Chasing Amy

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: 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: 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: 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 ...

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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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...