Hair of the Bear vs Scent of a Woman

Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.8/10 for Scent of a Woman). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 36m. Scent of a Woman is the older of the two (1992 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Hair of the Bear posterHair of the Bear2026 VS Scent of a Woman posterScent of a Woman1992
Hair of the BearScent of a Woman
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 7.8/10
Year20261992
Length1h 32m2h 36m
GenresDrama, ThrillerDrama
CountryCanadaUnited States of America
DirectorAlexandre Trudeau, James McLellanMartin Brest
Main castMalia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan LawrenceMatt Smith, Gabrielle Anwar, James Rebhorn, Todd Louiso, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Synopsis

Hair of the Bear

Refusing to go to school, anxious 16-year-old Tori is driven by her mother to her grandfather's rustic cabin in Eastern Manitoba on the remote American-Canadian border. As Tori struggles to adapt to the woodsman ways of her French Canadian grandfather, she ultimately must embrace the outdoors if she is to survive the deadly game of cat and mouse she is thrust into.

Scent of a Woman

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.

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