Analyze This
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Cast Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal together in a film and it should be a sucker's bet as to who's going to be funnier and who's going to give the more nuanced performance. Somehow, though, De Niro walks away with most of the laughs in
Analyze This
, a buddy action-comedy about a mob boss (De Niro, natch) suffering from panic attacks who makes a nebbishy shrink (Crystal, natch) an offer he can't refuse--actually, it's not really an offer, it's a command. The good doctor is forced to help the gangster get in touch with his feelings. Had the brilliant TV series
The Sopranos
not underscored how thin and watery and shticky director-cowriter Harold Ramis's approach to such potentially rich material actually is, the movie--a hit in theaters and De Niro's biggest film ever--would seem more fresh and kicky. De Niro's definitely a hoot as the ever milder menace, and Crystal actually concentrates on giving a credible performance opposite the acting legend (alas, he doesn't turn his character's fear of his patient into inspired comedy, as Alan Arkin did in
Grosse Pointe Blank
). The conclusion devolves into the requisite gunplay, and Chazz Palminteri and Lisa Kudrow are criminally wasted as an opposing mob boss and Crystal's fianc'8ee, respectively, but overall, it's breezy fun.
--David Kronke
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| upc: |
0085391698821 |
| title: |
Analyze This |
| theatricalDate: |
05-03-1999 |
| purchase date: |
07-06-2006 |
| publisher: |
Warner Home Video |
| published: |
08-02-2005 |
| price: |
$12.97 |
| net Rating: |
4 |
| MPAA Rating: |
R |
| minutes: |
103 |
| last lookup time: |
171437198.845968 |
| genre: |
Wedding Bells
Comic Criminals
Comedy
Harold Ramis
Billy Crystal |
| fullTitle: |
Analyze This |
| features: |
Anamorphic
Closed-captioned
Color
Dolby
Full Screen
Widescreen
NTSC
1.85:1 |
| director: |
Harold Ramis |
| currentValue: |
$1.35 |
| created: |
171437196.622321 |
| country: |
us |
| aspect: |
DVD |
| asin: |
B00000JGPE
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