Editing Scent of a Woman (1992 film) (section)

===Critical response===
As of 2020, the film holds an 85% approval rating on review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] from 48 reviews. The site's consensus states: "It might soar on Al Pacino's performance more than the drama itself, but what a performance it is – big, bold, occasionally over-the-top, and finally giving the Academy pause to award the star his first Oscar."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scent of a Woman |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1042193-scent_of_a_woman/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230172141/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1042193-scent_of_a_woman |archive-date=December 30, 2020 |access-date=May 10, 2023 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> The film holds a score of 59 out of 100 on [[Metacritic]], based on 14 critic reviews, indicating "mixed reviews".<ref>{{IMDb title|0105323}}</ref>

Two critics criticized the film for its length.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wells |first=Jeffrey |date=January 3, 1993 |title=LENGTH OF 'A WOMAN' : Minutes, Shminutes--Does It Play? |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-03-ca-1092-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516042546/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-03-ca-1092-story.html |archive-date=May 16, 2021}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''{{'}}s [[Todd McCarthy]] said it "goes on nearly an hour too long".<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 31, 1991 |title=Scent of a Woman |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/1991/film/reviews/scent-of-a-woman-2-1200429261/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101117192926/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117794674?refcatid=31 |archive-date=November 17, 2010}}</ref> ''[[Newsweek]]''{{'}}s [[David Ansen]] writes that the "two-character conceit doesn't warrant a two-and-a-half-hour running time".<ref>{{Cite news |title=Not A Season To Be Jolly |date=December 27, 1992 |work=[[Newsweek]] |url=http://www.newsweek.com/1992/12/27/not-a-season-to-be-jolly.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924081401/http://www.newsweek.com/1992/12/27/not-a-season-to-be-jolly.html |archive-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref>