Chasing Amy

Pros: Temerity.
Cons: Timorousness.

Chasin' Gay Me might be a better title for this film than Chasing Amy, but perhaps the best title of all would be Fixing the Lesbian.

"There's a twenty-dollar bill in the middle of a four-way intersection," says Banky...

Pros: Smart romantic comedy [gay romantic comedy?]
Cons: Kevin Smith is a turn-off for some

Chasing Amy is a perfect relationship mess. I’ve seen it four hours before jumping in a relationship that has not been promising anything in the beginning, started more as a joke just to have myself some good time, but that is leading into phase where I...

Pros: A hilarious and witty love story. Realistic dialog.
Cons: Nasty subject matter and heavy profanity is certainly not for everyone.

Kevin Smith, the writer/director behind Clerks and Mallrats is certainly an acquired taste. His dialog explodes with offensive remarks and profanity and he has a blunt, in-your-face style that is often unsettling to watch....

Pros: everything
Cons: well, the fact that people like his other flicks over this one.

I'm not the hugest fan of Kevin Smith. Clerks? Grossly overrated and self-indulgent. Mallrats? Just plain bad and silly. But then he had the one two punch of Dogma a flawed film to be sure, but one that made an attempt at...

Pros: 9/10
Cons: 1/10

Chasing Amy (1997) has the characteristics of every movie written and directed by Kevin Smith------mediocre acting, barely-above-average direction, brilliant dialogue and furtive humor. It attempts to connect with the viewer by attacking an ...

Pros: A good easy going film
Cons: Affleck is good but seems to only have one or two facial expressions

Although not finding out about Kevin Smith films until I saw the superb Dogma on Sky Movies a couple of years ago I felt I had been missing out so set about catching up on his earlier work. And this film was one of those earlier films and in fact is the ...

Pros: One of the best love stories of the modern age, brilliantly scripted, great performances.
Cons: None.

In the world of independent film, Kevin Smith emerged as a cult hero in 1994 with Clerks, a comedy about people who stand around a convenience store and talk. The movie was a huge success shot on a budget of pocket change ($24 000), and cemented Smith as ...

Pros: New ideas, honest, funny, good look at relationships
Cons: none

I just watched Chasing Amy for perhaps the fifth time over the last few years, and I always get some little piece more out of it.

It centers around Holden (Ben Affleck), who lives in Red Bank, New Jersey, with his comic book drawing partner,...

Pros: Bold. Jason Lee is in fine form.
Cons: Depressing, disturbing and not very funny for the most part. Ending straight from the very pits of Hell.

After having the good fortune to see Dogma a few weeks ago and after hearing some positive reports, I decided to make some forays into director Kevin Smith's earlier work.

I headed on down to my local video library and headed...

Pros: Ben Affleck's best acting job ever (no, seriously), Jason Lee is brilliant.
Cons: The long interactions between Affleck and Joey Lauren Adams are the nadirs of the film.

Kevin Smith's previous work leading to this, the 3rd installment of the "Jersey Trilogy", is very interesting in it's dynamics. The first movie, 1994's Clerks, was as low-budget as it gets, shot in black-and-white, full of dark comedy, ...

Pros: Strong acting; raunchy, sophomoric humor, mixture of sweetness and spice.
Cons: May be too earthy (raw) for some.

If you don't like the "A" word, you won't like Chasing Amy. If you don't like the "B" words, you won't like Chasing Amy. If you don't like the "C" word, you won't like Chasing Amy. If you don't like the "D" words, you won't like...

Pros: Joey Lauren Adams, Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, the moving story and the literate dialogue.
Cons: I don't like conventions of any kind.

Kevin Smith must be mighty proud of himself. Between the years 1993 and 2001, in only five movies, he has fashioned the most lettered treatise on the vacuity of the blue-collar lifestyle and the materialistic lifestyle, the utter confusion of traditional...

Pros: read the review
Cons: read the review

Relationships and sexuality are very difficult to deal with intelligently in the movies. Any movie can be a "romance," but what makes "Chasing Amy" unique is the fact it is able to deal with these issues in a funny manner and still be sympathetic. The ...

