Ben Sobol is a New York psychiatrist living in the shadow of his shrink father, but looking forward to settling down into suburban anonymity with fiancée Laura. Paul Vitti is about to take on some responsibilities of the family kind, too, although this kind spreads across much of the Upper East Side, Has a penchant for silk suits, firearms and marinara sauce. A chance meeting brings the two men together, with Vitti demanding that Sobol root out the cause of his panic attacks before he makes his crucial powerplay in front of the Mafia top brass.. Without descending into total lampoon, De Niro plays carefully on his gangster tradition, and in backing off from outright parody, the film hits just the right tone.
ker'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, mugging gleefull...
ker'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, mugging gleefull...
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