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Great Movie!!!!
I saw this movie when it was first released and LOVED it! I had not seen it's predecessors until after I had seen this one. In my opinion, the first two don't compare. To this day, this is still one of my favorite movies.

The Case for Chasing Love, Friendships, and Life.
This is without a doubt Ben Affleck at his finest. This movie is also even better than quirky love stories like Sleepless in Seattle. This is an honest and superbly acted film about love and friendships, jealousy, obsession, self denial and the experiences we choose to have or not to have.
And while playing around a touchy subject, this movie hits all the right spots with its fresh and honest look at the power of relationships.
The dialogue is simply wonderful and witty and hilarious at times. I have to agree with Caroline Hampton about the car/rain scene being the best love speech dialogues in movie history.
It's not all sugar coated with the usual yucky love stuff but Ben Affleck's tortured expression and hesitated delivered words makes it all the more appealing.

All acting in this movie is just perfect. Jay and Silent Bob share a scene in which Silent Bob opens up with words of wisdom.
Jason Lee is great as the jealous friend and homophobic comic book tracer.
But Joey Lauren Adams steals the show. Even with her usually annoying mousy voice, she manages to come across as sweet and cute, an obvious guy's crush.
Her portrayal of Alyssa was a big step into something much more familiar than just lesbianism. It was a look into all people, and all relationships alike, for the times we want to know or fear to know all the things that could haunt our minds and torment our bonds with the ones we love.
It is simply an intimate look into all the limits and boundaries of love and all the matters that often skew our views of reality.
What this movie shows in all its beauty is what most of us long to attain...a normal kind of relationship...
to which we may never really find.


Mr Smith Gets A Bit Serious
CHASING AMY is, in my opinion, director Kevin Smith's best film. Sure, there's a lot of funny moments here, but everything that made MALLRATS a bit more bawdy, is toned down. AMY takes an honest look at relationships. Comic book artist Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck) falls hard for fellow artist Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams). However, her sexual orientation, prevents her from recipricating those feelings. Holden's pal, Banky Edwards (Jason Lee), tries to get him to forget all about her. Thanks, to his own misgivings about himself, he just can't do it. Filled with Smith's unique style and take on life, the film gives Ben Affleck his best role, to date. Adams also shines and makes Alyssa her own, while Lee provides most of the film's comic relief, and is always reliable. Considering the first two installments of "the Jersey trilogy", the movie is more introspective, then one would expect. I am a fan of Smith and his work, it's nice to know that he has enough talent to want to try new things, once in a while.

The Criterion Collection DVD boasts another great audio commentary with a slew of folks from the film There's a "special" video intro by Smith. The 10 deleted scenes and handful of outtakes are entertaining and fun. The theatrical trailer, a guide to the Jersey trilogy and how it all comes together, balance out the main extras.

A great film that is highly recommended ***** stars for the Criterion DVD

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