Pros: A sweet, funny, and touching love story fueled by great performances and sparkling dialogue
Cons: Those not used to Kevin Smith's style may find it to be a bit vulgar

As of now, writer/director Kevin Smith has made a total of four films (Clerks, Mallrats, Dogma, and this one, Chasing Amy). With those four films, however, he’s attained some kind of weird god-like...

Pros: Terrific screenplay and performances; excellent DVD presentation
Cons: Lackluster photography

Kevin Smith's delightful Chasing Amy, already a bonafide cult-classic despite its relative newness, is something of a rarity in the glutted realm of romantic comedies: a film which works not because of its screwball situations, but because the...

Pros: Much better, and in fact more complex than people give it credit for.
Cons: Many people don't get it.

I love this movie... and I've thought long and hard about what it is trying to say. Hopefully you can take the time to decide for yourself what you think about it.



Chasing Amy is the story of everyday guy Holden McNeil, who is...

Pros: Brilliant approach to subject matter that is usually given the PC treatment -- also it's very funny
Cons: Nothing of importance

This is one of those rare films that some of my friends refuse to see on the grounds of they don't need reminding of old wounds. Not because they heard bad things about it, quality-wise. That's pretty uncommon. It's also, for me, one of those rare...

Pros: Great dialogue, very true-to-life in many ways, and very heartfelt.
Cons: Some of the humor may be too racy for some folks.

First of all, I love Kevin Smith's View Askew movies. I own three of them(Clerks, Chasing Amy, Dogma), and have seen all five of them multiple times. Therefore, this will not be the first review I write of one of his movies. Chasing Amy is one of the...

Pros: good acting - emotions seem real and truthfully examined
Cons: Sorry, but I do not like vile language anywhere

I saw Dogma and found it offensive, but was told to watch "Chasing Amy" to better appreciate Kevin Smith. So I did, and I have mixed emotions.

This is an education to "Love and Sex in the Ninetys", or so I am...

Pros: Intelligent dialogue, very funny at times
Cons: none!

I admit to being a Kevin Smith fan after seeing 'Clerks', which pains me to some degree, because of the trendy nature that I attach to fans of Smith, his movie 'Clerks', and to the popularity behind his unorthodox characters, Jay and Silent Bob. For...

Pros: JASON LEE! Great writing...did I mention Jason Lee?
Cons: Guaranteed to offend some viewers, the DVD is the same version as the Laser Disc release

I saw Chasing Amy again last night, for what must be the tenth time (at least!), except now it was on the Criterion Collection DVD. A review of the DVD follows:

What a great movie. I’m not a rabid Kevin Smith fan (I thought Clerks was...

Pros: Affleck, Lee is too funny!, Sensitive Subject Matter, Joey Lauren Adams, Dialouge.
Cons: Like I said before; "Sensitive Subject Matter".

**Preface: This is my first write off!! To quote my good friend John Fowler... "WOOT!"! I feel like ...

Pros: The Kevin Smith script, the cast especially Jay and Silent Bob
Cons: Bizarre ending

You can tell right away that Chasing Amy is a Kevin Smith movie. From all the comic books and Star Wars references. To characters that believe that the F-bomb is just as valuable to a sentence as a period, it's all in here.

And what is it...

Pros: Hilarious and somewhat intelligent love/comedy
Cons: Predictable, Joey Lauren Adams is a banshee.

Kevin Smith, the hairy, pudgy director who brought us the contemporary favorites Clerks and Mallrats, hits us with his 1997 third installment entitled Chasing Amy. While Chasing Amy tries hard to be earnest, it falls slightly short, and leaves that...

Pros: story line
Cons: profanity

Lets begin by saying " Oh my"!!!!! This movies an adventure into Kevin Smith's directing abilities as well as acting talents. As other members have said the viewing of Dogma another film by Kevin Smith is what lead me to " Chasing...

