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Average Rating: Rating: - Caught a good one! Now this is Kevin Smith's most intelligent movie of his "Jersey Trilogy" of four other movies (Clerks, Mallrats, Dogma and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back). Dogma could be seen as another intelligent movie, but more religious throughout. Chasing Amy is about love and gender issues, namely homosexuality. The way that Kevin Smith made this movie is terrific in the way that the script and lines are extremly relevant to reality. Ben Affleck plays a guy (a comic book drawer) who falls in love with a woman (played by Joey Lauren Adams, Kevin Smith's then girlfriend) who turns out to be a lesbian. And they find that the other had exactly what the other was looking for, and they fall in love eventually. However, I did feel that we were suddenly thrown into Ben's love for her without a real background or any real structure like in other movies, I dare say. So we see Ben, he sees Alyssa (Lauren Adams), he falls in love and breaks it to her during a rainy night in the car. That scene was the best of all, with a long line that Ben had to say to her. But as I said, I didn't feel any real weight for this to suddenly happen. But, things go well for a while and then when Ben hears that she had had sex with other men before (she IS a lesbian as he understands), things start to tremble down from there on. What Ben proposes in the end makes sense, which I won't reveal for those who have not yet seen the movie. Then of course we see Jay and Silent Bob, and in this movie Silent Bob actually speaks MORE that loud/foul mouthed Jay! And what he says, is wise like always. Jason Lee plays as Ben's comic book partner and he is against Ben's love for Alyssa and he does it well in the movie. Joey Lauren Adams is a good actress for this movie and her relation with Ben in the movie fits in well. This is not the best romantic comedy, but a good all-round choice for everyone, for this is his most intelligent and "serious" movie he's made so far. If you have seen this movie and like it, check out Kevin Smith's next movie "Jersey Girl", which he said would have a "Chasing Amyish" theme. In all, it's a very good movie worth to be seen by everyone. Rating: - 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 Rating: - Great movie! This is my favorite film by Kevin Smith. I'm attempting to make movies now, and Chasing Amy was a real inspiration. The fact that Kevin Smith wrote the film about fairly true events, I decided to do the same. I just thought this movie was perfect. Ben Affleck is very good in this film, and has convinced me that he's a fairly good actor. A man named Dwight Ewell plays Hooper, the gay black guy who acts like Malcolm X to promote his comic book. There's a hilarious scene where he describes Star Wars as a rascist movie that had me falling out of my chair. Joey Adams played Alyssa, who the movie is about. I thought she was a good actress, but it's a shame that she dropped Kevin like a bad habit. But the real star of the show is Jason Lee. I can't get enough of that guy. He is the best young actor hollywood has, and they don't use him enough. He needs his own movie. He just has countless funny lines and actions that really bring the character of Banky to life. Kevin Smith's understated directing lets you pay more attention to what's being said then what is being done. all in all a perfect movie. Go see it. P.S. - The DVD's outtakes are hilarious!

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