History YMMV / ChasingAmy

* TearJerker: The entire last third, beginning with Holden verbally abusing Alyssa to the point of tears and ''continuing'' to do so after she apologizes for not being more honest with him, continuing on through Holden's intervention with her and Banky which ultimately ends up [[NiceJobBreakingItHero destroying his relationships with both of them]] to [[spoiler:their unspoken make-up in the epilogue]].

** Holden and his whole relationship with Alyssa. [[spoiler: a man who basically stalks her, gaslights her into questioning her sexuality, and emotionally abuses her just for who she dated or experimented with. Quite aggressive, manipulative, selfish and abusive. And the audience is suppose to believe he's the hero?]]

* MemeticMutation: "FUCKING TRACER!"

** The "Fucking Tracer!" guy.

* OneSceneWonder: Jay and Silent Bob show up eighty minutes into the movie, say their piece and leave. Their scene not only features Silent Bob's TheOneThatGotAway speech which kicks off the final act of the movie but also has some of the funniest dialogue in the movie.

* AwardSnub: The movie was apparently only two votes away from an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. One can only wonder what this would have done for both the film and Creator/KevinSmith's reputation.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped:
** Your significant other is never, ever responsible for living up to your expectations in a relationship, especially if it concerns your own feelings of inadequacy, no matter how much you think you've [[DoggedNiceGuy earned it]]. Getting angry at them for these sorts of things is petty, and can destroy an otherwise good relationship if you don't deal with it in a way that's best for both of you.
** All relationships, even platonic ones, are give and take. Neglecting the feelings of your friends is just as selfish as neglecting the feelings of your romantic partner and can similarly destroy the trust you have in one another.

** The scene where Holden stops his car to profess his love for Alyssa is a little unnerving.
** Think about it: you're an LGBT+ person alone in a car ride at night with someone going somewhere and the person driving, whom you share an IncompatibleOrientation with, pulls over, traps you in their car and gives you a love speech.
** At least all he gave her a love speech, what more [[DateRape could've possibly happened with her]] [[FridgeHorror stuck in the car with him]]?
** When Alyssa gets out of the car to hitchhike, Holden still follows after her, begging her to give him a chance.
** As {{Narm}}y as that thunder crashing was when Holden tells Alyssa "I love you", it is quite unsettling.

** banky's nonchalant talks about how all "lesbians need a good dicking". The rape implications don't help either.

** Think about it, you're an LGBT+ person in a car ride at night going somewhere and the person driving whom you share an IncompatibleOrientation with pulls over, traps you in their car and gives you a love speech.
** At least all he gave her a love speech, how more could've happened with her stuck in the car with him?

** As {{Narm}}y as the thunder crashing was when Holden tells Alyssa "I love you", it is quite unsettling.
** Holden and his relationship with Alyssa. [[spoiler: a man who stalks her, gaslights her into questioning her sexuality and emotionally abuses her just for who she dated or experimented with. Quite aggressive, manipulative, selfish and abusive. And the audience is suppose to believe he's the hero?]]

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: A subject of debate among viewers is whether Alyssa knew she was attracted to men but identified as a lesbian before she met Holden or if she thought she was gay and [[IfItsYouItsOkay Holden managed to convince her otherwise]]. Which interpretation you go for usually determines how much you enjoy this movie.

* AwarsSnub: The movie was apparently only two votes away from an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. One can only wonder what this would have done for both the film and Creator/KevinSmith's reputation.

* AwardSnub: The film was apparently two votes away from an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

** While the film still gets flack for [[NoBisexuals being vague about bisexuality]], it otherwise speaks positively to the fluidity of sexual and romantic attraction in general. Alyssa's struggles with presenting as a lesbian but being a closeted bisexual, for example, is one of the few on-screen depictions of bi-erasure and biphobia and both her promiscuity and the fact that she has to "come out" more than once would be considered less controversial and more in the field of "questioning" these days.

* ValuesDissonance: The bi-erasure towards Alyssa and her bisexuality. When Alyssa is forced by her friends to reveal who is she dating, they drop her when she's revealed to be dating Holden and believe she is "converted". It wouldn't be such a big deal in the 2010s in general, although some lesbian communities are still hostile to bisexuals.

** The movie was produced and released in an era before concepts like toxic masculinity, male entitlement, and the "[[DoggedNiceGuy nice guy]]" stereotype were as heavily politicized as they are in TheNewTens. As such, it has a lot more bite than most later works that ''do'' approach it from a socio-political standpoint.

* DontShootTheMessage: As mentioned above, the film has been dismissed by those who simply don't like the implication that Kevin Smith, a cishetero man, is [[MostWritersAreMale speaking for a queer woman]].

* ValuesDissonance: The bi-erasure towards Alyssa and her bisexuality. When Alyssa is forced by her friends to reveal who is she dating, they drop her when she's revealed to be dating Holden and believe she is "converted". Now it wouldn't be such a big deal in the 2010s.

** While the film still gets flack for [[NoBisexuals being vague about bisexuality]], it otherwise speaks positively to the fluidity of sexual and romantic attraction in general. Alyssa's struggles with presenting as a lesbian but being a closeted bisexual, for example, is one of the few on-screen depictions of bi-erasure and both her promiscuity and the fact that she has to "come out" more than once would be considered less controversial and more in the field of "questioning" these days.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: While praised for it's frank discussions on sexuality and relationships, the fact that its also a story written and directed from a cishetero man's perspective ''about'' a cishetero man's perspective of a lesbian/bisexual woman has not been without its critics. As such, Kevin Smith would later include a scene in ''Film/JayAndSilentBobReboot'' where Alyssa, who's adapting Holden's InUniverse comic book for Creator/{{Netflix}}, playfully snarks that stories about female sexuality and sexual queerness are probably best left to the people who experience these things firsthand.

* AwardSnub: The film was apparently a nose away from an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

** In the same scene, the argument [[NoodleIncident somehow escalated]] to Banky claiming that "Archie is not [[HotForTeacher fucking Mr. Weatherbee]]!" Then came ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'', which had a subplot of Archie getting into a sexual relationship with Ms. Grundy.

* DontShootTheMessage: As mentioned above, the film has been dismissed by those who simply don't like the implication that a cishetero man is speaking for a woman.

* DontShootTheMessage: As mentioned above, the film has been dismissed by those who simply don't like the fact that a heterosexual man so much as attempted to write a story about a queer woman.

* {{Earworm}}: The charmingly quirky "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HBPccYJuwE Tube of Wonderful]]" by [[Music/SoulAsylum Dave Pirner]], which scores the opening credits.