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

==Reception==
===Box office===
[[File:Pacino as Serpico in 1973.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Al Pacino]] received critical acclaim which finally earned him the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]], the only one of his nine nominations]]

The film opened at number 20 at the US Box Office.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 29, 1992 |title=Variety Box Office Report |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://read-archive.variety.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=9eadabf3-3169-492d-8372-069ada7d0f02&pnum=6&search=%22Scent+of+a+Woman%22 |access-date=June 21, 2024}}</ref> It would go on to earn $63,095,253 in the US and Canada and over $71&nbsp;million internationally (excluding Italy), totaling $134,095,253 worldwide.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fox |first=David J. |date=December 29, 1992 |title=Weekend Box Office Holiday Take a Nice Gift for the Studios |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-29-ca-2860-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309193457/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-12-29/entertainment/ca-2860_1_weekend-box-office |archive-date=March 9, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Fox |first=David J. |date=January 26, 1993 |title=Weekend Box Office 'Aladdin's' Magic Carpet Ride |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-26-ca-2081-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725182821/http://articles.latimes.com/1993-01-26/entertainment/ca-2081_1_weekend-box-office |archive-date=July 25, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Welkos |first=Robert W. |date=February 2, 1993 |title=Weekend Box Office 'Sniper' Takes Aim at 'Aladdin' |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-02-02-ca-830-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405001818/http://articles.latimes.com/1993-02-02/entertainment/ca-830_1_weekend-box-office |archive-date=April 5, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=September 11, 1995 |title=UIP's $25M-Plus Club |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |page=93}}</ref>

===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>

===Accolades===
Al Pacino won an [[Academy Award for Best Actor]], the first of his career after [[Academy Award for Best Actor#1990s|four previous nominations for Best Actor]]. It was his eighth overall nomination. Ovidio G. Assonitis, who had originated the project and chose to go uncredited on the final cut of the film, took out a full-page advert in [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] congratulating [[Tom Pollock]], [[Universal Pictures]] and [[Martin Brest]] for making the adaptation successful and praising Pacino on his Oscar win.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 31, 1993 |title=Ovidio G Assonitis Congratulates |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://read-archive.variety.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=b07a980f-dc50-4364-a73e-9f17c4c88c95&pnum=5&search=%22Scent+of+a+Woman%22+%22ovidio%22 |access-date=June 21, 2024}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[65th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Martin Brest]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993 |title=The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=October 22, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109220926/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993 |archive-date=November 9, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Al Pacino]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published]]
| Bo Goldman
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[American Cinema Editors|American Cinema Editors Awards]]
| [[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic|Best Edited Feature Film]]
| [[William Steinkamp]], [[Michael Tronick]], and Harvey Rosenstock
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[Casting Society of America#Artios Awards|Artios Awards]]
| [[Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Big Budget Feature (Drama)|Best Casting for Feature Film – Drama]]
| Ellen Lewis
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1993 |title=Nominees/Winners |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708223011/http://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1993 |archive-date=July 8, 2019 |publisher=[[Casting Society of America]] |access-date=July 8, 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[BMI Film & TV Awards]]
| Film Music Award
| [[Thomas Newman]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[47th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| Bo Goldman
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/search?search=Scent+of+a+Woman&type= |title=Scent of a Woman |publisher=[[British Academy Film Awards]] |access-date=September 16, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413005349/https://www.bafta.org/awards/search?search=Scent+of+a+Woman&type= |archive-date=April 13, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1992|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Al Pacino
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/archives |title=1988-2013 Award Winner Archives |publisher=[[Chicago Film Critics Association]] |date=January 1, 2013 |access-date=August 24, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410183233/https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/archives |archive-date=April 10, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| Most Promising Actor
| [[Chris O'Donnell]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association|Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[50th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://goldenglobes.com/film/scent-of-a-woman/ |title=Scent of a Woman |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826020359/https://goldenglobes.com/film/scent-of-a-woman/ |archive-date=August 26, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Al Pacino
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
| Chris O'Donnell
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]]
| Bo Goldman
| {{won}}
|-
| [[1992 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Al Pacino
| {{Runner-up}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mubi.com/awards-and-festivals/nyfccas?year=1992 |title=1992 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |access-date=July 5, 2021 |publisher=[[Mubi (streaming service)|Mubi]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826020401/https://mubi.com/awards-and-festivals/nyfccas?year=1992 |archive-date=August 26, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[4th Golden Laurel Awards|Producers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture|Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures]]
| Martin Brest
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[45th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published]]
| Bo Goldman
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |title=Awards Winners |publisher=[[Writers Guild of America Awards]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=June 6, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|}