Analyze This (1999)
Genre: Crime / Comedy
Duration: 103 minuten
Country:
United States / Australia
Directed by: Harold Ramis
Stars: Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal and Lisa Kudrow
IMDb score:
6,7 (169.964)
Releasedate: 5 March 1999
Analyze This plot
"New York's most powerful gangster is about to get in touch with his feelings."
Paul Vitti is a mob boss who, unbeknownst to his accomplices or enemies, finds himself in deep psychological trouble. On the advice of his best friend, he wants to go to therapy with a psychiatrist, Ben Sobol. Unfortunately, the shrink is just leaving on vacation to get married and he turns Vitti off. With some hard to disprove arguments, including a free swim in a shark pool, Sobol is convinced to take Vitti as a patient.
Actors and actresses
Paul Vitti
Dr. Ben Sobel
Laura MacNamara Sobel
Primo Sidone
'50s Gangster
Young Vitti, Sr.
Young Dominic Manetta
Dominic Manetta
Jelly
Jimmy Boots
Reviews & comments
IH88
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“What is my goal here, to make you a happy, well-adjusted gangster?”
Nice film with a strong De Niro and Crystal. The best thing about Analyze This is the interplay between these two acting guns, and the humor that results from this. Viterelli also has a strong and somewhat underexposed supporting role as De Niro's bodyguard. Mafia boss develops pangs of conscience and mental problems, and hires (forces) a psychologist to help him. Strong acting makes it an entertaining snack. Probably also for De Niro and Crystal, who can still play these kinds of roles in their sleep.
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Movsin
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- 8455 votes
Turning to a psychiatrist as a mafioso is a dangerous matter for the gangster world ... cfr The Sopranos.
Crime comedy that scores its good points in the funny sayings, misunderstandings, misinterpretations etc..., but which falls out for a long time and ends up kicking in the same situations without introducing something riveting new, which the film needed after a while .
Robert De Niro is the crazy mafioso and usually does a good job but sometimes he acts too unrecognizable to be accepted.
Some satire on the mafia bosses?
Not bad, although "Groundhog Day" from the same director was of a much higher level. A different kind of film of course, although there are some parallels in the nature of the humor, I think.
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