Synopsis
Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti needs help dealing with his role in the "family," unlucky shrink Dr. Ben Sobel is given just days to resolve Vitti's emotional crisis and turn him into a happy, well-adjusted gangster.
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Cast
- Robert De NiroPaul Vitti
- Billy CrystalDr. Ben Sobel
- Lisa KudrowLaura MacNamara Sobel
- Chazz PalminteriPrimo Sidone
- Kresh Novakovic'50s Gangster
- Bart TangrediYoung Vitti, Sr.
- Michael StrakaYoung Dominic Manetta
- Joseph RiganoDominic Manetta
- Joe ViterelliJelly
- Richard C. CastellanoJimmy Boots
Recommendations
- 90
Salon
Ramis has made a fleet, unself-conscious, eminently enjoyable picture, where one-liners carom merrily like stray bullets, and where there's casual ease, like the drape of a sharpster's trousers, in the rapport between its two stars. - 90
Rolling Stone
Watching De Niro take Paul through his first panic attack ("I'm crying like a woman") is an unalloyed joy. - 80
The A.V. Club
A funny, tightly plotted, well-conceived comedy that transcends both Crystal's '90s curse and its horrible title. - 75
San Francisco Examiner
It's the most liberated and alive [DeNiro]'s been since his deluded Rupert Pupkin tried to kidnap Jerry Lewis in "King of Comedy." - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
The comedy here isn't all on the surface, and Viterelli [the bodyguard Jelly] is one reason why. - 70
New Times (L.A.)
Analyze This won't win any Oscars, and its comedy is pretty tortured in places, but the pleasures of watching DeNiro onscreen never diminish--not even when he's putting the glories of his criminal past at risk. - 70
Slate
Its structure is repetitive, but each scene begins with a joyous blast of comic energy...A hoot. - 67
Austin Chronicle
As enjoyable as it is, it's hard to escape a sense of Analyze This being the work of competent talents who knew exactly where the good-enough line was and didn't feel particularly inspired to push far beyond it.
