Chasing Chasing Amy is more than just a fan tribute for the 1997 comedy/drama Chasing Amy. This charming and insightful documentary has layers of meaningful perspectives of LGBTQ on-screen representation and off-screen dynamics in love and filmmaking.

| Dec 31, 2024

What starts out as an insightful retrospective look at ‘Chasing Amy’ as a queer film turns into an incredibly moving story of the film-makers own journey with their identity and sexuality.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 19, 2024

“Chasing Chasing Amy” is a unique film about how a movie can affect people differently and how even the filmmaker can’t predict what that outcome could be.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 17, 2024

Does an amazing job of examining the problematic elements of the film’s story arc, as well as getting a lot of info on the genesis of the script, and most importantly, detailing Sav’s journey of discovery throughout the entire process.

| Dec 13, 2024

It might just be the best piece of film criticism of the year.

| Dec 13, 2024

The moment marks a turning point in Rodgers’s agreeable documentary, which sets out to provide a contemporary lens on “Chasing Amy.”

| Nov 6, 2024

These inner dramas eventually take center stage, with Rodgers ultimately realizing that whatever mysterious purpose Chasing Amy played in his life has since been fulfilled, replaced with more meaningful growth.

| Nov 5, 2024

Starts as another in a long line of disposable auto-docs from ppl desperate to lend their pop culture darlings greater cultural significance before becoming something a bit more complicated in its back half.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 1, 2024

"Chasing Chasing Amy" is an insightful look back at the movie and the place it occupies in queer culture, the '90s canon and the lives of those it touched, both for better and for worse. It's well worth chasing down.

| Original Score: B | Nov 1, 2024

This documentary is ultimately a strong and important examination of how popular entertainment can touch and move us in unexpected and deeply personal ways.

| Nov 1, 2024

Chasing Chasing Amy is an impressive reminder that discussions on the art of filmmaking can be much more nuanced.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 1, 2024

“Chasing Chasing Amy” is a fan’s story that grapples affectionately with the complicated legacy of Smith’s film.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 1, 2024

It's something how Chasing Chasing Amy ... expands so much over the course of its narrative.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 1, 2024

Rodgers shares the perspectives of the “Chasing Amy” creative team and social influencers to create an illuminating look on the impact of art on life.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 1, 2024

The intensity of Rodgers’ affinity for Chasing Amy, while understandable, in some ways makes him the least effective person to hear or respond to criticisms of it.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 27, 2024

The film is peppered with interviews from Kevin Smith to Jason Lee and Joey Lauren Adams, plus critics and activists. At times it feels like Rodgers is hosting the world’s most niche TED talk, but his earnestness and geek enthusiasm are infectious.

| Sep 6, 2024

Chasing Chasing Amy is an important and fascinating documentary. It looks at Kevin Smith’s Chasing Amy in a way that you may not have seen before and the journey of director Sav Rodgers is one that will absolutely touch your heart.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 25, 2024

Chasing Amy might be a problematic love story, and a relic of a white man's idea of queer, but Chasing Chasing Amy is a personal thank you note – not just to a film, but to a wife.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 5, 2024

Chasing Chasing Amy itself shows Rodgers’ own love story in formation...

| Apr 2, 2024

A multi-layered journey into the filmmaking process.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Mar 19, 2024