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Summary: Yeah you've seen the move but buy the DVD for the commentary
Review: Chasing Amy is a bittersweet love story about a guy who falls in love with a lesbian. This is the movie that introduces Ben Affleck (in a goatee) to the world. With some of the best dialogue in the movies, Kevin Smith manages to create a world of comic book creators that is intelligent, witty, and profane. I still quote "the Darth Vader" speech to this day.The DVD is great because of the commentary between Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck, and others. They are funny. I wanted to meet this people and drink beer with them. That's how funny they are. "I'm humiliating myself for this movie" TRust me, if you liked the movie, you will love the DVD.
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Summary: best post-Clerks Smith movie.
Review: Fresh off of the unfocused Mallrats, Kevin Smith puts all the pieces together for Chasing Amy. What really makes this movie work is the romantic, yet comedic, plot. Smith does not try to force a laugh down your throat every 2 seconds as he did in Mallrats. Ben Affleck and Adams make a great couple in this movie. The struggle of sexual identity combined with the natural attraction Affleck and Adams have for each other really keeps you involved in this one. Of course, Jay and Silent Bob appear - and they are hysterical!
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Summary: Kevin Smith's Best
Review: Chasing Amy is the third in the "New Jersey Trilogy" by Kevin Smith, and in my opinion, it is the best. It contains the usual humor from the first two movies (Clerks and Mallrats), but stretches Smith's characters farther than before, exploring emotional bonds between them. The story follows a comic book artist who falls in love with a lesbian, along with the varying reactions of those close to them. Smith's dialogue is as funny as ever, and the movie makes you think about the nature of love and friendship in new ways.
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Summary: A rarity--an honest and real view of life
Review: This film is a masterwork. Smith is a wonderful talent (heck, I even like Mallrats) and this is his best work yet. I have so rarely seen a film so honest about love and jealousy. The lines are sharp, the performances are great, and the movie just hums. Silent Bob (smith himself)'s Chasing Amy story remains one of my most favorite film sequences from the '90s. The DVD may be one of the best I own. Packed with extras you won't believe. Did you know that this film, like Affleck's comic book (called Chasing Amy) is sort of an apology to Joey Lauren Adams? The facts, commentary, and extra scenes are great. If you are a Smith fan, this is a must. The picture and sound are excellent as well.
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Summary: Chase this movie!
Review: When I first rented this film, I had doubts that it would be any good. I had never seen Clerks or Mallrats, but everyone told me that they were great films. After watching Chasing Amy, I became hooked on Kevin Smith films. Of the four, Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, and Dogma, Chasing Amy is the funnest, smartest, and best acted film. I recently ordered this movie on DVD, criterion collection I couldn't resist, and this is going to be one of my favorites in my growing DVD collection.
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Summary: Terrible
Review: The previews made this look amusing. But the movie was so so bad, I walked out. Just technically, it was clunky beyond belief. The performances were bad. This is just a home made amateur film, and a bad one even by those standards.
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Summary: A Goal For All Aspiring Filmmakers
Review: Only a genius like Smith could go from film-school dropout to one of the most talented and honest filmmakers of the decade over the course of three films. First we have "Clerks," Smith's low-budget gem inspired by Richard Linklater's "Slacker" which he paid for by credit card. Then Smith surprised audiences with "Mallrats," a cult favorite once it hit video and DVD. Then Smith wrote straight from the heart and created a modern-day masterpiece -- "Chasing Amy." Loosely based on his real-life romance with Joey Lauren Adams, "Chasing Amy" is a film just about anyone can relate to, gay or straight. Criterion has given this film the recognition it deserves by loading the DVD with all kinds of extras. Future filmmakers can find hope in Smith's work and say, "if that nobody from Jersey can do it, so can I."
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Summary: Good, not great. Some mixed feelings.
Review: Ok, here's my scope on this film: This was a very original and intersting storyline developed by a very talented writer, one Kevin Smith. I have tremendous respect for Mr. Smith, and loved all other three movies he has written, and starred in (to the uninformed, those are: Clerks, MallRats, Dogma). But...Chasing Amy left me thinking something akin to: "That's it?" The movie is hilarious, don't believe otherwise, however...it leaves something to be desired. I can't quite put my finger on it. Do not pass this one up though, go rent it, and see what you think. I know many people who consider this to be one of the greatest movies of all time, and maybe your one of them. Go for it.
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Summary: i've got mixed feelings
Review: well, i could say a lot about this film but i should keep it short. some people say it was bad and i don't blame them. i was debating weather to give it 5 stars or none. you see, i only watched it because i doing a paper on homosexuality for my english class. my thesis statement says that it is a destructive lifestyle. i gave it five stars because it was a wonderful help in proving my point. plus the fact that it really made you think. some of the scenes were great. like the one in the car when holden is confessing his love to allysa; it made me want to fall in love with him. but i got over that. what's weird is that it didn't seem that allysa was ever really in love with him. but that's just me. the end stunk. it was stupid that holden made that threesome proposition, but it was also stupid that she left him for it. i have to cut this short, one last thing: i didn't get the "chasing amy" thing.
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Summary: Why does this movie rock so well?
Review: This is definitely my favorite Kevin Smith movie. It's really funny and yet watchable on many different levels. Some people call it shallow or vapid, but they just aren't watching it right. It's not supposed to be some sort of commentary on the gay community, or evidence to support the "conversion to heterosexuality through Jesus" theory. It's just a smart, funny, witty movie about love that everyone who's ever had a crush or been in a relationship should see.
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