Pros: Joey Lauren Adams, the script
Cons: Ben Affleck (but not his fault)

Short synopsis: Holden (Affleck) and Banky (Lee) run a cartoon called Bluntman and Chronic. Holden is introduced to Alyssa (Adams) and thinks they hit it off...But Alyssa is gay (or at least goes both ways). They begin a friendship and Banky becomes...

Pros: Funny, Intelligent, Well-Acted, Characters, Edgy Plot
Cons: Underuse of Jay and Silent Bob, Disparities In Holden's I.Q.

On the DVD to "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back," Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier discuss their library of works in baseball terms. They believe themselves to have a career of "admirable doubles" with one strike out. I tend to disagree. While "Jay and ...

Pros: A fantastically crafted story, as funny as it is sweet.
Cons: Boring direction, and the acting is laid back to say the least.

Now that the critically-slammed “Mallrats” has scuttled off into forgotten territory (come on guys, at the end of the day it really wasn’t that bad) Kevin Smith gets back on track with this, the concluding part of the New Jersey Trilogy that began with...

Pros: In-depth character study, interesting plot, very funny
Cons: The ending! Dear God, the ending!

Chasing Amy is a movie that is utterly brilliant for its first two hours, filled with interesting people, a solid plot, good (if a bit static) direction, and even a lot of laughs. Then, in the last ten minutes or so, it gives us an ending so...

Pros: Brilliant script, outstanding performances from Affleck and Adams.
Cons: None. I want to see a DVD version

In backtracking Kevin Smith's flicks, "Chasing Amy" finally showed up in my video library. I liked "Dogma" so much and was so tickled with"Clerks" that I approached this movie with fear. I had even more apprehension since...

Pros: Genuine dialogue and acting
Cons: Some of it does come across as overbearing

There was quite an entertainment gap between Kevin Smith's first movie, Clerks, and his second, Mallrats. With Chasing Amy, the third movie in New Jersey trilogy, Smith is back in top form. His offbeat sense of humor and frank sexual dialogue are...

Pros: Well-acted / Lee & Adams give great performance / Genuinely funny stuff
Cons: Affleck isn't all that convincing / Not as funny as "Clerks"

A new Criterion Collection DVD of "Chasing Amy" was just recently released, and with it, I decided to re-visited the third installment in Kevin Smith's ("Clerks," "Mallrats," "Dogma") film resume. I found that the...

Pros: Kevin Smith weaves themes together so that they may be familiar, but they are unique.
Cons: It's not a typical Kevin Smith film, so don't expect one.

I haven't posted an epinion in a month. I've seen several movies in that period, but haven't been moved to write. Yes, I have some big opinions, but I haven't been in the mood. Not even to continue my Bond reviews (more are coming...)

Well I...

Pros: hilarious, tear-jerker, great date movie, makes one think about relationships in general
Cons: we never do find out how it truly ends, but then again, this may not be all bad since this movie (like most of Smith's others) are true to life, and therefore no one really ever knows the outcome

Ever since I saw "Clerks," I have been a huge fan of Kevin Smith. He, and sidekick, Jay, are the most hilarious couple I have seen on the silver screen in a long time! Smith, who is always found in each of his movies playing the wise, strong,...

Pros: Chasing Amy is a well-written and acted romantic drama that marks a step forward in the promising career of Kevin Smith.
Cons: When he does try to get mobile, such as at the hockey game, it feels awkward and contrived.

"It's not who you love. It's how." Take this tag line for Chasing Amy and combine it with the knowledge that the film was written and directed by Clerks mastermind Kevin Smith, and one might be excused for thinking this movie is a slight, if...

Pros: Moving, engaging, bold and often very funny...
Cons: A few lapses in the script/acting dept.s and a few derail moments...

This is going to be a very unique and personal opinion and unlike any other your likely to read on any product either here or anywhere else. I finally rented Chasing Amy this weekend because every time I've ever poured my heart out to anyone, they just...

Pros: LOTS of extras, commentary on the the movie, great DVD quality.
Cons: Don't buy this if you own the Laser Disc.

This is not an epinion of the acuall movie of Chasing Amy. That can be found under this same catigory with the name of Love, Lesbians, and Jay and Silent Bob. This is a review of the Criterion DVD version of the film.

