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Scent of a Woman

Picking Nits

Scent of a Woman The Rewatchables

The section questions the prank, heightened senses, empty streets, the Ferrari dealership, Baird discipline, and the dress-uniform suicide trope.

In the discussion (10)
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  • The blind Ferrari drive is called the movie's biggest nitpick and judged impossible even at low speed.
  • The active job-posting bulletin board used to arrange Charlie's holiday job is questioned.
  • The panel questions whether everyone at school would already know who committed the prank.
  • The colonel's ability to detect Charlie's movements makes his blindness seem inconsistently superpowered.
  • Donna's name is treated as a poor fit for the tango partner.
  • The Ferrari drive occurs across impossibly empty city streets without signals, pedestrians, or traffic.
  • The location of a Manhattan Ferrari dealership beside empty driving streets is questioned.
  • Baird's school-wide disciplinary hearing, blackmail tactics, and instant committee verdict seem implausible.
  • The dress-uniform suicide setup is criticized as a showy military-officer trope also used in A Few Good Men.
  • The prank depends on an improbably engineered milk balloon and the headmaster choosing to pop it while standing on his car.
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Scent of a Woman

Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake

Scent of a Woman The Rewatchables

A prestige television version is preferred because it could expand the school and family material.

In the discussion (2)
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  • The core plot is judged small enough to fit into a television subplot despite working as a movie.
  • A series could spend more time with the prep-school students and the Thanksgiving family.
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Scent of a Woman

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Scent of a Woman The Rewatchables

The questions focus on the ending, Charlie’s response to blackmail, the racial implications of recasting him, and the colonel’s finances.

In the discussion (5)
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  • The movie is said to have a clear answer to whether it should end after the teacher flirtation: yes.
  • Charlie could have reported the headmaster’s blackmail to the disciplinary board.
  • Another proposed strategy is to admit seeing three students from far away without claiming to recognize them.
  • Casting Charlie as Black in 1992 is debated as more interesting but likely to make the colonel harder to redeem.
  • The panel asks how much of the colonel's savings the extravagant weekend consumed.
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Scent of a Woman

The Andy and Red – Zihuatanejo Award for What Happens the Next Day?

Scent of a Woman The Rewatchables

The colonel returns nearly broke, starts a short relationship with the teacher, and likely ruins it through drinking and repeated stories.

In the discussion (3)
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  • The weekend may have consumed nearly all the disability savings he accumulated while living in the shed.
  • His large chauffeur tip is contrasted with paying Charlie only the agreed three hundred dollars after Charlie saved his life.
  • A relationship with the teacher may last briefly before heavy drinking and repetitive stories end it.
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