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Actors: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Scent of a Woman |
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Working class college student Charlie Simons earns extra money to pay for his trip home for Christmas by looking after a blind man during the Thanksgiving break. His charge, retired Army Lt. Col. Frank Slade, turns out to be an irascible but sly man who has saved up for a getaway trip to New York City -- featuring good food, fine wine, the tango, a drive(!), an expensive call girl, and a loaded .45. Charlie, worried, gets dragged along on this adventure. In what is hardly more than a two-man show, Pacino and young O'Donnell hold the screen quite nicely, although a tacked on second climax involving trouble at his school feels artificial. Pacino won the 1993 Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for this one. The film is a remake of a 1974 Italian film.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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In this Oscar winning movie with preformances by Al Pacino and Chris O'Donnel, this is a tale of Charles,a struggling student(O'Donnel) who helps out a blind veteran(Pacino) for some money to get through college. The general and the student go to New York City unexpectedly for a plan that is unknown to the student. The general obviously has serious symptoms of being bipolar. He will by high as a kite one minute and mean and unforgiving the next. Pacino's plan is to go to New York, live the high life with the money from his disability checks, have a beautiful "escort", and then kill himself. Charles does not want to have anything to do with it but is forced to stay out of pity for the blind man. Through the wild weekend in New York the general helps Charles out with a problem he is having with school. Winning an Oscar for his preformance, Pacino's portrayal of a blind man is so painstakingly real that you can almost forget that in real life he is not visually impaired. If you have not already seen this great movie, head to the local rental store and see how good this movie is for yourself.
--dino, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Scent of a Woman |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Family, caring for sick?
Yes
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- main character serviced by a prostitute
Brain/Body not working?
- mental illness
- physical disability
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- actual description of sex
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
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