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Scent of a Woman

Apex Mountain

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Apex checks cover Pacino, O’Donnell, blind movie characters, the Ferrari, bad Thanksgivings, and the Ringer chokehold.

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  • Pacino's apex is rejected, while the movie is accepted as Chris O'Donnell's apex.
  • James Rebhorn's apex is debated because his supporting roles occupy a consistently high level.
  • Scarface is preferred as the apex for Pacino movies featuring a character named Manny.
  • Blind movie characters are proposed as an apex because few alternatives come to mind.
  • The 1989 Ferrari Mondial T Cabriolet is declared an apex.
  • The Thanksgiving scene is placed among apex dysfunctional family holidays.
  • The Ringer chokehold is declared an apex.
  • Matthew McConaughey in A Time to Kill is chosen as the apex for 1990s hunk actors crying.
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman and prep-school or boarding-school movies are rejected as apexes for this film.
  • The Oak Room is considered a possible apex for the location itself.
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Scent of a Woman

Recasting Couch

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Matt Damon is the preferred Charlie alternative over Leonardo DiCaprio and Ben Affleck.

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  • Leo is proposed as a higher-ceiling Charlie but may have been too electric and emotionally developed for the role.
  • Matt Damon is preferred over Leo, although he may seem too smart and carry too much baggage for Charlie.
  • Chris O'Donnell is defended because he plausibly looks like a scholarship student from Oregon.
  • Ben Affleck is considered, though Chris O'Donnell is judged better suited to this particular role.
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Scent of a Woman

The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

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Craig argues that Pacino is actively bad and that the performance plays like a parody of a blind role.

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  • The producer says he did not enjoy the movie and calls Pacino actively bad.
  • He says the performance feels like a parody of someone playing a blind role and blames Pacino for dialing it up too far.
  • He also says Chris O'Donnell is not very good and calls both central performances one-note.
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Scent of a Woman

1992

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