The Criterion...

Pros: Kevin Smith Movie.
Cons: I didn't expect such thoughtfulness.

"Chasing Amy" is another film from writer/director Kevin Smith. It's an examination of relationships, both platonic and romantic, and human sexuality. The film is well acted, thoughtful and insightful, despite its sensitive subject matter....

Pros: Excellent Acting, Dialogue, ORIGINAL, real love
Cons: cliched in some respects, not enough emphasis on some of the characters

Love is seldom rational or responsible in its thinkings; it seldom makes sense to those who witness it from the outside. It is as illogical and mercurial as poets and philosophers have made it out to be over the years. This is where Chasing...

Pros: Funny and insightful look at a tough relationship
Cons: I guess if you're a lesbian you may not like the switch back of Alyssa

Kevin Smith gained cult fame and critical praise for his first feature length film, the hysterical comedy, "Clerks" about a day in the life of two polar opposite clerks. One works at a video store harassing customers and leaving at anytime...

Pros: Excellent acting and brilliant something-for-everyone dialouge make this a must see.
Cons: If anything, inappropriate for most pre-teens and even some teens. But what else do you expect from Kevin Smith?

While you may not know it, I'm actually a good fan of love stories. Don't take this the wrong way. Straight out romance flicks, I don't know how they survive in the box office and I don't want to know. However, every once in a while, I'll pick up on a...

Pros: Some funny scenes and realistic dialogue
Cons: Lots of slow scenes, weird and unsatisfying ending

There's gotta be something wrong with me. I think I'm the only person in the world that didn't like Chasing Amy. Please don't hate me or ostracize me or take me off your trust list. I just didn't like it.

I liked Clerks, I hated Mallrats...

Pros: actors who work well together, great story
Cons: none

Kevin Smith's third film goes beyond witty patter and weird adventures in suburbia (not that there's anything wrong with that) and takes on more seriously the topics of relationships and societal values. "Chasing Amy" is an excellent movie...

Pros: The Kevin Smith movie with the most feeling and romance, great acting, very funny, Jay and Silent Bob
Cons: Too vulgar for some.

First off Is have to say that i am a huge Kevin Smith fan. I love all his movies, however this one stands out from the rest. Chasing Amy, I feel, is Kevin Smith's emotional film. It is not just the goof ball antics of Clerks and Mall...

Pros: wacko story told wth depth and sensitivity and non parodying humor
Cons: ending???

From the director of the wildly funny Clerks and the wildly UNfunny Mallrats, Kevin Smith, comes perhaps the most staggeringly dead-on analysis of the complexities of friendship and romance among generation X-ers yet filmed.

Despite many of...

Pros: A deft touch provides a funny, intelligent and provocative film which should be enjoyed by all.
Cons: Ben Affleck has a not entirely pleasant beard.

So Clerks was entertaining and quirky with a dollop of tastelessness, Mallrats was tasteless with (large) dollop of entertainment and quirkiness. Both of them are entertaining and worth watching. But then neither of them were based on examining and...

Pros: honest characters, very funny
Cons: tends to follow stereotypes

For two years of my life, the moment anyone found out that I as a female have an ex-girlfriend the first or second thing I heard was "Have you seen 'Chasing Amy'?" As if watching the movie were some sort of pre-requisite for being queer and...

Pros: Hilarious and interesting
Cons: Takes a couple times to get all the jokes

About a year ago I turned into a huge Clerks fan. I quickly went out and rented Mallrats, loved it, then rented Chasing Amy and didn't really like it too much. Then, about two months ago I bought Chasing Amy (just because I'm a diehard Kevin Smith fan)...

Pros: A terrific script, well-acted and -directed.
Cons: Less-than-exciting camera work.

If making a convincing love story between a heterosexual male and a lesbian sounds like an impossible task, then writer-director Kevin Smith has accomplished the impossible with the final installment of his New Jersey trilogy, Chasing Amy. A...

