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Funny -- take it for what it's worth
I think this is, by far, director Kevin Smith's best film. While many attacked it as a male fantasy (it's the love story of a lesbian woman and a straight man), I think that's just silly. Sure, lots of straight guys fantasize about being with a lesbian -- but that's the crux of the film's argument.

Chasing Amy is about coming to grips with what is truth over what is fantasy. While this sounds a bit complex for a comedy, it all makes sense. And even if you don't want a "serious" movie that makes you think, this film is loaded with enough scat-type humor that you can have a lot of good laughs and watch a good story without having to invest yourself. But if you do invest yourself -- wow. Some good stuff.

Bottom line: If you liked Clerks, you'll probably like Chasing Amy. If you liked Dogma, you'll probably like Chasing Amy. If you think the only good Kevin Smith film is Mallrats, then you're probably gonna want to pass on Chasing Amy. That's too bad, though, because this is a great flick.

The Second Times A Charm
After watching Kevin Smith's,"Chasing Amy," I have to admitt that I was pretty disgusted with film. Being only fifteen and a Christian pratically my whole life, some of the content in the movie made me not appreciate it that much. But being a Kevin Smith fan, I purchaced the screenplay "Clearks," whch also has the,"Chasing Amy," screenplay with it. After reading "Clearks," I decided to read Chasing Amy anyways. And I ended up loving the story. The story is about comic book creators Holden (Ben Aflec) and Banky ( Jason Lee), and how their friendship is begining to drift away when Holen becomes friends with,and eventually dates, Alyssa (Joey Lauren Adams).When Holden first meets Alyssa, its love at first sight. Alyssa though is a lesbian, and only wants to be friends with Holden at first. Then she realizes that Holden is the one she should be with. When life starts to get good with Holden and Alyssa, Banky finds out some dirt on Alyssa. The dirt Banky found out makes Holden evaluate his relationship. I am not going to say anymore about the plot from there, but trust me that this is a movie worth seeing. Look beyond what is going on and listen to what the movie truely says. The movie has its hilarious moments and its heartfelt ones too. I reccomend that you also watch "Clearks"and "Mallrats" before so you can understand the jokes better.Jay and Silent Bob return, but not so much more in this movie compared to their others.

Chasing Amy is Kevin Smiths finest work
I was so excited to hear of the relase of this movie as a criterion DVD. After seeing Clerks and Mallrats I was a huge Kevin Smith fan and in my opinion this film is Kevins most thought provoking and funny work. The dvd also features a very funny intro from the man himself Kevin Smith, a huge 10 deleted scenes which are perfect quality and great content and every deleted scene has a hillarious introduction by Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes or Ben Affleck. It also features Bloopers and one of the best film commentaries I have ever heard (A Kevin Smith Trade Mark) The film stars Kevins girlfriend at the time Joey Lauren Adams (Big Daddy, Mallrats) Ben Affleck (School Ties, Phantoms) Jason Lee (Kissing a fool, Mumford) and of course Jay and Silent bob make a cameo. The film was very well written and the acting was just superb. I can't recomment this dvd enough! My only problem was lack of Jay and Silent Bob... as the fans know they can make a great movie even better and five minutes with them just wasn't enough! If you liked Clerks, Dogma, Mallrats or Jay and Silent Bob Strike back... Get this dvd!

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