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Scent of a Woman

1992 · 156 min · Director: Martin Brest ★ IMDb 8 · 377,429 ratings

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Frank is a retired Lt. Col. in the US Army. He's blind and impossible to get along with. Charlie is at school and is looking forward to going to university; to help pay for a trip home for Christmas, he agrees to look after Frank over Thanksgiving. Frank's niece says this will be easy money, but she didn't reckon on Frank spending his Thanksgiving in New York.

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Scent of a Woman (1992) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Humor 25%, Inspiration 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor25%

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The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Humor, Inspiration. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Humor and Inspiration. Its IMDb rating of 8.0/10 suggests a strong audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Empathy
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Empathy
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 63 %, then peaks around 73 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionEmpathySadness
2.5 %≈ 4′Humor35 %25 %13 %5 %
7.5 %≈ 12′Tension38 %30 %21 %9 %
12.5 %≈ 20′Humor41 %35 %28 %12 %
17.5 %≈ 27′Tension46 %41 %26 %8 %
22.5 %≈ 35′Humor45 %41 %22 %5 %
27.5 %≈ 43′Humor39 %30 %22 %8 %
32.5 %≈ 51′Humor38 %23 %20 %10 %
37.5 %≈ 59′Humor47 %33 %26 %17 %
42.5 %≈ 66′Tension59 %52 %37 %28 %
47.5 %≈ 74′Tension55 %49 %35 %23 %
52.5 %≈ 82′Humor45 %30 %28 %11 %
57.5 %≈ 90′Humor49 %28 %31 %15 %
62.5 %≈ 98′Tension63 %51 %36 %24 %
67.5 %≈ 105′Tension78 %74 %41 %32 %
72.5 %≈ 113′Tension88 %85 %61 %53 %
77.5 %≈ 121′Tension88 %72 %75 %65 %
82.5 %≈ 129′Empathy77 %48 %67 %49 %
87.5 %≈ 137′Tension73 %53 %56 %27 %
92.5 %≈ 144′Relief73 %50 %57 %17 %
97.5 %≈ 152′Relief67 %24 %55 %14 %
Cinderella

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

James Rebhorn

Mr. Trask

Philip Seymour Hoffman

George Willis, Jr.

RV
Richard Venture

W.R. Slade

Ron Eldard

Officer Gore

RO
Rochelle Oliver

Gretchen

ME
Margaret Eginton

Gail

NS
Nicholas Sadler

Harry Havemeyer

Todd Louiso

Trent Potter

MS
Matt Smith

Jimmy Jameson

GC
Gene Canfield

Manny

Frances Conroy

Christine Downes

June Squibb

Mrs. Hunsaker

SM
Sally Murphy

Karen Rossi

MS
Michael Santoro

Donny Rossi

AD
Anh Duong

Sofia

Details

Directed by
Martin Brest
Written by
Ruggero Maccari, Bo Goldman, Giovanni Arpino
Type
Movies
Released
1992
Runtime
156 min
Country
United States
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 8 · 377,429 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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