It's well-acted on all parts, including one of the best portrayals of blindness, not to mention disabled veterans, I've ever seen. The dialogue is fresh and never trite, not to mention filled to the brim with quotables. It's the only Marty Brest movie to not feel like it's 4 hours long, and its direction, while only so-so, doesn't set back the great performances and unbelievably great script.

Hell, even Chris O'Donnell wasn't bad in this film.

I've had a close friend of mine have his opinion of the film grow upon multiple viewings based on urgings from me, and he has grown to appreciate the film more than he did before. I really do think a lot of people saw Malcolm X (which of course is better than Scent of a Woman) and decried this one on some "They robbed Denzel!" shit. If it's not that, then I 100% am baffled by the hate for this film.