Review of Chasing Amy (1997) by Compi24 — 07 Aug 2019

This third film from director Kevin Smith somehow finds him at his Kevin-Smithiest, delivering a small, personal story of meta-significance with plenty of in-jokes, well-thought-out dialogue, and relatability.

The thing I can say most confidently about Kevin Smith is that there's no other filmmaker around who can simultaneously pull off immature and mature humor in the same movie -- nay -- the same line of dialogue, even.

There's no other greater living testament to that fact than "Chasing Amy," I feel, for even though there'll be a line of dialogue or two that'll tickle the deepest, most innate parts of you, he'll follow it up with a passage or one-liner that'll really make you think.

For every slur and off color joke spouted by Character A, there's always Character B to counterbalance and critique it with that trademark Smithian self-awareness we've all come to know and love. Spinning all of these moments together with a little bit of added drama here and there really does make for an effective flick.

I was surprised to see that it still holds up after all this time.