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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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J. Hoberman

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 18 2008 05:09 AM

Village Voice

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It all ends in a hail of bullets and profanities -- but the laughs keep coming.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 22 2008 05:06 AM

Channel 4 Film

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2/5

Mark Halverson

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 07 2008 03:16 AM

Sacramento News & Review

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4/5

Rob Gonsalves

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 23 2007 07:02 AM

eFilmCritic.com

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3/4

Joe Lozito

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 14 2007 04:37 AM

Big Picture Big Sound

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Andrew Sarris

[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: | comment Comment | Apr., 27 2007 03:15 AM

New York Observer

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3/4

Garth Franklin

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: | comment Comment | Oct., 30 2006 03:18 AM

Dark Horizons

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Geoff Andrew

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 24 2006 03:55 AM

Time Out

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2.5/5

Tom Meek

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: | comment Comment | Dec., 06 2005 07:55 PM

Film Threat

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Jeff Millar

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: | comment Comment | Jul., 21 2005 03:47 AM

Houston Chronicle

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B-

Robin Clifford

Robert De Niro gets the best out of his performance as the psychologically- challenged gangster.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 09 2005 03:56 AM

Reeling Reviews

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Peter Rainer

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: | comment Comment | Aug., 07 2004 09:29 AM

New York Magazine

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2/4

Jeffrey M. Anderson

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: | comment Comment | Oct., 23 2003 06:08 PM

Combustible Celluloid

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Eugene Novikov

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: | comment Comment | May., 22 2003 05:20 PM

Film Blather

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3/4

Leonard Schwarz

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comment Comment | May., 20 2003 05:21 PM

Palo Alto Weekly

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4/5

John R. McEwen

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 08 2003 08:40 AM

Film Quips Online

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2.5/5

Tom Meek

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: | comment Comment | Dec., 08 2002 08:51 AM

Film Threat

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4/5

James Rocchi

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: | comment Comment | Nov., 07 2002 01:23 PM

Netflix

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3/4

Margaret A. McGurk

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 15 2002 08:34 AM

Cincinnati Enquirer

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3/4

Kevin N. Laforest

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: | comment Comment | Sep., 10 2002 08:35 AM

Montreal Film Journal

 
 
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