Pros: Great Affleck; great acting for main cast
Cons: Affleck's wise guy cracks

This is one of Ben Affleck's earliest films, back to when he really used to work really hard on his movie dialogues. I wasn't expecting director Kevin Smith to be that great anyway, I never heard of him before. Nor did I know Affleck at that time. I...

Pros: Funny , real and it has a moral
Cons: none

I watched Chasing Amy(for the 4th time) with my girlfriend (her first viewing)last night and enjoyed it as much as when I saw it in the theatre. Each time I've seen this movie I've been able to appreciate it on another level. I just got it for...

Pros: Brilliant script, dialog and acting!
Cons: 10 minutes of Jason Mewes & Silent Bob

This is one totally BRILLIANT movie. Not for everyone, but for those who like their comedy intelligently yet sexually and sarcastically raw this is Amy. This is Kevin Smith at his second best to Dogma. While we are at it let me rank them. Dogma 5...

Pros: A realistic plot
Cons: Doesn't always hold your complete attention

When I first heard about this movie, I had no interest whatsoever about seeing it. However, it has become one of my favorites. It is a story of lies and truth, hurt and happiness, and love and hate. It all starts off as an innocent crush that Holden...

Pros: jay and silent bob
Cons: not funny and the storyline makes no sense

I love Kevin Smith movies, Clerks and Mallrats were great movies. I have no idea where Chasing Amy came from. The other movies have good storylines, real people (well almost) with believable dialogue and funny storylines. Chasing Amy is just stupid....

Pros: Good acting, and plot. Not a typical love story
Cons: Joey Lauren Adams' voice :-)

The film explores sexuality, love, and friendship in a very unique and somewhat twisted kind of way.

The very thing that makes the movie so interesting is the story, written by Kevin Smith, one of the new generation directors, that...

Pros: Great script, terrific acting
Cons: Unpolished direction on the part of Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith's movies give whole new meaning to the term "talkies". He writes terrific, believable characters and gives them gobs of dialog. That could be problem if the dialog itself was not so real and unforced. It has the familiar ring of...

Pros: Adams and Affleck are great together, great comedy
Cons: none

This is the first movie I ever saw that starred Joey Lauren Adams and I thought she was great. Put her together with Ben Affleck and you have one very funny movie. It has its serious moments, but even those are made to into a comedy in one way or...

Pros: Great unique story line
Cons: Odd story and certainly adult in nature

"chasing Amy" was a delightful and interesting movie. Jason Lee and Ben Affleck are best friends and do everything together. Enter Amy. Ben Affleck's character falls head over heels in love with this beautiful and fun loving young lady. Enter...

Pros: Great different romantic comedy
Cons: Most of the comedy is fairly crude

I saw this movie, because I am a huge Kevin Smith fan. After watching it once it instantly became one of my favorites. "Chasing Amy" stars Ben Affleck ("Good Will Hunting"), Joey Lauren Adams ("Dazed and Confused"), and in...

Pros: Wonderful story
Cons: Ending that leaves you thinking another film was attached at the end

"Chasing Amy" offers one of the simplist stories portrayed on film in the 1990s. And, like Yankee pinstripes, it is so simple it is nearly wonderful.

Boy meets girl. Girl is lesbian. Boy attempts to get lesbian to "change...

Pros: The quintessential love comedy of The New Jersey Chronicles
Cons: None

Alright what can I say, I love Kevin Smith's movies. "Chasing Amy" is the first movie I saw from this wonderful director/writer. In my references to other movies the actors have been I tried to stay with other Kevin Smith films, since most of the...

Pros: Everything, especially the brilliant script and memorable cast
Cons: Nothing

Chasing Amy


Ben Affleck plays Holden, a comic book artist who lives with his co-worker and best friend
of many years, Banky (Jason Lee). They live in New Jersey or some place like that, full of streets and
ice cream stands....

Pros: Kevin Smith's best work; Jason Lee is excellent
Cons: Some people might find the subject of this film a turn off

Wow. This is some film, ladies and gentleman. When I had first saw this film, I was amazed at how good it was. It's really a lot of things rolled into one: On one hand, it's a love story, about two different people drawing together. On the other hand,...

