Analyze That

2002 "Back in therapy"
5.9| 1h36m| R| en
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The mafia's Paul Vitti is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out. Naturally, he returns to his analyst Dr. Ben Sobel for help and finds that Sobel needs some serious help himself as he has inherited the family practice, as well as an excess stock of stress.

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GrimPrecise I'll tell you why so serious
Lightdeossk Captivating movie !
RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.
SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.
Desmond Thomas I don't usually write reviews, but I remember watching this stinker, and wanted to throw in my two cents.This film is about Paul Vitti pretending to be insane to get out of jail, thereby driving his psychiatrist insane. How idiotic a premise is that? "Analyze This" was a good film. But "Analyze That" is bad. The plot is empty and chaotic. Apart from the beginning few scenes, there is almost nothing related to madness. The film tries so hard to be funny, by doing the exact opposite of "Analyze This". This time round, the psychiatrist gets crazy and the mobster has to cheer him up. And it is Ben who bugs Paul all the time. I feel that they try too hard to be funny. The end result is that the film ends up not being funny, and sometimes becomes just plain silly. "Analyze That" is a disappointing sequel. Don't waste your time on this.
Guy Lanoue Although this sequel isn't as good as the first pairing, Robert DeNiro and Billy Crystal have good chemistry, and the supporting actors, especially Joe Viterelli in his last film, are great. It's funny how casting becomes so important in Mafia films (there's even a sort of parody of this in the film, when Paul gets a job as a consultant on a film set). Pretty good script. Considering DeNiro and Crystal could have dialled it in, they seem to have made an effort to show that their on-screen relationship has evolved from the first movie. Lisa Kudrow's considerable comedic talents are wasted here, however, and Cathy Moriarty could have had a much larger role, she's that good. I don't want to give anything away, but the ending is relatively weak. Also, DeNiro's hair colour seems to change with each scene. Despite this, watch. Enjoy.
Gunn This is one of those rare instances in which the sequel tops the original film. Both films are very funny, but this one made me laugh more and more often. DeNiro does a fabulous job of satirizing his many gangster roles and Billy Crystal is at his best. The same cast and crew returns with a few new additions including Cathy Moriarty as a female crime boss. The plot involves DeNiro again as Crime Boss Paul Vitti trying to extricate himself out of prison as rivals are trying to "knock him off" inside the prison. Crystal as Dr. Ben Sobel will not return his calls so he feigns psychotic acts and the feds call upon Dr. Sobel for help. He ends up right back where he started from with Crime Boss DeNiro. Some of the funniest scenes involve DeNiro job hunting. Both films, "Analyze This" and "Analyze That" are available on DVD and Blu-Ray as a dual-pack.
Kobalt44 Analyze That was a big disappointment. A potentially very funny film with a good, well-tried storyline and a good cast was spoilt by some very overdone, very silly, and very juvenile vulgarity. Crudity is only funny if it is cleverly ironic or satiric and parodying, Analyze That is none of these. The whole film seemed to revolve around how many times those actors playing assorted criminal slags could spit out the f-word in the dialogue of a scene, which is plainly pathetic as a device for comedy. The director, Harold Ramis, who has been a good comedic actor and a clever writer for other films, should go back and rethink his whole recent approach to comedy if this movie is any indication. And what is the point of having a resource such as De Niro if you can't use him better than this, or did he decide not to try too hard for this one. This film was just painful to watch. Analyze That is not worth the price of admission for this viewer.