Chasing Amy

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Chasing Amy

R,

1997,

1h 51m,

Romance/

Comedy/

LGBTQ+/

Drama

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87%

83 Reviews

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83%

100,000+ Ratings

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83%

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Holden and Banky are best friends and authors of a popular comic book. Holden falls in love with Alyssa, who happens to be a lesbian. Holden's relationship with Alyssa strains his life-long friendship with Banky, and soon the relationship between Holden and Alyssa has problems when he cannot deal with her past.

Critics Consensus

Although Chasing Amy's depiction of queer sexuality is frustratingly clumsy, it handles an array of thorny themes with a mixture of sensitivity, raw honesty, and writer-director Kevin Smith's signature raunchy humor.

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Steven Rea

Philadelphia Inquirer

Feb 7, 2014

3.5/4

With their matching hipster goatees and deadpan cynicism, Affleck and Lee evince the easy rapport of old buds.

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Paul Tatara

CNN.com

Feb 7, 2014

There is a lot of frank conversation about the technical aspects of sex between women, but Holden and Banky are written more like sniggering eighth graders than inquisitive adults.

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Jay Boyar

Orlando Sentinel

Feb 7, 2014

As in Smith's debut film, Clerks, there's something about the scruffy Chasing Amy that breaks through the pretenses of more conventional movies.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Jan 14, 2023

3/4

...a typically verbose endeavor that grows more and more involving as it progresses...

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Cathay Che

The Advocate

Apr 5, 2022

Chasing Amy is just like my kid brother -- alternately adorable and exasperating and full of cocky witticisms about life with very little experience to back them up.

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Mark J. Huisman

The Advocate

Apr 5, 2022

With some wonderful jabs at gender and racial stereotypes, Chasing Amy eschews political correctness to explore sexual identity with more thoughtfulness than we’ve seen before, at least from a filmmaker who happens to be a 26-year-old straight guy.

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Jan 27, 2019

The best romance movie ever made!

Theodore M

Aug 19, 2018

Kevin's best written movie.

Luke W

Jan 7, 2018

Clever Mix of Allot of Heart, Comedy and Drama

Finn G

Nov 3, 2017

In my opinion this is the first bad Kevin Smith movie starring Ben Affleck and some random girl off the street that was in another Kevin Smith movie but I forgot who she was. I don't like romantic comedies and I thought this movie was cringe, I'm sorry Kevin Smith but the only good part in this movie is when Jay and silent Bob showed up and had they're cameo.

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Hagrid S

Aug 25, 2017

You know, I'm disappointed with the film's misleading title..."Chasing Amy" is just a story Silent Bob likes to talk about and the name of a comic book Ben Affleck is revealed to have published at the end of the movie. And the lesbian lady isn't even named Amy at all. Joking aside, Chasing Amy is actually a pretty good film from the mind of Kevin Smith. Personally, I don't think I need to watch the View Askewniverse movies in order to understand or enjoy them. Besides, Mallrats takes place a day before the events of Clerks. Smith actually tackles the romantic story quite well, not simply because of the lesbian twist but also because of the limits of friendship. I laughed when Smith expected his audience to laugh and then things became heartbreaking later on in the film. I symphatized deeply with Holden as it turns out love doesn't always end happily and it's a lot more complex than all the unreliable media suggests. I wouldn't call the movie perfect but there's still loads of good stuff in the movie. Plus there's also the theme of the fear of losing a friend as Jason Lee seems to be trying to get Alyssa out of Holden's life, even going as far as to dig up dirt on her. Such nearly potent drama. And the scene with Jay and Silent Bob was my favourite scene in the entire movie. The moral of Chasing Amy is: love hurts. And not simply because of LGBT.

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Abraham R

Jul 20, 2017

:´( Me gusto mucho, creo que es buena película romántica para barón, debí verla en su momento y otro gallo cantara. La historia es redonda, pasa lo que debería pasar, y lo remata con lo de "Chasing Amy"

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Synopsis

Holden and Banky are best friends and authors of a popular comic book. Holden falls in love with Alyssa, who happens to be a lesbian. Holden's relationship with Alyssa strains his life-long friendship with Banky, and soon the relationship between Holden and Alyssa has problems when he cannot deal with her past.

Director: Kevin Smith
Producer: Scott Mosier
Screenwriter: Kevin Smith
Distributor: Miramax Films
Production Co: View Askew Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Romance, Comedy, LGBTQ+, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 4, 1997, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 8, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.0M
Runtime: 1h 51m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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