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When handsome young comic book creator Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck) meets cute young comic book creator Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams), romance seems preordained. But Holden is soon confronted with Alyssa's complex sexual history, as well as his friend and colleague Banky's (Jason Lee) conflicted and enraged response to the .. Read more

Starring	Jason Lee, Dwight Ewell, Jason Mewes, Matt Damon
Director	Kevin Smith
Genres	Comedy, Drama, Romance

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- "...Still showing his touch for garrulous, hair-splitting conversation, Mr. Smith engages his characters in a bright spirited demonstration of just how difficult modern love can be..."
- 10644
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
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  Kevin Smith Gets A Bit More Serious
  
  This film while having it's undeniable Kevin Smith moments is the most serious film he has made to date, and is none the worse for it. The story of a man ... read more »
  
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  - imran
  - 165 reviews
  - London
  - 08 Aug 2004 at 17:03
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  Reality bites...
  
  ...and as far as postmodern culture goes, this movie is pretty real.
  
  If you can't withstand the usual cursing and sexual referencing that comes ... read more »
  
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- - Screamout
  - 3 reviews
  - Wigan
  - 30 Apr 2012 at 23:30
- - 0
  - 0
  shockingly awfull
  
  i love kevin smiths stuff and this film was the biggest shock its got a few good moments but that is it. i never thought kevin smith could do chick flick soppy ... read more »
  
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- - bobz87
  - 1 review
  - 07 Dec 2011 at 21:03
- - 0
  - 10
  Foul language
  
  My wife and I could not watch more than a few minutes of this film due to the constant foul and abusive language.
  
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- - a customer
  - 08 Sep 2011 at 23:41
- - 2
  - 6
  Chasing Amy? - Forget it
  
  Oh my God,
  
  This was so bad that my wife and I could only watch half an hour and then we had to turn it off. Endless drivel about various sexual ... read more »
  
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- 1035897
- - againagain
  - 6 reviews
  - UK
  - 01 Sep 2011 at 18:55
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  For comic lovers perhaps??..
  
  Love Film sent an email asking for a review… and since I had such a strong reaction I thought I'd offer one. I thought this was awful, just plain awful... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 01 Sep 2011 at 11:45
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  Serious Silent Bob...
  
  Agreed, that this may not suit everyone's tastes but I have to admit I liked it and proceeded to like it more after I'd watched it...weirdly...
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- - WongOrWhite
  - 66 reviews
  - 18 Aug 2011 at 00:10
- - 0
  - 0
  better things to do with time
  
  Sorry not for us, wife and self (aged 56) settled down to watch this film, we both thought it was rubbish, switched off after 30mins.
  
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- - a customer
  - 09 Aug 2011 at 07:45
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  Useful in helping me decide whether I like Kevin Smith.
  
  Why does everyone think Kevin Smith is a filmmaking genius? This film proves to anyone that he's not. He just churns out the same sh*te film after film ... read more »
  
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- - nrg710
  - 17 reviews
  - Darlington
  - 26 Jul 2011 at 00:21
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  Enjoyable Film
  
  Exellent, smith at his best, sometimes however I wonder why they even bother to put on blue ray, extremely bad transfer....
  
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- - Rasp
  - 12 reviews
  - Harlow
  - 04 May 2011 at 13:21
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  Chasing Amy
  
  My daughters loved this, a good chick flick love comedy. Some funny situations develop and Ben and Joey are well cast in this event, also some great one liners... read more »
  
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- - lutrasview
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  - Hitchin
  - 11 Sep 2010 at 15:50
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- - 19
  - 6
  Kevin Smith Gets A Bit More Serious
  
  This film while having it's undeniable Kevin Smith moments is the most serious film he has made to date, and is none the worse for it. The story of a man ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 13960
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  - imran
  - 165 reviews
  - London
  - 08 Aug 2004 at 17:03
- - 11
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  The total antithesis of the usual rom-com
  
  Chasing Amy is a film which has arguably no more an adventurous plot than 'boy meets girl, boy gets girl, boy loses girl.' However, in Chasing Amy, ... read more »
  
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  - kent
  - 10 Jun 2005 at 16:10
- - 7
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  Woeful
  
  This is one of the few films that I couldn't watch to the end. The plot has some merit but the dialogue is so poor and the points of view so infantile that... read more »
  
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- - sacha1
  - London
  - 21 Jan 2005 at 15:36
- - 7
  - 3
  Well, I watched it all...
  
  Well, I watched it all the way through, though in some places I had to grit my teeth to do so. Not my type of film really, but not so bad that someone out there... read more »
  
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- - Michael#326
  - HEREFORD
  - 27 Aug 2004 at 18:06
- - 6
  - 0
  Chasing Amy
  
  Insignificant movie - Boring
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 27 Feb 2008 at 20:12
- - 6
  - 1
  Only pseudo-intellectuals need apply
  
  This is one of the few films in existence that have actually sent me from being wide awake to fast asleep. I saw about two thirds and would give it 1 star but... read more »
  
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- - The Black Ninja
  - Birmingham, UK
  - 12 Jun 2006 at 16:12
- - 6
  - 1
  Waste of time
  
  Dialogues are stupid, characters unreal, plot childish. Boringly unwatchable crap - after five minutes I just skipped through the chapters.
  
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- - LimeyWop
  - 22 reviews
  - Retford
  - 20 Mar 2008 at 10:33
- - 5
  - 0
  Worst Film Ever
  
  This is an awfull awfull film. It appears to have been made when the world first discovered lesbians (1997 I don't think so). Utterley rediculous, avoid ... read more »
  
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  - Newcastle upon Tyne, England
  - 28 Aug 2007 at 14:48
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  - 1
  Extras Info
  
  Not the best acting from Mr Affleck, but still a great movie.
  
  Just a quick note to point out that this disc is the criterion edition so has all the ... read more »
  
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- - Kevin Wilson
  - Kilmarnock, Scotland
  - 24 Jan 2005 at 09:37
- - 4
  - 1
  Not for me...
  
  I watched this one on the back of having watched Mall Rats, and thought I'd be in for a treat, but I was wrong.
  
  Jason Lee is highly underused in ... read more »
  
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- - Michelle V
  - Essex, UK
  - 14 Aug 2005 at 13:26

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Critics' reviews
- "...Still showing his touch for garrulous, hair-splitting conversation, Mr. Smith engages his characters in a bright spirited demonstration of just how difficult modern love can be..."
- 10644
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- "...A little movie with big truths, a work of such fierce intelligence and emotional honesty that it blows away the competition when it comes to contemporary romantic comedy..."
- 10642
- - Los Angeles Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- Banky (Lee) and Holden (Affleck) are beginning to make a name for themselves as creators of the cult comic book... read more on Time Out
- 45135
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
- "...A riotous, ferociously smart love story....[Adams has] four dimensions and a mouth big enough to prove it..."
- 10643
- - Movieline
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- "...The film's great strength is its screenplay, which approaches its actors with moving emotional honesty..."
- 10641
- - Film Comment
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- "...This is Smith's most provocative outing yet and certainly the toughest to forget..."
- 10645
- - USA Today
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59

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  When handsome young comic book creator Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck) meets cute young comic book creator Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams), romance seems preordained. But Holden is soon confronted with Alyssa's complex sexual history, as well as his friend and colleague Banky's (Jason Lee) conflicted ...

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  When handsome young comic book creator Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck) meets cute young comic book creator Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams), romance seems preordained. But Holden is soon confronted with Alyssa's complex sexual history, as well as his friend and colleague Banky's (Jason Lee) conflicted ...