Synopsis
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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Cast
- Robert De NiroPaul Vitti
- Billy CrystalDr. Ben Sobel
- Lisa KudrowLaura Sobel
- Joe ViterelliJelly
- Cathy MoriartyPatti LoPresti
- Joey DiazDucks
- Jerome Le PageConvict
- Joseph BonoWiseguy
- Brian RogalskiEarl
- Thomas Rosales Jr.Coyote
Recommendations
- 50
Chicago Reader
This tepid sequel to Harold Ramis's mobster-on-the-couch comedy "Analyze This" (1999) is partially redeemed by Robert De Niro's handful of scenes with Cathy Moriarty-Gentile, who made her screen debut as the teenage wife in "Raging Bull." - 50
Dallas Observer
Everyone seems more relaxed this time around, including director Harold Ramis, who was presumably less intimidated now that he knows De Niro can be really funny and draw a large audience to a comedy. - 42
Entertainment Weekly
It's not just that Tony Soprano is richer, darker, cooler, and scarier. The dude gets more laughs. - 40
Austin Chronicle
Even Cathy Moriarty-Gentile's role as a rival mob boss (with a nod to "Raging Bull") can't save this DOA affair. - 40
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Crystal underplays his role wisely and well, while Mr. De Niro parodies -- maybe the better word is pillages -- himself and his career with scary gusto. - 30
The New York Times
Although there is the germ of a very sharp comedy in the intersection of real mobsters and make-believe thugs in a Hollywood mob comedy, Analyze That is far too lazy to do much with it. - 25
Boston Globe
That this witless, formulaic sequel to the hit comedy Analyze This even dares to spoof ''The Sopranos'' is embarrassing. It's like Freddie Prinze Jr. slamming Gene Hackman as a bad actor. - 25
New York Post
Shapeless, sloppy, badly paced mess.
