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Analyze This (1998)

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Reviews Counted:101

Fresh:68

Rotten:33

Average Rating:6.4/10

Consensus: Analyze This is a satisfying comedy with great performances by De Niro and Crystal.

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Mob boss Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro) is having heart attacks. At least that's what he thinks. When his doctors inform him that he is suffering from anxiety attacks, he is forced to track down a... Mob boss Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro) is having heart attacks. At least that's what he thinks. When his doctors inform him that he is suffering from anxiety attacks, he is forced to track down a shrink to help him get to the bottom of the problem. Billy Crystal costars as neurotic psychiatrist Ben Sobol, who is manipulated into treating the macho Mafia man, with hysterical results. Just as Ben and eager fiancée (Lisa Kudrow) are about to enter nuptial bliss, they are suddenly faced with a 24-hour responsibility to a mobster who won't take no for an answer. The hilarious hijinks ruin their first wedding and threaten to ruin the relationship as Paul battles his personal demons with the help of the initially unwilling shrink. As the two men's professional and private worlds collide, they are forced to realize their similarities as they join forces to battle the FBI and the impending threat of a Mafia takeover. Director Harold Ramis has crafter an intelligent, witty comedy that shows off the comic instincts of De Niro as never before. [More]

Starring: Billy Crystal, Robert DeNiro, Lisa Kudrow, Joe Viterelli

Starring: Billy Crystal, Robert DeNiro, Lisa Kudrow, Joe Viterelli, Chazz Palminteri, Bill Macy, Leo Rossi, Rebecca Schull, Kyle Sabihy, Molly Shannon

Director: Harold Ramis

Director: Harold Ramis
Screenwriter: Peter Tolan, Harold Ramis, Ken Lonergan
Producer: Jane Rosenthal, Paula Weinstein
Composer: Howard Shore

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Aug 17, 1999

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Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
10/18/08
J. Hoberman
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
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It all ends in a hail of bullets and profanities -- but the laughs keep coming.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
08/22/08
Channel 4 Film

Sometimes very funny, but wears its sudden tone swings and flurries of profanities like a pair of cement shoes...

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Mark Halverson
Mark Halverson
Sacramento News & Review

It's a one-joke movie, but it's an awfully good joke, told here by experts.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/23/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

Not since Midnight Run has Mr. De Niro been afforded such a perfect opportunity to flex his comedic muscles.

Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment Comment
07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

[De Niro and Crystal] would seem to be perfectly cast as this oddest of odd couples, but something has gone wrong with the comic chemistry.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
04/27/07
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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Even though it's only March, Analyze This is going to be the comedy to beat this year - nothing else so far has come close.

Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
10/30/06
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

The comedy is heavy and the use of the stars lazy and cliched...

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

Unfortunately for every gag that DeNiro and Crystal pull off -- and they do have an effective comedic chemistry -- the script strands them in eddies of frivolity.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Tom Meek
Tom Meek
Film Threat

What De Niro ends up doing is simply burlesquing himself, much as he would do if he were guest-hosting Saturday Night Live.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
07/21/05
Jeff Millar
Jeff Millar
Houston Chronicle
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Robert De Niro gets the best out of his performance as the psychologically- challenged gangster.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
04/09/05
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

What we learn -- yet again -- is that potentially terrific comedies are often whacked by filmmakers who feel the need to spread a little therapy themselves.

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
08/07/04
Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
New York Magazine
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In Midnight Run (1988), De Niro and Charles Grodin made a wonderful team, but the pair in Analyze This doesn't seem to click in the same way.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
10/23/03
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

A witty, upbeat comedy that is more concerned with making its audience laugh than any other of its cinematic virtues (or lack thereof).

Full Review Source: Film Blather | comment Comment
05/22/03
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

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05/20/03
Leonard Schwarz
Leonard Schwarz
Palo Alto Weekly

Nothing new, especially for its stars, but it's good fun nonetheless.

Full Review Source: Film Quips Online | comment Comment
02/08/03
John R. McEwen
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online

Unfortunately for every gag that DeNiro and Crystal pull off -- and they do have an effective comedic chemistry -- the script strands them in eddies of frivolity.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Tom Meek
Tom Meek
Film Threat

You don't go into Analyze This expecting to be surprised; you go into it hoping to be amused. Using that yardstick, the film is a terrific success.

Full Review Source: Netflix | comment Comment
11/07/02
James Rocchi
James Rocchi
Netflix

Flaws aside, in the end Analyze This comes across with the goods -- crooked guys and straight-up laughs.

Full Review Source: Cincinnati Enquirer | comment Comment
10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer

It makes for an interesting balance of laughs and shoot-outs, but what really makes it fly is the perfect casting of Robert De Niro, the quintessential big screen gangster.

Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal | comment Comment
09/10/02
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal
 
 
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