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Does not belong in the comedy section...
Looking for laughs? You might get more flushing puppies down your toilet. As a drama it works pretty well, but this movie is a real disappointment if you're looking for comedy. I am bitter and will forever resent Blockbuster for placing this DVD in the comedy section.

Okay not his best
I do love the Kevin Smith movies and Chasing Amy is notable for being a drama more than a straight (pardon the pun) comedy. But if you go into this movie expecting a laugh a minute, you will be disappointed. It is as usual well written, but if you are a rabid conservative or a die hard lesbian, you will hate this movie.

On a side note to all the angry lesbians out there who are rightly annoyed that the main char 'gets over' her bout of lesbianism... chew on this....It is made plain during the film that Alyssa was not a lesbian, she was a bisexual who clearly preferred women until she found a man she could like... towards the start of the film she mentions that it'd been a while since she'd found a man to like and at the end, it's made clear that she had been with a bloke (2 in fact) and had enjoyed it. If she were a 'true' lesbian, would she have enjoyed the sex with men? Only if she were bi would this have occurred, so stop with the 'male fantasy' [...]... she was never 'cured' of her lesbianism, she merely found a man to care for... As a bisexual female myself, I know of what I speak... in this life you can date the opposite sex, because you like both.

I think people's reaction to this film will vary according to their own sexual and relationship history.
Straight guy falls for lesbian girl. Then they fall in love with each other. But she didn't tell all or the truth about her past and it comes to haunt them both.

I was touched by Holden McNeil's (Ben Affleck) declaration of love to Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams). Then I became upset about Holden's ego being hurt because she has a flamboyant sexual history that disturbed his childish ideas of man/woman relationships. Then Holden's suggestion how to mend the riff was so absurd it almost ruined the movie. The ending was good enough for me to forgive Holden a little bit for being a fool.

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