Scent of a Woman (1992)
If you’re an Al Pacino fan, you’ve probably already seen Scent of a Woman. If you’re a youngster and just “discovering” his talent, you’ll definitely want to add this one to your list. Not only is it a cute, heartwarming, relatively light flick—given his usual movies—but he won his Oscar for it! While I prefer Frankie and Johnny for an “isn’t Al Pacino adorable?” movie, you do need to see this one if you like him.
A remake of the 1974 Italian flick, Profumo di donna, a blind man decides to have a perfect day before committing suicide. Isn’t that premise so European? Now, since you know this movie is hailed as being sweet and inspiring, and you know that Al Pacino takes a young kid under his wing, do you think he’s going to go through with his initial plan and become a negative role model for schoolboy Chris O’Donnell? Well, you’ll have to watch the movie to find out, and when you do, you’ll see Al Pacino ballroom dance, crack jokes, drive a sports car, and shout out “Hoo-ah!” about a hundred times. And, no matter how annoying that sounds, I guarantee you’ll chuckle every time he says it.
For me, this is one of those movies that makes me like it despite my best efforts not to. It’s not my favorite, but it really is sweet and inspiring, just like everyone says it is. How many movies can you find where Al Pacino is the lovable good guy? Not very many, so catch them when you can.
More Chris O'Donnell movies here!
More Al Pacino movies here!
A remake of the 1974 Italian flick, Profumo di donna, a blind man decides to have a perfect day before committing suicide. Isn’t that premise so European? Now, since you know this movie is hailed as being sweet and inspiring, and you know that Al Pacino takes a young kid under his wing, do you think he’s going to go through with his initial plan and become a negative role model for schoolboy Chris O’Donnell? Well, you’ll have to watch the movie to find out, and when you do, you’ll see Al Pacino ballroom dance, crack jokes, drive a sports car, and shout out “Hoo-ah!” about a hundred times. And, no matter how annoying that sounds, I guarantee you’ll chuckle every time he says it.
For me, this is one of those movies that makes me like it despite my best efforts not to. It’s not my favorite, but it really is sweet and inspiring, just like everyone says it is. How many movies can you find where Al Pacino is the lovable good guy? Not very many, so catch them when you can.
More Chris O'Donnell movies here!
More Al Pacino movies here!