Analyze This is
one of those movies that some might not like because it’s about gangsters but
not gangster enough, and it’s a comedy but not the kind you’d take your family
to see. The movie drops enough vulgar language and onscreen violence to ensure
it’s for viewers 18 and above.
For me, Analyze
This is one of those movies where you sit back and let the actors and
events take you on a fictional journey of a mobster losing his grip. You’ll be
thrilled watching Robert De Niro play a mob boss again—something I still
remember him doing best in The Godfather Part II (1974), where he
played young Don Corleone. Here, De Niro plays Paul Vitti, another mob boss in
charge of his family and one of the top bosses, but a series of events is
causing him to lose control.
This 1999 movie
was directed by the late Harold Ramis, who pulled off a wonderful blend of
comedy and drama with the acting duo of Billy Crystal and Robert De Niro. The
casting director did a great job assembling the mafia family and everyone
involved, down to Lisa Kudrow.
The script and
dialogue will have you either holding your breath in anticipation of what
happens next or laughing out loud when it finally does.
Analyze This starts
strong with the jokes and maintains this pace throughout the film. It begins
with a brief introduction by Paul Vitti himself, updating us on what led to the
present moment.
After a meal
with his friend and father figure, Paul’s split-second decision to grab a
toothpick leads to him narrowly surviving an assassination attempt, though his
father figure is killed.
The incident
shakes Paul, causing him to have panic attacks. He ends up in the hospital
after mistaking one of these attacks for a heart attack.
Paul asks his
right-hand man, Jelly, to help him find a psychiatrist. Coincidentally, Jelly’s
car was recently hit by a psychiatrist (Billy Crystal), who gave Jelly his card
in case he needed help with repairs. Jelly hands the card to Paul, and that’s
where the real story begins.
In the end, the
movie received above-average approval ratings and was a commercial success,
prompting the studio to consider making a sequel.
Now that Vitti is in jail and the doctor is finally free from his services, your guess is as good as mine as to what the writers and producers will do next.
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