Pros: Interesting Plot, smartly written, and very funny
Cons: Strays from other Smith flicks by getting a bit "Chick Flick" ish

Ahh Chasing Amy, The third of Kevin Smith's super duper movies. You can't really watch a movie like this without laughing. The plot is this, two comic book writers, Holden(Ben Affleck) and Banky(Jason Lee) meet another, much prettier writer, Alyssa(Joey...

Pros: Delves into complexities of relationships
Cons: Awkward handling of some scenes

Made cheaply (reportedly for a mere $250,000), "Chasing Amy" was one of the most profitable independent films of 1997. If you can get past the director's characteristically foul language, you may want to give it a try on video.

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Pros: It's a Kevin Smith movie
Cons: The end is kind of a downer

Many people argue that Kevin Smith's release prior to Chasing Amy, Mallrats, wasn't very good. Well, when compared to anything else he did, no, it wasn't that great. Take any Kevin Smith movie and compare it to Chasing Amy? It'll look terrible.
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Pros: Very funny, Super witty script and highly natural sounding dialogue.
Cons: Did it all work out in the end.

“Chasing Amy” is the third film from director/screenwriter Kevin Smith. His first film, “Clerks” was hugely popular and was critically acclaimed as top-notch contemporary comedy. Then came “Mallrats” which (although I found it...

Pros: Joey Lauren Adams, Jay & Silent Bob's speech, Kevin Smith.
Cons: Ben Afleck, Ben Afleck & Ben Afleck.

Just because homosexuality is more accepted today than ever before doesn't mean that it is any better understood. In fact, with the ever-growing approval of all sexuality, many feel they have the right to make judgements on whether gay activity is based ...

Pros: Jason Lee's wonderful film beginnings
Cons: Awful performances from the leads, cheesy plot

This movie completely sucked. I 'm surprised it was so strongly recommended. (In repsonse to psyonik's ep-there is nothing wrong with you.)
First of all, casting Joey adams was a huge mistake. Should have hired a real actress. She was unable to...

Pros: Great storyline, good characters, touching drama.
Cons: A little crude at times.

"Chasing Amy" was the third movie released by writer/director Kevin Smith. Following the independent hit "Clerks" and the often overlooked "Mallrats", "Chasing Amy" is the most honest story Kevin Smith has written thus far.
The story of Alyssa...

Pros: explores serious issues, meaningful, story
Cons: adult content, disturbing, does not display good moral codes

Chasing Amy is a comical film of course, being written by Kevin Smith after all, but it deals with many serious issues, such as sexual orientation and the reasoning and rationale behind it. This movie explores the conversion from one orientation to...

Pros: good move, in spite of the lulls
Cons: it seemed a little too easy for joey lauren adams to "switch teams"

Chasing Amy is the third movie (following Clerks and Mallrats) by Writer/ Producer Kevin Smith. In this movie, Ben Affleck's character (Holden) plays a comic book writer who meet up with an engaging fellow comic book writer at a convention. Affleck's...

Pros: Very funny dialogue; great, believeable plot
Cons: Foul language and sexual discussions for those who are easily offended

Ever had your heart broken by a woman who just doesn't love you back? Although you might have called her one at the time just because you were hurt, imagine if she really was a lesbian! I mean, whenever a girl breaks our heart, we all think "Well,...

Pros: Great one-liners!! Silent Bob is a Gas!
Cons: Not Seeing This Picture

Chasing Amy was, without a doubt, one of the coolest pictures I've ever seen! This story followed Comic Book writers and illustrators. You have to listen very closely to the words in this picture or you'll miss a lot. It's the story of one guy who is...

Pros: Good for a few laughs
Cons: Very Open Discussions on Sex

This was my second Kevin Smith film. <My first being Dogma..which I loved>. Although not as humorous at Dogma, I still enjoyed watching this film.

In the movie, Alyssa Jones, an under appreciated comic artist, and Holden, a rising new...

Pros: Everything!
Cons: Nothing!

