Holden und Banky sind Comiczeichner. Alles läuft gut für sie, bis sie Alyssa treffen, ebenfalls eine Comiczeichnerin. Holden verliebt sich in sie, aber seine Hoffnungen werden zunichte gemac... Alles lesenHolden und Banky sind Comiczeichner. Alles läuft gut für sie, bis sie Alyssa treffen, ebenfalls eine Comiczeichnerin. Holden verliebt sich in sie, aber seine Hoffnungen werden zunichte gemacht, als er herausfindet, dass sie eine Lesbe ist.Holden und Banky sind Comiczeichner. Alles läuft gut für sie, bis sie Alyssa treffen, ebenfalls eine Comiczeichnerin. Holden verliebt sich in sie, aber seine Hoffnungen werden zunichte gemacht, als er herausfindet, dass sie eine Lesbe ist.
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- 5 Gewinne & 16 Nominierungen insgesamt
- Kim
- (as Carmen Lee)
- Nica
- (as Kelly Simpkins)
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I almost wish that I hadn't seen it again, because I remembered it as a good piece of film that was really deep and meaningful, well put together and tightly written.
In actuality, aside from the self-serving in-jokes (which, as a fan of the Jersey Trilogy, I still greatly appreciate) there's really not much to it. It's the typical romantic comedy type story with a twist of gayness and comic books.
The point is: Mallrats will always be better, Clerks will always be best, and Dogma will always be the one with Chris Rock. (also, Rick Derris will always be a jerk and there will be a member of the Hicks clan around ever corner.)
There are the standard Smith jokes throughout the film, but this time they take a backseat to the touching tale of Holden and Alyssa. I don't know quite how he did it, but Chasing Amy feels real and unpredictable. It's not some glossy Hugh Grant/Julia Roberts production, instead it's filled with characters that feel more like real people, which is a nice relief.
The film manages to be both moving and funny, and the cast do their best work to date (Affleck and Adams at the hockey game must rank as one of my favourite scenes of all time). This may not be Smith's best known film, but it's definitely his best. [8/10]
This film not only is a great story and a meaningful message about friendship, love, and accepting the past, but an allegory for the years before he made this movie. Notice how "Bluntman And Chronic" is a hit but critically slammed (in the DVD special features of deleted scenes), just like Mallrats was. Also, Alyssa is (literally and figuratively) Joey Lauren Adams, Smith's girlfriend at the time who he broke up with over her past. Holden writes the comic in the end as an apology to her, just like Smith made the movie as an apology/Valentine to Joey. All the characters are him on some level.
This movie rocks. Skip renting the video and buy Criterion's awesome DVD, with deleted scenes, an awesome commentary track, and much more
Her and the rest of the cast are great. She is brilliant as Alyssa with a lot of gut impacting scenes. Ben Affleck and Jason Lee star opposite to her. Affleck is convincing and Lee is immaculate as Affleck's best friend, roommate and comic book artist who has a lot of memorable moments as a side character.
The theme of the movie might've been a bit groundbreaking for it's time as it explores sexual endeavours of the triangle between the 3 characters. The curiosity is compelling and it works and the best part is, it leaves the questions without solidarity answers. All this, and it still manages to feel like Kevin Smith's movie - lots of crude jokes and comedic value.
Just behind the Clerks series and maybe Zack and Miri, Chasing Amy is absolutely worth seeing.
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- WissenswertesKevin Smith wrote the script inspired by his experience with then-girlfriend Joey Lauren Adams, who plays Alyssa.
- Patzer(at around 56 mins) When Holden is walking back to his car shortly after Alyssa leaves him in the rain, the camera crew is reflected in the window slightly to the left of Holden.
- Zitate
Silent Bob: So there's me and Amy, and we're all inseparable, right? Just big time in love. And then four months down the road, the idiot gear kicks in, and I ask about the ex-boyfriend. Which, as we all know, is a really dumb move. But you know how it is: you don't wanna know, but you just have to, right? Stupid guy bullshit. So, anyway, she starts telling me about him... how they fell in love, and how they went out for a couple of years, and how they lived together, her mother likes me better, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah... and I'm okay. But then she drops the bomb on me, and the bomb is this: it seems that a couple of times, while they were going out, he brought some people to bed with them. Ménage à trois, I believe it's called. Now this just blows my mind, right? I mean, I am not used to this sort of thing. I mean, I was raised Catholic, for God's sake.
Jay: Saint Shithead.
[Silent Bob elbows him; Jay motions as if to start a fight]
Silent Bob: Do something.
[to Holden]
Silent Bob: So I'm totally weirded out by this, right? And then I just start blasting her. Like... I don't know how to deal with what I'm feeling, so I figure the best way is by calling her a slut, right? And tell her she was used. I'm... I'm out for blood. I really wanna hurt this girl. I'm like, "What the fuck is your problem?", right? And she's just all calmly trying to tell me, like, it was that time and it was that place and she doesn't think she should apologize because she doesn't feel that she's done anything wrong. I'm like, "Oh, really?" That's when I look her straight in the eye, I tell her it's over. I walk.
Jay: Fuckin' A!
Silent Bob: No, idiot. It was a mistake. I didn't hate her. I wasn't disgusted with her. I was afraid. At that moment, I felt small, like... like I'd lacked experience, like I'd never be on her level, like I'd never be enough for her or something like that, you know what I'm saying? But, what I did not get, she didn't care. She wasn't looking for that guy anymore. She was... she was looking for me, for the Bob. But, uh, by the time I figure this all out, it was too late, man. She moved on, and all I had to show for it was some foolish pride, which then gave way to regret. She was the girl, I know that now. But I pushed her away. So, I've spent every day since then chasing Amy... so to speak.
- Crazy CreditsJay and Silent Bob will return in "Dogma" ... (promise).
- Alternative VersionenMany things cut from the final version available on laserdisc/DVD editions:
- VerbindungenEdited into Chasing Amy: Deleted Scenes (2000)
- SoundtracksLet's Go
Written by Ric Ocasek
Performed by Ernie Isley
Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group
By arrangement with Warner Special Products
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- Budget
- 250.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 12.021.272 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 52.446 $
- 6. Apr. 1997
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- 12.021.272 $
- Laufzeit
- 1 Std. 53 Min.(113 min)
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- 1.85 : 1