Scent of a Woman (1992)
Country: US
Technical: col 157m
Director: Martin Brest
Cast: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Synopsis:
A scholar at a top Prep school is caught in a conspiracy of silence over a misdemeanour and spends a few days with a blind Vietnam vet to earn some pocket money. They go on an unscheduled binge to New York and together solve their troubles.
Review:
A typically sentimental and, at two and a half hours, over-indulgent drama which drags its net as wide as Dead Poets Society and The Man Who Came to Dinner and is essentially a vehicle for Pacino's showstopping turn as the gruff, blind, yet charismatic Lt Col Frank Slade. It's an acting tour de force and at times also effective drama, but everyone else in it including, one suspects, the director seems content just to stand around and watch.
Country: US
Technical: col 157m
Director: Martin Brest
Cast: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Synopsis:
A scholar at a top Prep school is caught in a conspiracy of silence over a misdemeanour and spends a few days with a blind Vietnam vet to earn some pocket money. They go on an unscheduled binge to New York and together solve their troubles.
Review:
A typically sentimental and, at two and a half hours, over-indulgent drama which drags its net as wide as Dead Poets Society and The Man Who Came to Dinner and is essentially a vehicle for Pacino's showstopping turn as the gruff, blind, yet charismatic Lt Col Frank Slade. It's an acting tour de force and at times also effective drama, but everyone else in it including, one suspects, the director seems content just to stand around and watch.
Country: US
Technical: col 157m
Director: Martin Brest
Cast: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Synopsis:
A scholar at a top Prep school is caught in a conspiracy of silence over a misdemeanour and spends a few days with a blind Vietnam vet to earn some pocket money. They go on an unscheduled binge to New York and together solve their troubles.
Review:
A typically sentimental and, at two and a half hours, over-indulgent drama which drags its net as wide as Dead Poets Society and The Man Who Came to Dinner and is essentially a vehicle for Pacino's showstopping turn as the gruff, blind, yet charismatic Lt Col Frank Slade. It's an acting tour de force and at times also effective drama, but everyone else in it including, one suspects, the director seems content just to stand around and watch.