This is it!!! Kevin Smith has put together an absolutely amazing movie this time! If your a Kevin Smith fan this will leave you begging for more and if your a newcomer to the Askew series you will see the light!

This is by far my favorite of...

Pros: Storyline, characters, originality, moving film
Cons: Jay and Silent Bob should've been there more

Chasing Amy, Kevin Smith's 3rd film, is considered by many to be his best. I personally find it hard to compare his movies, and when I saw this one for my first time, I didn't like it.

OK, that's not true. I liked it, but not as much as the...

Pros: Good Cast
Cons: No action just linear dialog

The situation in this movie, although crude and not very likely, is able to make a star out of Joey Lauren Adams. The situation they put the characters in was a funny one from the beginning but the way it all comes together makes it a classic in my...

Pros: Great plot and acting
Cons: Doesn't follow Smith's tradition format

After creating 'Clerks' and 'Mallrats' it was assumed that Kevin Smith's next movie 'Chasing Amy' would follow the same format, ultimately just a comedy. Not saying that comedies are bad, they just tend to lack a very strong and serious plot. Little...

Pros: Wonderful script, touching story, something everyone can relate to.
Cons: A little on the long side, and too graphic for some viewers.

Chasing Amy is another hit for director/writer Kevin Smith. This movie was quite a twist, however, for those who watched it expecting a laugh riot like Smith presented in Clerks and Mallrats.
Chasing Amy is a much more serious flick....

Pros: Kevin Smith's dialog and the acting
Cons: Hm....

Reviewers have said of Chasing Amy --

Kevin Smith made a hit with the low budget Clerks. Then he flopped with Mallrats. Fortunately he came back and got it right with Chasing Amy.

Personally, I say all three movies are great, but...

Pros: funny, well scripted, unusual
Cons: language and subject matter not suitable for kids

You have to see this movie! I am a bug fan of Kevin Smith, and this is right up there with Mallrats! I laughed the whole movie, I mean I was coughing up blood I laughed so hard!
The movie is about a comic book artist who falls in love with a girl,...

Pros: Creative Plot
Cons: Very vulgar and sexually oriented

Kevin Smith returns to the screen in his third writing, directing, producing, and semi-starring in flick with "Chasing Amy." A comedy about two struggling comic book creators by the names of Banky and Holden. These two are trying to meet their...

Pros: Funny, brilliantly scripted. Highly entertaining.
Cons: None.

CHASING AMY: Comedy. Damn, I really, REALLY liked Kevin Smith’s (“Clerks”, "Mallrats", "Dogma") new film, “Chasing Amy”, about a sci-fi comic book writer/artist (Ben Affleck as Holden) who falls madly in love with another sci-fi...

Pros: A funny film.
Cons: A little long, so-so acting.

After reading beerwench's opinion on this film, I have to wonder why she's so hostile about what's supposed to be a lighthearted romantic comedy? This is supposed to be a funny movie..funny, as in NOT-serious, as in maybe you'll laugh once in a while,...

Pros: everything, cast, director
Cons: two kind of cheesy lines, but even they fit into the character

Chasing Amy is possibly one of the most engaging movies I have ever seen, when I first saw it in the theatre I really didnt know what the movie was about, but in about 15 min. I knew exactly what was going on. For those of you who dont know, the movie is...

Pros: excellent direction, good acting
Cons: touchy issue for some people

Having a friend who is a film major, I get exposed to a lot of movies that are not exactly mainstream. He recommended Kevin Smith, the director of "Chasing Amy", to me and I now understand why. "Chasing Amy" is everything. It...

Pros: A Kevin Smith movie. Different from the other, in a good way.
Cons: Causes other movies to pale in comparison :)

Kevin Smith movies, in chronological order:
Clerks
Mallrats
Chasing Amy
Dogma
Jay and Silent Bob: Strike Back
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To me, all of these were masterpieces. However, some people...

