Analyze That (Widescreen)
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Movie Reviews of Analyze That (Widescreen)
Movie Review: Great Sequel
Summary: 5 Stars
Its not as good as the first one but it is still hilarious. Robert De Niro can play any role. Him and Billy Crystal make a great team. Definitely a mustMovie Review: a movie for a goombah
Summary: 5 Stars
Best mob comedy ever. It is so much better than the firstif you like mob movies see this capice!!!!!
Movie Review: Analyze This, That, and the Other Thing...
Summary: 4 Stars
"Analyze That" is proof the critics can be wrong. Which probably means you shouldn't be listening to me, either. But you are, oh well. I guess I'll have to review the movie, now.The Boss and The Shrink are back in therapy: Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro) has been locked up in Sing-Sing for 850 days. Ben Sobel (Billy Crystal) has just lost his father. That's when he gets the call from Vitti. Vitti gives him the low-down: Someone is trying to kill Vitti in jail. Sobel hangs up, Vitti gets mad, so he fakes crazy, and Sobel gets called in (since he is Vitti's psychiatrist). Sobel believes Vitti is cuckoo in the slammer, as he sees him singing tunes from "West Side Story" (one of the funniest parts in the film). So Vitti is released into the custody of Ben Sobel. But on the ride to Sobel's house, Vitti snaps out of it, only to reveal that he is not crazy, but, in fact, quite well. Now Vitti must start a new life and get a real job - that involves working "from 9 to 5!" - and find out who is trying to kill him...and why.
Perhaps I am mistaken, but "Analyze That" is funnier than "Analyze This." Maybe it's just me, but I found it quite funny. I didn't think it was a "rip-off" sequel, there for "no artistic reason." Sure, it's a sequel. Of course it's not going to be an Oscar-winner for originality; I don't ask for that in a comedy. Honestly, can you think of any sequel (other than the rare "Godfather Part II" film) that is as good as the original in terms of reasons for being there? All I know is that I think "Analyze That" had some very funny moments. Take, for instance, the scenes where Vitti is trying to get a new job. He becomes a car salesman for a day, and leads around a couple, showing them a nice car. "Look at that trunk - you could fit three bodies in there!" he says. When they say they're going to think about it: "What's there to think about? You've been busting my b@lls for the last hour over this thing, asking me all these stupid questions, taking it for a test drive...so why don't you buy it?"
Scenes like these are hilarious. And while there are somewhat long sequences without any laughs, the laugh-out-loud scenes more than make up for those lacking.
The only thing about this film that makes me drop the rating a notch is the execution of the last half hour. Just like the first movie, they set up a ridiculous "action" ending, that isn't action at all. Its ending is overlong and goes way too long without any laughs.
But that is the only thing I didn't like about the movie. De Niro and Crystal have a real chemistry, even more so here than in the first film. De Niro steals the scenes he is in, and Crystal steals the scenes he is in, and when they are both on screen, you're not sure who to look at.
I find Robert De Niro's latest journeys into comedy quite funny. He made a few comedies here and there in the past, but in the last three years he's coughed out some funny movies. "Analyze This," "Meet the Parents," "Analyze That," and to a certain degree (it was okay), "Showtime."
Perhaps I am confused. Maybe I need to see the first again. But having seen the original about twice, and "Analyze That" once, I can honestly say that I laughed more in "Analyze That" than I did watching "Analyze This." And if that's not a good sequel, I don't know what is.
Here's to "Analyze This, That, and the Other Thing"!
Movie Review: Analyze That-Are You In Need of Some Therapy
Summary: 4 Stars
Analyze That is a sporadically funny comedy. It featured some great jokes, but I gave the film only 4 stars, since I found it rather vulgar. But, the collaboration and chemistry between Rober De Niro and Billy Crystal is even better than it isin the first film, Analyze This, (1998). Director/Co-writer Harold Ramis (Bedazzled, Analyze This) does a fine job directing.
The film is well worth your time, and will make you laugh for it so very hilarious and fairly amusing.
Basically, De Niro is in prison, and recently has discovered
that someone is trying to kill him, but of course is unaware of who that person is. So, he uses Crystal's character Ben Sobel to free him from prison, unfortunately Sobel's father just died and he isn't very willing in treating De Niro's character at first but soon does. From here De Niro's character, Paul Viti, is trying to track down his assassinator, or at least supposed killer. He needs to find out this information, Crystal has Viti in his custody and must take full responsibility for him or else he could suffer severe consequences. And so the adventure begins, though De Niro is known to be one of the most deadly, intimidating mobsters around who works for the Italian Mafia, he decides to resign from his position for his known to be the boss.
From here a wild ride takes on, and more humor comes along the way.
Analyze That is rated R for Language and Some Sexual Content, for it features strong profanity and sexual language as well as strong sexual innuendo. So not a great choice for preteens, but acceptable if with an adult of course. The humor is rather appealing, but quite profane. So, see it if you must!
Analyze That, in theatres everywhere December 6, 2002.
Movie Review: DeNiro is HUGE Comic Talent
Summary: 4 Stars
The script needed more work. Billy Crystal is hardly funny at all and serves more as a prop for Deniro. Yes, these are all flaws but one thing will keep you laughing through most of the movie: Robert DeNiro is a comedic treasure. No, it was no fluke with his terrific comedy turns in "King of Comedy," "Meet the Parents," and "Analyze This." The man is as brilliant a comic as he is a dramatic actor. The film starts off with someone attempting to kill him while he's serving his sentence in Sing-Sing and his going nuts as a result, being put in a padded cell where he performs non-stop every song from "West Side Story." When he isn't singing, he's in a catatonic state where he fixes his face into that of a bassett hound's droopy face. From there, you see him attempt to hold down minimum wage jobs on the outside to satisfy parole but his "true" nature emerges with every attempt and he "smashes" off the job. Hard to believe that this man emerged from parents who were both fine artists, the father a well known abstract expressionist painter in New York. Should you wait for it on DVD? You easily can but if you are having a bad day and need some laughs, DeNiro will provide them. Crystal just is not in the same league and that shows whenever he is on camera without DeNiro. I used to think Crystal was really funny and now can't figure out why.