Analyze That (Widescreen)
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Movie Reviews of Analyze That (Widescreen)
Movie Review: More of the Same
Summary: 2 Stars
I loved Analyze This, so I was VERY disappointed to see that Analyze That was just a tired retread; Especially since there were so many interesting places the movie could have gone. Instead we get a weak heist flick.....Former Mobster Paul Vitti (The great Robert De Niro) is trying to con his way out of prison by pretending to be comatose, a state which he emerges from occasionally to sing the score from "West Side Story". (This is FUNNY!) He's let out, but he must be supervised by his shrink (Billy Crystal). (Lots of potential here...)The laughs fly fast and furious for about the first 40 minutes, until Analyze That becomes an Action/Buddy/Heist movie. I was actually so bored by the inept dialogue/jokes and lame action sequences of the last half that I dozed off a few times. There were so many interesting directions this movie could have gone in, and they blew them all. (Vitti and Jelly working on "Little Caesar", a Sopranos clone, could have been a gold-mine of laughs. Instead, it's just a lifeless pit-stop on the road to nowhere.) The scene where De Niro tries selling cars was hilarious, and I would have preferred to see the filmmakers take that route, and show Paul trying to reform, rather than trot out the same old same old. Crystal and De Niro are so good together that the movie could have just been them sitting together talking. (And I wish it had been!) As it stands, the filmmakers didn't even give it a good effort, so, despite good performances and some great laughs (In the first half, at least..), I can't give Analyze That even a small recommendation.
Movie Review: "Back in therapy"
Summary: 2 Stars
While visiting some family in Utah a few years ago we decided to rent a few movies to pass the unforgivably hot mid-summer weather. We ended up renting "Analyze That" and boy, what a mistake that was! We were expecting at least a mildly funny sequel to 1999's "Analyze This." The potential was there, it's not as if writers (of course it's never a good sign to see numerous writers) Peter Tolan, Peter Steinfeld, and Harold Ramis didn't have decent material to work with; Robert DeNiro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, and a funny and entertaining plotline regarding mobsters and therapy. However, this being Hollywood and all, another sequel was botched. It's because of movies like these that sequels have such a bad reputation.
Despite a few genuine laughs in the first twenty minutes or so regarding DeNiro and some "fish out of water" situations, the movie seemed to go downhill soon after. The jokes became few and between as the film laboriously plowed its way through an over-the-top heist setup and execution that felt about as inspired as "Crossroads." Now either they ran out of jokes, they didn't have enough time to invest in an actual story, or the material itself has been played out in so many different ways already ("The Sopranos", "The Whole 9 Yards", "Mickey Blue Eyes", etc. etc.), that there was simply nothing left to write about.
Movie Review: A painfully unfunny and unnecessary sequel
Summary: 2 Stars
Analyze That reunites the main cast from Analyze This and opens with Paul Vitti (De Niro) in prison and he wants out. What's he do to get out? Fakes insanity of course. How's he do that? By singing West Side Story songs. No, I'm not kidding. And the movie just gets worse from there. Vitti is placed into the caring hands of his old pal Dr. Sobel (Billy Crystal) and laughs are nowhere to be found. I honestly think I only laughed once during the whole 96 minutes that actually felt more like 179 minutes. There's a small scene where Vitti is trying to take on normal jobs, but his mafia mindset causes a few chuckles. That's about all that's funny in this disaster. A good subtitle for the movie would be "Cashin' the Paycheck". That's all everyone seems to be doing in the flick. Everyone just seems so miserable, and with that cloud hanging over things laughter can't develop. A comedy without laugher is a total failure, and if it were for those extremely rare moments in this flick there it is possible to dig up something funny, Analyze That would be a failure.
In the end, it's a sequel to a simply average comedy that lacks any of the sparks or intelligence that kept the original from total despair.
Movie Review: Misses The Mark - Not As Good As The Original.
Summary: 2 Stars
ANALYZE THAT was a great disappointment to me. The first film was very funny and had a clever plot. This film is also directed by Harold Ramis (Bedazzled, Multiplicity) and co-written by Peter Steinfeld (II) (Drowning Mona, Echo) , Harold Ramis (Bedazzled, Groundhog Day), and Peter Tolan (American Sweethearts, Bedazzled) and it lacks the charm and wit the first one had.Robert De Niro (Showtime, Men of Honor) once again plays the mobster Paul Viti and convinces the penal system that he is losing his mind and needing the help of his original therapist Billy Crystal (The Princess Bride, City Slickers). Totally forced into the situation by the government and against his wife's wishes (played by Lisa Kudrow (Friends, Michelle's Wedding)) the movie takes a small dive into the predictable.
There were funny moments and not many bits that remain with you when the film is over. I was disappointed. The credits have a short little blooper real that is pretty funny on its own. It could have been better. ...
Movie Review: Better than "City Slickers 2," but not by much
Summary: 2 Stars
Remember "City Slickers"? Funny story with lots of interesting characters? Remember how despite that movies great ending--it ended right where it should have ended--the filmmakers decided to make "City Slickers 2" a really, really, really bad movie that they knew a certain number of people would see? Somehow I'm reminded of this and it's not just the presence of Billy Crystal.There are a couple of funny moments in this picture, but it isn't a funny *movie*. The funniest moments belong to DeNiro. Crystal has almost nothing to do but mug for the camera. However, those moments can all be found in the trailers, and that's a reflection of how shallow this film is. Another indicator: Lisa Kudrow (who needs to fire her agent NOW) can be seen in the closing credits blooper reel forgetting the names of the characters. (This, I think, is more of a reflection on the film than Kudrow who has shown elsewhere that she actually act).
I'd want my money back even if I'd *rented* this movie!