157 min (2 hrs, 37 min) Charlie Simms (Chris O'Donnell) 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 (Al Pacino), a cantankerous middle-aged man who
lives with his niece and her family.
