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Revision as of 18:00, February 20, 2010
Scent of a Woman is a movie starring Al Pacino. The plot is about a prep school boy who gets involved in a prank and is nearly thrown out of school, but that's just a framework. The real story is the student's relationship with the disable veteran he's being paid to take care of. James Rebhorn turns in his usual excellent portrayal of an annoying authority figure. Look also for a young Philip S. Hoffman.
Charlie Simms is not going home from his expensive prep school for Thanksgiving, while his friends wonder whether to go skiing in Stowe or Sugarbush. He's on financial aid, so he applies for a job taking care of a housebound relative. Only when he gets there does he begin to find out what he's in for.
Ultimately, the film is about integrity and concern for one's fellow man, two important conservative values. Charlie is faced with two matters of conscience: does he tell on his schoolmates, save himself, and collect the reward of a full scholarship to Harvard? and can he stop Lt. Col. Slade from committing suicide?