Editing Chasing Amy (section)

==Reception==
''Chasing Amy'' received positive reviews from critics. Review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] <!-- compiled reviews retrospectively and -->reports an approval rating of 87% based on reviews from 87 critics, with a [[average|rating average]] of 7.30/10. According to the site's summary of the critical consensus, “Although ''Chasing Amy''{{'}}s depiction of queer sexuality is frustratingly clumsy, it handles an array of thorny themes with a mixture of sensitivity, raw honesty, and writer-director Kevin Smith's signature raunchy humor."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chasing_amy/|title=Chasing Amy (1997)|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|date=4 April 1997 |publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a [[weighted average]] score of 71 out of 100 based on 28 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/chasing-amy|title=Chasing Amy|work=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=March 29, 2012}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore|Cinemascore]] gave the film a grade of "A−".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,287470,00.html |title=Critical Mass |magazine=EW.com |date=1997-04-11 |access-date=December 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202224406/https://ew.com/ew/article/0,,287470,00.html |archive-date=December 2, 2013}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film three-and-a-half out of four stars, saying: {{cquote|While the surface of his film sparkles with sharp, ironic dialogue, deeper issues are forming, and ''Chasing Amy'' develops into a film of touching insights. Most romantic comedies place phony obstacles in the way of true love, but Smith knows that at some level there's nothing funny about being in love: It's a dead serious business, in which your entire being is at risk.}} Ebert believed the film was an improvement over Smith's previous effort ''[[Mallrats]]'' and he added that Adams was a discovery.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |date=18 April 1997 |title=Chasing Amy |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/chasing-amy-1997 |access-date=3 July 2022 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]] |language=en}}</ref>

Charles Taylor, writing for ''[[Salon (website)|Salon]]'', quipped "''Chasing Amy'' isn't going to single-handedly save romantic comedy, but Smith (''Clerks'') has made the only romantic comedy in quite a while that acknowledges, even celebrates, the fact that love and sex are emotional anarchy."<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.salon.com/1997/05/11/amy_2/ |title=Chasing Amy|last=Taylor|first=Charles|date=May 11, 1997|work=[[Salon (website)|Salon]]|access-date=March 29, 2012}}</ref> Writing in ''[[Time Out New York]]'', [[Andrew Johnston (critic)|Andrew Johnston]] observed: "''Chasing Amy,'' Kevin Smith's third feature, does to romantic comedy what Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's ''Spider-Man'' did to superhero comics in the '60s: It makes a tired genre newly relevant by giving its characters motivations and problems that seem real."<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Johnston|first=Andrew|date=April 2–9, 1997|title=Chasing Amy|magazine=Time Out New York|pages=68}}</ref>

[[Quentin Tarantino]] considered ''Chasing Amy'' his favorite movie of 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 27, 2013 |title=Quentin Tarantino talks about Chasing Amy |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgFVeWKghoM |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>

=== Analysis ===
In the book ''Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire'', [[Lisa M. Diamond]] cites the film as a notable example of female sexual fluidity in popular culture, writing that ''Chasing Amy'' "depicts a lesbian becoming involved with a man, contrary to the more widespread depictions of heterosexual women becoming involved in same-sex relationships."<ref>{{cite book |last=Diamond |first=Lisa M |date=2008 |title=Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |publisher=Harvard University Press |page=2 |isbn=9780674032262 }}</ref>

Though the film has been praised as ahead of its time by some critics in its representation of sexual fluidity and the concept of the [[bromance]], it also received criticism, particularly for its implication that a lesbian can go straight, even if just temporarily, as soon as she meets the right guy.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Darren |first=Alison |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LCzGrV7CCbsC&pg=PA42 |title=Lesbian Film Guide |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |year=2000 |isbn=9781441183644 |pages=42–44 |chapter=Chasing Amy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaiser |first=Vrai |date=2015-08-02 |title=Bisexual Hangups: How Chasing Amy Is Still Ahead of Its Time |url=https://www.themarysue.com/chasing-amy-still-ahead-of-its-time/ |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=[[The Mary Sue]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Keating" /> The film was criticized by Judith Kegan Gardiner in the book ''Masculinity Studies and Feminist Theory'', describing ''Chasing Amy'' as representative of a "fairly repulsive genre of films" that feature a "heterosexual conversion narrative" that is "set in motion by the desire of a heterosexual person for a seemingly unattainable gay person."<ref>{{cite book |last=Gardiner |first=Judith Kegan |date=2002 |title=Masculinity Studies and Feminist Theory |location=New York |publisher=Columbia University Press |page=346 |isbn=9780231122795 }}</ref> The scene where Alyssa is shamed by her gay friends when they discover she is dating a man also received criticism from the lesbian community.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Walters |first=Suzanna Danuta |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2pSH73isp94C&pg=164 |title=All the Rage: The Story of Gay Visibility in America |publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]] |year=2003 |isbn=9780226872322 |pages=164}}</ref>

