Analyze This (DVD)

Analyze This is one of the biggest comedy films of the last couple of years and certainly merits its popularity – it’s a wonderful, wonderful movie and one of the funniest things around on Sky at the moment. Made by Harold Ramis for Warner Brothers, it features Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal as the main players and they give tour de force performances. I don’t generally like Crystal but he is certainly on outstanding form here. ...
...Capone and in Goodfellas. In Analyze This, he’s playing it strictly for laughs and is playing well up to the stereotypical hood. The language is near the knuckle, as it normally is in modern day Mafia films of the modern era, but it’s all the funnier for the swift wordplay, sarcastic asides and relationship between De Niro and Crystal. The film opens back in 1957, with De Niro narrating the tale of the mob travelling to a farm for a meet, ...

dave27 15.05.2001 · Read full review
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...along with the follow up Analyze That, De Niro and Crystal seem to have built up quite a partnership during this film, which I think really shows through during their time on screen together. This really is a must see if like me you are a De Niro fan, or if your not it’s a whole new side to the man who continues to make good films. ...

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~ ~ This comedy was released in 1999, and brings together two unlikely talents in Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal. I say unlikely, as De Niro would not exactly have been an obvious first choice for a comedy film of this type. The film is directed by Harold Ramis, who also directed Caddyshack, Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day. ~ ~ It starts out as though it’s going to be another regular gangster drama, and the opening shots are of a big “Family” ...
...meeting goes dramatically wrong when it is busted by the F.B.I., and there has not been another meeting since. Until now. We are then introduced to De Niro’s character, Mafia boss Paul Vitti, who doesn’t feel any too happy about this planned new big meeting, and whose growing feelings of anxiety and insecurity are intensified when he narrowly escapes death from assassination. Billy Crystal plays psychiatrist Ben Sobel, who quite literally ...

the_mad_cabbie 01.04.2001 (09.04.2001) · Read full review
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This DVD was another of my bargain buys to watch during the football. Me and my hubby were both very impressed with it. THE FILM The film involves Paul Vitti,. Played by De Niro who is involved with the mob, he has been suffering panic attacks and seeks the help of a shrink so he can get better for a big meeting which is taking place with all the main men of the gangs. Ben Sobel, played by Billy Crystal is the unlucky shrink who Vitti chooses to ...
...he is unable to treat him for 2 weeks as he is going on vacation and getting married, his wife to be is played by Lisa Kudrow. As he sets off on vacation Vitti follows him. Ben is finding that everywhere he goes Vitti is there and in need of help. Ben's wedding day arrives but all does not go to plan, did Vitti have anything to do with it? Ben finally agrees to give Vitti the help that he needs but all does not go to plan and the FBI and other gangsters ...

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I watched this movie last night on Sky when there was not much else on, and I must admit I was pleased that I did. When the trailers were out for Analyse This and when it came out on video, I wasn't that bothered (even though I'm the girl who's seen practically everything in Blockbuster, I hadn't seen this). The comedy between De Niro and Crystal is fantastic as they are both remarkable actors in their own right. Lisa Kudrow, I must say, was not ...
...outlandish character (Ms Buffay of Friends) for so long then it's hard to get the public to see you as otherwise. Of course, it's not that she wears the odd clothes and eccentric hairdos (she plays an anchorwoman in the film), but it doesn't help that she plays Billy Crystal's fiancee with many of the same mannerisms and speech patterns as the character of Phoebe. Anyhow. The story is good and catches you a couple of times when you think it's over, ...

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Whether you be a fan of Mafia films or you simply enjoy comedy then this film is definitely worth a try. If you like both, all the better! There are just two main characters, a great move : Robert De Niro ------------ Paul Vitti, the mob boss Billy Crystal ---------------- Ben Sobel, the psychiatrist Lisa Kudrow also plays a broadcaster who is engaged to Ben Sobel. Disappointingly she is very similar to her character from the show "Friends". Luckily, ...
...The film starts with Ben Sobel literally running into Paul Vitti-a rather innocuous car accident. However Vitti's boot opens in the crash to reveal an animated, gagged body (fair enough really-would you be happy in there?). Understandably, Vitti is in a rush to leave but Sobel insists on giving him his business card for insurance purposes. Soon after the violent mobster suddenly realises he may have a few problems inside his head and so the comedy ...

