Someday, Goddess willing, there will be a film that intelligently and sensitively explores the relationships that gay women have with men. Chasing Amy is NOT that film.
Rather, what we have is another male "make a lesbian into a hot hetero babe" fantasy flick, masquerading as a Gen X insight film. What we get is unrealistic people operating in a make believe world (they don't set the characters in the comic book industry for nothing), who talk endlessly (and in stilted paragraphs) about their sex lives. The acting is wooden when it's not grating, and the dialogue is so leaden that the writer has tried to liven things up by using a variety of profanity in every line. Add a few explicit references to lesbian sexual techniques (oh my, women talking about fisting, how daring) and you have Kitten with a Whip meets Studmuffin McQuade.
By far the most grating conceit of the film, however, is the portrayal of the gay characters. The female (read lesbian) lead can't be just another normal person who happens to be attracted to other women. Hell no, she's a former 'loose' woman of the straight variety just waiting for the 'right man' to bring her back into the fold. The main gay male character is played with one foot firmly in 'swish' territory, and one expects the characters from the Bird Cage to appear every time he's on camera. The 2 straight male characters (or are they?) give new meaning to the word boring. The idea that some woman would change her sexual orientation for the male lead is questionable. In fact, I doubt if he could get someone to change their socks for him, let alone a whole orientation.
Overall, do yourself a favor and skip this overly long, overly wordy piece of tripe. You'll learn nothing about how lesbians and straight men interact. In fact, you won't even learn any new profanity. All you will learn is just how long a truly awful film can be!
Rather, what we have is another male "make a lesbian into a hot hetero babe" fantasy flick, masquerading as a Gen X insight film. What we get is unrealistic people operating in a make believe world (they don't set the characters in the comic book industry for nothing), who talk endlessly (and in stilted paragraphs) about their sex lives. The acting is wooden when it's not grating, and the dialogue is so leaden that the writer has tried to liven things up by using a variety of profanity in every line. Add a few explicit references to lesbian sexual techniques (oh my, women talking about fisting, how daring) and you have Kitten with a Whip meets Studmuffin McQuade.
By far the most grating conceit of the film, however, is the portrayal of the gay characters. The female (read lesbian) lead can't be just another normal person who happens to be attracted to other women. Hell no, she's a former 'loose' woman of the straight variety just waiting for the 'right man' to bring her back into the fold. The main gay male character is played with one foot firmly in 'swish' territory, and one expects the characters from the Bird Cage to appear every time he's on camera. The 2 straight male characters (or are they?) give new meaning to the word boring. The idea that some woman would change her sexual orientation for the male lead is questionable. In fact, I doubt if he could get someone to change their socks for him, let alone a whole orientation.
Overall, do yourself a favor and skip this overly long, overly wordy piece of tripe. You'll learn nothing about how lesbians and straight men interact. In fact, you won't even learn any new profanity. All you will learn is just how long a truly awful film can be!