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Scent of a Woman
1992
· Movie
· 156 min
A
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #608
- IMDb #313
- Google retired #125
- Rotten Tomatoes #874
- Metacritic #1835
- Letterboxd #651
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1888
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #310
- Metacritic Critics #2769
- Metacritic Audience #509
- Criticker #693
- Douban #44
- Kinopoisk #46
- AlloCiné #1213
- Trakt #123
Every rating
57–96
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 57, highest is Google on 96. Critics average 70, everyone else 82.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young preparatory school student takes a weekend job assisting a blind, retired Army officer. The student expects a simple caretaking role but is instead swept into the officer's trip to New York City. Over a weekend of fine dining, travel, and unexpected adventures, the cynical older man shows the student a new perspective on life.
Details
- Director
- Martin Brest
- Writer
- Bo Goldman
- Based on
- Scent of a Woman
- Studio
- Universal Pictures, City Light Films
- Released
- 23 December 1992
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 156 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $31.0M
- Box office
- $134.1M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 11 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 17 →4 major awards won · 6 wins from 17 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1992 | Best Actor | Al Pacino | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1992 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Al Pacino | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1992 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner | |
| Golden Globe Awards 1992 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Bo Goldman | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1992 | Best Picture | Martin Brest | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1992 | Best Director | Martin Brest | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1992 | Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Bo Goldman | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1992 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Chris O'Donnell | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
4 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Al Pacino | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner | |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Bo Goldman | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Chris O'Donnell | Nominee |
Academy Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor | Al Pacino | Winner |
| Best Director | Martin Brest | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Martin Brest | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Bo Goldman | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Martin Brest | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Bo Goldman | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Most Promising Actor | Chris O'Donnell | Winner |
| Best Actor | Al Pacino | Nominee |
BMI Film & TV Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Music Award | Thomas Newman | Winner |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film | William Steinkamp, Michael Tronick, and Harvey Rosenstock | Nominee |
Artios Awards
1 nomination
| Best Casting for Feature Film – Drama | Ellen Lewis | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Bo Goldman | Nominee |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Film | Nominee |