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Chasing Amy
1997
· Movie
· 113 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1974
- IMDb #1694
- Rotten Tomatoes #1134
- Metacritic #1292
- Letterboxd #2733
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1471
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1318
- Metacritic Critics #1396
- Metacritic Audience #1231
- Criticker #1437
- Douban #1523
- Kinopoisk #2521
- AlloCiné #2239
- Trakt #2120
Every rating
52–86
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 52, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 86.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →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.
Details
- Director
- Kevin Smith
- Writer
- Kevin Smith
- Studio
- View Askew Productions, Miramax
- Released
- 4 April 1997
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Arabic
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $250.0K
- Box office
- $12.0M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 11 →2 major awards won · 5 wins from 11 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Independent Spirit Awards 1998 | Best Screenplay | Kevin Smith | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 1998 | Best Supporting Actor | Jason Lee | Winner |
| Golden Globe Award 1998 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Joey Lauren Adams | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 1998 | Best Film | Chasing Amy | Nominee |
| British Independent Film Awards 1998 | Best Foreign Independent Film | Chasing Amy | Nominee |
| Chicago Film Critics Association 1998 | Most Promising Actress | Joey Lauren Adams | Winner |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society 1998 | Most Promising Actress | Joey Lauren Adams | Winner |
| MTV Movie Awards 1998 | Best Breakthrough Performance | Joey Lauren Adams | Nominee |
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Independent Spirit Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Screenplay | Kevin Smith | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jason Lee | Winner |
| Best Film | Chasing Amy | Nominee |
Golden Globe Award
1 nomination
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Joey Lauren Adams | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Most Promising Actress | Joey Lauren Adams | Winner |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
1 nomination, 1 won
| Most Promising Actress | Joey Lauren Adams | Winner |
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special Recognition for Excellence in Filmmaking | Chasing Amy | Winner |
MTV Movie Awards
2 nominations
| Best Breakthrough Performance | Joey Lauren Adams | Nominee |
| Best Kiss | Joey Lauren Adams and Carmen Llywelyn | Nominee |
British Independent Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Independent Film | Chasing Amy | Nominee |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay | Kevin Smith | Nominee |