Writer-director Kevin Smith tackles an array of thorny themes with a mixture of sensitivity and raw honesty in this story of a man who discovers he's not his dream girl's perfect match.
Holden (Ben Affleck) and Banky (Jason Lee) are best friends and authors of a popular comic book. When Holden falls in love with Alyssa (Joey Lauren Adams), who happens to be a lesbian, their relationship strains the two men's life-long friendship, and soon the relationship between Holden and Alyssa also has problems when he cannot deal with her past. [113 min; comedy; English]
"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." — Los Angeles Times
"A true movie rarity: a brutally honest romance." — Time
"More emotionally complex than even I had thought possible, Chasing Amy is the sound of burgeoning genius on the fast track to maturity." — Austin Chronicle
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