1997 · comedy · romance · drama
Chasing Amy
Directed by Kevin Smith1h 54m1997
Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything is going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.
Our read: Chasing Amy (1997) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded comedy · romance · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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“You want sharp talk about love, identity, and jealousy among creative friends.”
Skip it tonight — You want light rom-com comfort; this gets raw and painfully awkward.
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