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Scent of a Woman
Drama
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.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy emotionally direct character drama built around prickly companionship, personal redemption, and stirring speeches.
- Tone
- sentimental, bittersweet, warm
- Payoff
- catharsis, comfort
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- mentorship, dignity, moral courage, loneliness, second chances
- Setting
- early 1990s, elite New England school and urban East Coast settings
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