10/10
Terrific film of 92' with a remarkable performance by Pacino, himself
18 June 2006
Scent of a Woman is about a prep school student named Charlie Simms that needs money to help pay for a trip home for Christmas. He agrees to "babysit" a blind man by the name of Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, but the job is not all what he anticipated. This is an excellent film of 1992 that boosted Chris O' Donnell's career up for his performance of Charlie Simms. But the one actor who stole pretty much every scene in the movie, was that of Al Pacino as Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, which later on granted him an Oscar for his role. The screenplay written by Bo Goldman and the direction by Martin Brest were very good and I don't think any other writer or director could've handled this film more carefully than these two. Overall, this a terrific film of 92 and an amazing performance from Pacino that made this one of my favorite films of the 90's. I highly recommend it.

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