Analyze This

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Analyze This

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1999

1h 43m

Comedy

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When doctors tell a mob boss (Robert De Niro) that he is suffering from anxiety attacks, he seeks the help of Ben, a therapist (Billy Crystal), who is manipulated into treating him, with hysterical results. Just as Ben and his fiancée (Lisa Kudrow) are about to wed, they are faced with a mobster who won't take no for an answer.

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Critics Consensus

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

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David Hunter

The Hollywood Reporter

Mar 5, 2020

Analyze This has multiple personalities and hits the audience with a few fresh jokes but far too many 1970s mafia movie cliches.

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Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

Apr 4, 2018

Apart from some quick, deft strokes every now and then, the director's comic style is as broad as the movie is shallow.

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Andrew Sarris

Observer

Apr 27, 2007

[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.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Sep 9, 2020

6/10

De Niro and Crystal make an effective comedy team, but overall the film misses its mark on more than one occasion.

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CSM Staff

Christian Science Monitor

Mar 21, 2019

3/4

The screenplay offers some hearty laughs if you can stand bursts of violence and language as foul as a Mafioso's business agenda.

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Bill Gallo

New Times

Mar 21, 2019

Suffice to say that the real pleasures of Analyze This lie in the easy confidence with which De Niro savages himself.

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Jacob W

@RT17896586 Oct 25, 2026

During the time of this movie The Sopranos were showing how Theropy affects mob bosses. So what better way to show the funny side of this with De Niro and Billy Crystal who play off each other very well. BC plays the theorist with De Niro play the mob boss. This was De Niros first crack at comedy and what a good job. They made a second but this is the better. Very enjoyable.

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Saleh A

@RT40734356 Oct 17, 2026

So, Analyze This really feels like a warm blanket. It’s one of those rare comedies that doesn’t just make you laugh, it lets you breathe. The magic comes from watching Robert De Niro, the serious icon of gangster films, trying to work through therapy sessions, with Billy Crystal tossing out that trademark sarcasm. The contrast between the two makes every scene feel alive. For you, it’s become a comfort movie, like a ritual. Eat something, put it on, relax, and let it do what it always does. Make you laugh without trying too hard. That’s why even after a hundred watches, it’s still something you’d recommend in a heartbeat.

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Jeff S

@Butty Sep 21, 2026

Not an original idea. For all the hype over the main actors it’s a rip off of the 1997 film starring Robert loggia, Kevin pollak and Angie Dickinson called the dons analyst. Can’t believe your" expert critics" missed that important fact. Can’t believe they managed to get another film from this, but that’s Hollywood for you.

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Linda G

@Goldy78 Sep 15, 2026

Crystal and De Nirowho would have thunk it? And then add Lisa Kudrow. So funny….

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keven Q

@kevenquinlan Sep 10, 2026

A really great movie. Not surprising with Ramis directing it. I appreciate all of the great comedy writing he has done= Thank You. DeNiro and Crystal, oddly, have a really great chemistry and the elements in the story are new and not like anything else- it's a really fun comedy.

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Juris O

@Juris100 Jun 10, 2026

The film is not bad but it is full of stereotypes.

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Synopsis

When doctors tell a mob boss (Robert De Niro) that he is suffering from anxiety attacks, he seeks the help of Ben, a therapist (Billy Crystal), who is manipulated into treating him, with hysterical results. Just as Ben and his fiancée (Lisa Kudrow) are about to wed, they are faced with a mobster who won't take no for an answer.

Director: Harold Ramis
Producer: Jane Rosenthal, Paula Weinstein
Screenwriter: Kenneth Lonergan, Peter Tolan, Peter Tolan, Harold Ramis, Kenneth Lonergan
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Spring Creek Productions, Tribeca Productions, Face Productions, Baltimore Pictures, NPV Entertainment, Village Roadshow Prod.
Rating: R (Scene of Sexuality|Language|Some Violence)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 5, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 15, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $106.8M
Runtime: 1h 43m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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