19922h 36mDir. Martin Brest

Scent of a Woman

Name: Scent of a Woman
Genre: Drama
Released: 1992-12-23
Duration: 2 h 36 min
Rating: 4.5
Cast: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar, Philip Seymour Hoffman

“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.”

Drama

4.5 / 5.0

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1st Half: 4.5 ★vs2nd Half: 4.5 ★

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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.

Starring:Al Pacino,Chris O'Donnell,James Rebhorn,Gabrielle Anwar,Philip Seymour Hoffman

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Al Pacino

Lt. Col. Frank Slade

Chris O'Donnell

Charlie Simms

James Rebhorn

Mr. Trask

Gabrielle Anwar

Donna

Philip Seymour Hoffman

George Willis, Jr.

Richard Venture

W.R. Slade

Bradley Whitford

Randy

Ron Eldard

Officer Gore

Rochelle Oliver

Gretchen

Margaret Eginton

Gail

Tom Riis Farrell

Garry

Nicholas Sadler

Harry Havemeyer

Key Production Crew

Director

Martin Brest

Screenplay & Writers

Bo Goldman, Ruggero Maccari, Giovanni Arpino, Dino Risi

Cinematography

Donald E. Thorin

Original Score

Thomas Newman

Producers

Martin Brest

Film Details

Budget$31,000,000

Box Office Revenue$134,100,000

Original Languageen

Production Studios

Universal PicturesCity Light Films

Keywords & Themes

#vietnam veteran#new york city#blindness and impaired vision#scholarship#boarding school#tango#thanksgiving#limousine#new hampshire#colonel

Community Reviews & Logs

Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

1ST WATCHImported Log

4.5

HOO-HA! What an incredible watch! 'The Scent of a Woman' is now easily one of my favorite movies of all time. This film kept my whole family absorbed as though we were a part of the Colonel's journey and like Charlie roo...

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