Favorite Fictional Characters, #31: Lt. Col. Frank Slade
Scent of a Woman is about an hour too long. Other than that, it's a tremendous film. Even Chris O'Donnell is tolerable in his bemused role as Charlie, a victim of the politics of prep school discipline. The entire movie is ostensibly a parable, a paean to integrity, to fidelity to self in the face of corruption and cheap reward. As improbable guide on Charlie's journey, he gets Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, retired. You couldn't want a more flawed fairy godfather: drunk, di