| Genre: | Comedy |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Rating: | R |
| Length: | 111 min |
| Country: | USA |
| Cast: | Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee, Dwight Ewell and Jason Mewes |
| Credits: | Written and directed by Kevin Smith. Produced by Scott Mosier. Reased by Mirimax. |
| Home Page: | http://www.viewaskew.com/chasingamy/ |
Synopsis:
In the bracing last chapter of his new Kersey triptych (Clerks, Mallrats), Kevin Smith gives us a winsome heroine who, though sexually daring, is as heartbreaking and complicated as her love story. Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams), a comic-book artist with a knowing half-smile and a Betty Boop squeak, catches the eye of sensitive fellow artist Holden (Ben Affleck) at a comic-book convention. And they're a perfect match: they both like girls. Smith doesn't cower from the challenges of a boy-meets lesbian romance; eventually Alyssa and Holden melt into a seemingly perposterous, hopelessly passionate afair. The couple's soul-baring dialogue spills out like the real thing: breathless, questioning, heartfelt, as Alyssa confronts an insecre Holden about her eyebrow-raising past. Spith does stuble at the end, tacking on a pat, safe conclusion. But it takes guts to make a persobal film, and his tender characterization of Alyssa proves he's got the goods.
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