Chasing Amy

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Director Kevin Smith takes his New Jersey films to the next level, if only marginally. Making good use of it's cast as it tells a unique story line and cleaver characters with the expected witty dialogue. While still a comedy, it delves into some alternative lifestyle situations that some people have never even HEARD of. It will make you think, make you laugh, and if you've ever lost a love, it will make you cry!

Romatic comedies are a dime a dozen - normally formulaic, forgettable stuff that really smacks of pointlessness (see recent examples like Two Weeks Notice, How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days), but this is a gem. Smith uses his trademark wit and natural storytelling ability to give us a tale of a unique relationship which you won't forget in a hurry. The three lead actors are great, with Jason Lee doing his usual scene-stealing stuff and Affleck better than ever. Except maybe Good Will Hunting...anyway, this has a lot to say about relationships and love, as well as being at times laugh-out-loud funny. It's just a shame that Smith decided to go a bit silly with the two movies that followed, but this is something to treasure.

Overall, a pretty good movie it's not Smith's best outing but one that does do a lot for him. It's like a romantic comedy with a bit a controversial twist for the time that it was made. The main actors do a very good job of putting the story in focus.

Movies can be interesting, original, moving or groundbreaking. They can also be dull, frightening, shocking or if all else fails, just a pretty picture to look at. Chasing Amy I'm afraid falls into none of these categories. It seems to drown out even the poor acting of people who seem either too high or too disinterested to make even half of an effort at being believable real-life humans in that ocean of pointless profanity. After about ten minutes, I was wondering out loud whether to give it another five minutes because the endless stream of pre-pubescent sex jokes and lame stereotypes would give way to something a little more, uh, thought-provoking. But it didn't. Was this what life was like in the late 90s? For me, I was in college then so I guess. But anyone who is sober, not high and an adult is going to have difficulty watching it. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. Kevin Smith, I want 20 minutes of my life back.

God, the writer of this film should be in a nut house. I imagine him as a mentally perverted man. "Chasing Amy" is a terrible movie. It starts fine. Then it gets horrifying. By the end of the movie, I really really felt like vomiting. Performances are very bad. The plot is more than laughable. Is American society similar to what is portrayed in this movie? Because if it is, I´m glad not to live there. 1/10. I´d rate it a 0 if the IMDb allowed it.

I purchased this film after seeing Kevin Smiths other 4 films and loving them I thought I would love this. I watched this film and I thought that the talent of Jason Lee an amazingly funny man was wasted. This film is just a long gay/lesbian joke. Ben Aflek's performance is wooden (as usual) and Kevin's best characters (Jay and Silent Bob) are in one scene and then the appearance is wasted there is hardly any comedy there. This is the worst film I have ever seen, I sat through it in the hope that it would improve but sadly it didn't. I know a lot of people love this film and my views are controversial, but watch Kevin's other films (Clerks, Mallrats, Dogma and Jay and Silent Bob Strike back) and you will see why Chasing Amy is such a Disappointing film

Along sides "American History X", "Shot Caller" and "The Devils Rejects", this is one of my all time favorite movies. While Kevin Smith is more known for the rude yet hilarious comedies "Clerks", "Clerks II" "Mall rats" and "Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back", he came out with this surprisingly heartfelt movie. While it has the requisite fart and sex jokes, it has some surprisingly emotional and heartfelt moments. Itd basically a story of boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, boy finds out girl is a lesbian, boy some how wins and then loses girl, but it is done with the Kevin Smith twist. Definitely a movie to check out.

Tonight I watched Chasing Amy for the first time in about 4 or 5 years and realized that it's really a cheesy, cliché, predictable movie. I almost wish that I hadn't seen it again, because I remembered it as a good piece of film that was really deep and meaningful, well put together and tightly written. In actuality, aside from the self-serving in-jokes (which, as a fan of the Jersey Trilogy, I still greatly appreciate) there's really not much to it. It's the typical romantic comedy type story with a twist of gayness and comic books. The point is: Mallrats will always be better, Clerks will always be best, and Dogma will always be the one with Chris Rock. (also, Rick Derris will always be a jerk and there will be a member of the Hicks clan around ever corner.)