Pros: Kevin Smith is one of the most gifted filmmakers ever
Cons: There are only gonna be 5 Jay and Bob Movies

When i first rented Chasing amy on DVD i had just seen Mallrats. I read the back of the box and said "wow!!! a movie about lesbians!!! awesome!!!" Little did i know how much of an impact the movie would have on my outlook on life. Kevin Smith's...

Pros: great love story, funny, Joey Lauren Adams
Cons: Joey Lauren Adams singing (Okay, she's not that bad)

This is a true story.

Kevin Smith neglects to tell you that at the beginning of the movie. Actually, Chasing Amy is a very personal statement for Smith (writer, director & Silent Bob) who uses this movie to explore his relationship with Joey...

Pros: Interesting Plot, Great Acting
Cons: Could be very offensive to some.

A love-story between a lesbian and a heterosexual male doesn't sound like it would work but with the amazing talent of Kevin Smith it does. Chasing Amy is installment number three in his New Jersey Trilogy that also included Clerks and Mallrats. The...

Pros: funny, provocative
Cons: slightly tasteless, homosexuality (a con for some)

I admit it I was forced to watch this movie the first time around. I didn't see what I could possibly find entertaining in a movie about a lesbian that goes straight, I was wrong. The acting is flawed in parts, but what movie isn't. The plot was...

Pros: funny, superbly done
Cons: -

chasing amy is the third movie in kevin smith's movie venture. it's a phenominal movie. we get to see a comic book creator(Ben Afleck) fall in love with a lesbian(Joey Lauren Adams). Jason Lee plays Ben Afleck's characters best friend who warns him about...

Pros: Funny, touching, honest
Cons: very profane, you will be violated.

I won a bet with a friend, and had him send me this on DVD. I won't go into details, becuase you can read 60 other reviews that analyze every aspect of this film, so I won't babble. I got this DVD, and it's the best one I own. Going criterion is...

Pros: please, it's Kevin Smith
Cons: adult nature - not for kiddos

For just a moment, I'll try to forget the fact that Kevin Smith is not only God but a babe in his own right. Chasing Amy was definately one of the most underrated films of 1997. (And I'm not just biased becuase he chose to use MY name in the title.)
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Pros: some funny parts
Cons: too much lesbian action

Everyone tells me you must see Chasing Amy. Well I saw it and was not too satisfied. I mean there were some funny parts. In my opinion I think it's a guy movie because guys love seeing two girls making out. It like makes there day for some reason....

Pros: Some Funny Parts, Familiar characters to Clerks and Mallrats
Cons: Uh.. Lets see here.. It's not as funny as Mallrats, Too Much Love for a "comedy" and too much crying! What is this a tradgedy?!

After watching Clerks I nearly lost all hope in Kevin Smith however.. Mallrats quickly was satisfying. Now.. where does this movie fit in? Well.. I would say the middle.

Ok, I am quite confused.. this seems to be in a "Comedy"...

Pros: Very funny and sad at the same time.
Cons: Very short cameo with Jay and Silent Bob

Ok, everybody slips up from time to time. Kevin had slipped up with Mallrats, but he knew how to make it back. His has the formula for the perfect comedy, take a funny situation and make it funnier.
Ben Affleck plays a comic book writer that...

Pros: Funny occasionally
Cons: Not funny enough for the series of films to which it belongs

I watched this little film on the basis of it being part of a stonking series of films. Clerks and Mallrats are wonderful films, very amusing indeed; Chasing Amy is certainly not. It's the type of film that when someone asks 'any good?' you reply 'it was alright I suppose', '...and the best bits old boy?' 'Ummm, can't think'. Why is this the case? It's just one of those in-the-middle-of-the-bunch films, it's not rubbish and it's not good. This said I wouldn't recommend it unless you haven't watched Clerks or Mallrats, even then it's not really worth the hour and a half. If you have, however, seen the aformentioned films don't, please don't, watch this (unless you enjoy disappointment).
Now this woman, the one from Bridget Jone's Scumlog and BJ's Scumlog Returns, Rene or something, she's not that great. Get over her now, she will also only disappoint you (steer clear of the film Chicago as well). This is what you call 'hearsay for the purpose of avoiding disappointment'.