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...(Kyle Sabihy) who begins to analyze his father and as a result his car ends up in the rear of Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro). Jelly (Joseph Viterelli), Paul Vitti's body guard then gets out of the car after the boot flying open with a body wrapped up inside it to close the boot. Dr Ben Sobel (Billy Crystal) then approaches the car to discuss insurance details but is told it doesn't matter about the damage to the rear end of Vitti's car. Dr Ben Sobel ...
...minds and wanted to discuss repair cost. Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro) the confides to his bodyguards Jelly (Joseph Viterlli) and Jimmy (Richard Castellano), about his panic attacks, Jelly then gives Vitti Dr Ben Sobels business card. As Paul Vitti has a big meeting to attend soon and needs to show the other crime families that he has what it takes to be a boss of a mob. But he needs to get his self sorted out before the dreaded day approaches. I will ...

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What a revelation this film turned out to be. I'd never thought of Robert De Nero as a king of comedy, but this film shows that the man's talents are boundless. The plot is a simple and intriguing one. Robert De Nero plays a mafia mobster called Paul Vitti. Finding himself running into emotional problems which leaves him unable to 'whack' his victims, his cohorts seek help for him via the services of a Psychiatrist called Ben Sobel, played by Billy ...
...mill shrink. His life is starting to sort itself out after a divorce, with plans for a new marriage and settling back down to a peaceful and happy existence. (His future wife is played by Lisa Kudrow, who is Pheobe in 'Friends' and you'll recognise this because I found her to be eerily similar in character to Pheobe. Good job that I like her as that). After meeting the mob by chance, he is introduced to Paul Vitti who takes a shine to him. As with ...

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Analyze This released in 1998 is a story about a Mob boss played by Robert DeNiro & Psychiatrist Billy Crystal, directed by Harold Ramis. Cast: Robert DeNiro (As Paul Vitti) Billy Crystal (As Ben Sobol) Lisa Kudrow (As Laura MacNamara) Plot: Paul Vitti is the head of crime gang in New York, for last few days he feels that he has been having Heart Attacks, but doctor suggests him that there are Panic Attacks. There is a big crime meeting in ...
...done a good job in execution of this movies. Analyze This is surely a good movie to watch, with good story, funny situations, and top comic performances by everyone. It's a funny movie. You can get this movie for better deals even from 99p if you shop around. ...

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It's a film with Robert De Niro in it.. so it has to be good, right? Well, it's certainly a slight change of direction to his usual mob type films. The film's about a mob boss (De Niro, of course) who realises that he can lo longer do the things gangsters should do - shoot people, for example. So he enroles the help of a psychiatrist (Crystal) to help him sort it out. The adventure then starts. It's a funny film, although it may not have you rolling ...
...crying scenes, but I personally find them funnier because his crying seems purposely hammy. The DVD is pretty good with a commentary by Crystal and De Niro (although, this has obviously been spliced together from seperate tracks) which is reasonably interesting, and a outtake reel (which although poor picture quality, is very funny). If you like mob films, then get this just to see all the usual mob actors playing up their roles, and having a good ...

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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 ...

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You think that with one of the greatess actors of all time and one of the funnest men in the world that this be a full blown out movie I mean billy crystal is very funny and Robert Deniro just a very good actor. However the movie is a bit slow for my taste it gets around in a very predictive manner, so there nothing new about the movie apart from excellent actors doing very limited roles. I think where the movie goes wrong is that it tries to hard ...

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Robert De Niro is not repeat not a comedy actor,in Analyse This he attemps to make fun of his roles as Mafia men in films such as Goodfellas.The problem is either De Niro can't be funny or he just had a bad script to work with, probably a combination of the two.Billy Crystal on the other hand is a comedy acor and was obviously going to be the funnier of the two in this film.Crystal plays De Niro's psychologist and is forced into treating him. After ...

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This is one of the funniest films I've seen in a long long while....I loved it. It is something that will definitely have you laughing for some time. The image of the mafia has moved from the Godfather of the 70s to the Sopranos of the 90s and from seriousness to humour and silliness. Here you have Robert DeNiro playing a very well-known and visible crime family head who seems to be having a stressful time in his chosen career path. DeNiro chooses ...
...Charter commercials) and tracks down Billy Crystal, a renowned psychologist for help. For the next two hours you watch the client/doctor relationship grow and develop through some very comical and hilarious scenes. Billy Crystal is outstanding in his role as a somewhat scared psychiatrist and DeNiro is tremendous as a member of the Mafia along with his cronies who play great roles. If you are having a hard time imagining DeNiro in a comedic role, ...

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Overall, I found "Analyze This" a very amusing comedy, well worth seeing. There are a number of laugh-out-loud lines, a screamingly funny parody of "The Godfather", and a well-chosen cast that's very funny. Movie is also very well photographed, and is never boring for an instant. Some minor objections, though: (1) Robert DeNiro was funny and believable - except for his crying scenes. These scenes came across as somewhat forced. (2) Forgotten subplots. ...

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