On the film's 20th anniversary, Smith said, "For anyone who watches the movie now and goes, like, 'Ew, these sexual politics are ... not very subtle', you’ve gotta remember: It was made by a 26-year-old, 27-year-old guy, who really didn’t know anything and was learning in that moment. As much as it’s a movie that’s closely identified with the gay community, by virtue of the fact that the main character was gay, I really never think about it as such ... To me, it was about a boy who grows up to become a man but loses everything in the process — very bittersweet."<ref name="Keating" />

In 2023, queer filmmaker Sav Rodgers released the documentary ''Chasing Chasing Amy'', which discusses the impact the film had on his life.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Collis |first=Clark |date=June 7, 2023 |title=How Kevin Smith's 'Chasing Amy' saved a queer filmmaker's life |url=https://ew.com/movies/chasing-chasing-amy-kevin-smith-sav-rodgers/ |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=EW.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chasing Chasing Amy {{!}} 2023 Tribeca Festival |url=https://tribecafilm.com/films/chasing-chasing-amy-2023 |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=Tribeca}}</ref>

===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Date of ceremony
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Recipients
! scope="col" | Result
|-
! scope="row" | [[British Independent Film Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bifa.chaptermedia.com/taxonomy/term/11?page=5|title=1998 British Independent Film Awards|website=[[British Independent Film Awards]]|access-date=March 29, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701175116/http://bifa.chaptermedia.com/taxonomy/term/11?page=5|archive-date=July 1, 2012}}</ref>
| October 29, 1998
| [[BIFA Award for Best Foreign Independent Film|Best Foreign Independent Film]]
| ''Chasing Amy''
| {{Nom}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Chicago Film Critics Association]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=59|title=Chicago Film Critics Awards - 1988-97|website=[[Chicago Film Critics Association]]|access-date=March 29, 2012|archive-date=August 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822153706/http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=59|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1997|March 1, 1998]]
| Most Promising Actress
| Joey Lauren Adams
| {{Won}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Golden Globe Award]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9712/18/golden.globes.list/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030325221501/http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9712/18/golden.globes.list/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 25, 2003|title=Nominees for Golden Globe Awards|date=December 18, 1997|work=[[CNN]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]]|access-date=March 29, 2012}}</ref>
| [[55th Golden Globe Awards|January 18, 1998]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]]
| Joey Lauren Adams
| {{Nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | [[Independent Spirit Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmthreat.com/news/119/|title=The Independent Spirit Awards: 1998|date=March 23, 1998|website=[[Film Threat]]|access-date=March 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120093730/http://filmthreat.com/news/119/|archive-date=January 20, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" | [[13th Independent Spirit Awards|March 21, 1998]]
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| ''Chasing Amy''
| {{Nom}}
|-
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Kevin Smith
| {{Won}}
|-
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Jason Lee
| {{Won}}
|-
! scope="row" | Las Vegas Film Critics Society<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lvfcs.org/lvfcs/1997.html|title=1997 Sierra Award winners|website=Las Vegas Film Critics Society|access-date=March 29, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331155139/http://www.lvfcs.org/lvfcs/1997.html|archive-date=March 31, 2012}}</ref>
| January 1998
| Most Promising Actress
| Joey Lauren Adams
| {{Won}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-dec-14-me-64021-story.html|title='L.A. Confidential' Gets L.A. Critics' Top Award|last=Kronke|first=David|date=December 14, 1997|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=March 29, 2012}}</ref>
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1997|January 15, 1996]]
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Kevin Smith
| {{Nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | [[MTV Movie Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |title=1998 MTV Movie Awards |url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1998/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423094843/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1998/ |archive-date=April 23, 2008 |access-date=March 29, 2012 |work=[[MTV]] |publisher=[[Viacom (2005–2019)|Viacom International]]}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | [[1998 MTV Movie Awards|May 30, 1998]]
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance|Best Breakthrough Performance]]
| Joey Lauren Adams
| {{Nom}}
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss|Best Kiss]]
| Joey Lauren Adams and Carmen Llywelyn
| {{Nom}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[National Board of Review of Motion Pictures]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbrmp.org/awards/past.cfm?year=1997|title=Awards for 1997|website=[[National Board of Review of Motion Pictures]]|access-date=March 29, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330103039/http://www.nbrmp.org/awards/past.cfm?year=1997|archive-date=March 30, 2012}}</ref>
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1997|December 8, 1998]]
| Special Recognition for Excellence in Filmmaking
| ''Chasing Amy''
| {{Won}}
|}