Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.
Directed by Martin Brest
vietnam veteran
new york city
blindness and impaired vision
scholarship
boarding school
tango
thanksgiving
limousine
new hampshire
colonel
prank
blind
tears
new england
perfume
preparatory school
ex military
blind man
cantankerous
ferrari
Rank
#8 in 1992·#776 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
4.0 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Al Pacino
Lt. Col. Frank Slade
Chris O'Donnell
Charlie Simms
James Rebhorn
Mr. Trask
Gabrielle Anwar
Donna
Philip Seymour Hoffman
George Willis, Jr.
Richard Venture
W.R. Slade
Bradley Whitford
Randy
Ron Eldard
Officer Gore
Rochelle Oliver
Gretchen
Tom Riis Farrell
Garry
Nicholas Sadler
Harry Havemeyer
Todd Louiso
Trent Potter
Crew
Martin Brest
Director
Bo Goldman
Screenplay
Thomas Newman
Original Music Composer
Michael Tronick
Editor
Donald E. Thorin
Director of Photography
Martin Brest
Producer
Dino Risi
Characters
José Padilla
Additional Soundtrack
Ellen Lewis
Casting
Danny Aiello III
Stunts
Jerry Mitchell
Choreographer
Gary J. Wayton
Stunts
Popular Reviews
2773 reviews
sarah
10.0★ · 11/15/25
i love this movie sm. officially one of my favs
i love this movie sm. officially one of my favs
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Lubna
10.0★ · 04/24/26
“A broken spirit has no prosthetics” Integrity and spirit are what defines a person, where no external repair can restore them. (I love you frank slade)
“A broken spirit has no prosthetics” Integrity and spirit are what defines a person, where no external repair can restore them. (I love you frank slade)
2
Jemi
7.0★ · 03/21/26
Scam ass poster! I know nothing about the movie & thought this was a romcom because of the title & the movie’s poster on Netflix I DIDN’T KNOW THIS WAS SOME GOOD WILL HUNTING SHIT
Think this is gonna be my last watch in a few weeks, D-31 until UTBK we gotta start locking in geeks🥸 (i lied)
Scam ass poster! I know nothing about the movie & thought this was a romcom because of the title & the movie’s poster on Netflix I DIDN’T KNOW THIS WAS SOME GOOD WILL HUNTING SHIT
Think this is gonna be my last watch in a few weeks, D-31 until UTBK we gotta start locking in geeks🥸 (i lied)
2
Lisbeth_sally
7.0★ · 12/18/25
Al Pacino plays a grumpy old blind man who wants pussy. Oscar deserved
Al Pacino plays a grumpy old blind man who wants pussy. Oscar deserved
