Scent of a Woman (Blu-ray) R

Col. Frank Slade has a very special plan for the weekend!
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  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 37 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: June 5, 2012
  • Originally Released: 1992
  • Label: Universal Studios

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Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1992 - Best Actor: Al Pacino

Entertainment Reviews:

Certified Fresh88%

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 119,073
Rating: 3/4 -- Thanks to a landmark performance by Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman is an agreeably watchable film. If they'd made it half an hour shorter and re-written the ending, it could have been a great one. Full Review
TV Guide
May 27, 2011
Rating: B -- The guiding principle of Al Pacino's flamboyant performance (for which he finally received the Oscar) is that of revelation: Every scene discloses another facet of his mysterious, multi-shaded character. Full Review
EmanuelLevy.Com
Nov 29, 2006
...[Featuring] Al Pacino in one of his best and riskiest performances...
Chicago Sun-Times
Dec 23, 1992
Rating: 3.5/4 -- By the end of Scent of a Woman, we have arrived at the usual conclusion of the coming-of-age movie, and the usual conclusion of the prep school movie. But rarely have we been taken there with so much intelligence and skill. Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
Jan 1, 2000
Al Pacino pulls out the heavy acting artillery....He's astoundingly good...
Rolling Stone
Jan 7, 1993
Pacino manages to shift smoothly from comedy to pathos, making the antipathetic character seem fascinating. Full Review
Film4
May 27, 2011
An irascible bully who proves to have a heart of gold, Pacino's character seems manufactured by a computer programmed with box-office grosses. Full Review
Chicago Reader
May 27, 2011

Product Description:

Chris O'Donnell stars as Charlie Simms, a young and innocent scholarship student at an exclusive prep school in New Hampshire who agrees to look after Lt. Col. Frank Slade (Al Pacino), a blind retired army officer, to earn extra money over the Thanksgiving holiday. Frank is a cantankerous and cynical bully who completely suprises Charlie with his plans for their weekend. He has bought them tickets to New York, booked a suite at the Waldorf, rented a limousine, and has big plans for a wild weekend in the Big Apple. Before Charlie realizes what he has gotten into, he is accompanying the colonel around Manhattan as they begin their wild and eye-opening adventures that include a fast-paced test drive in a Ferrari and a tango with a beautiful woman (Gabrielle Anwar). Frank's passion is women; he waxes lyrically on their bodies, scent, and sensuality, and gradually Charlie becomes aware of the sentimental romantic buried deep within the lonely man's heart. Charlie and Frank's growing relationship is the core of the film; Frank teaches Charlie how to see, and Charlie teaches Frank how to feel in this heart-wrenching and heartwarming comedy. Al Pacino is simply stunning as Frank Slade, relying on his vocal power and strong physicality to carry across a complex range of emotions. He is both intolerable and completely lovable in this Oscar-winning role of a lifetime.

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