead performance, for which he won his first Academy Award. Scent of a Woman is based on the 1975 Italian film Profumo Di Donna. –MSN Movies

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Daniela

10May12

This movie has one of the worst soundtracks ever.

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nevelig

7May12

The tango scene is my only favorite scene of this movie.

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monsieur bornstein

26Apr12

Philip Seymour Hoffman is shockingly young in this film. Otherwise, Scent of a Woman is unremarkable in every way.

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Patrick Humphreys

2Sep11

It's decent enough. Quit your whining.

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By Cody Hoskins on January 18, 2012

As much as this film is heavily acclaimed for earning Al Pacino his first and only Oscar win after the five or so times he was nominated, the film itself is not so special given how predictable and…  read review

Mediocre 90's movie.

By Salem Kapsask​i on February 12, 2010


Poor student Charlie (Played by the always dull Chris O’Donnell…  read review

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