Stars: Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Joe Viterelli, Chazz Palminteri, Leo Rossi, Molly Shannon, Bill Macy, Kyle Sabihy, Rebecca Schull

Director: Harold Ramis

Summary: Paul Vitti is a New York gangster who suddenly has problems with his health after assuming the role of leader of his crime family. Even his henchmen become anxious as to his sudden change. Vitti decides to seek help from the only psychiatrist he's ever heard of - Ben Sobol - and demands that he cure him - immediately...

What happens when the worlds of the Mafia and psychiatry collide

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Cast Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal together in a film and it should be a sucker'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 gleefully through Analyze This, a buddy action-comedy about a mob boss (De Niro, naturally) suffering from panic attacks who makes a shrink (Crystal, naturally) an offer he can't refuse--actually, it's not really an offer, it's a command. The good doctor is forced to help the gangster get in touch with his feelings. Had the brilliant TV series The Sopranosnot underscored how thin and formulaic director-cowriter Harold Ramis's approach to such potentially rich material actually is, the movie--a hit in cinemas (and De Niro's biggest film ever)--would seem more fresh. De Niro is definitely a hoot as the ever milder menace and Crystal actually concentrates on giving a credible performance opposite the acting legend (alas, he doesn't turn his character's fear of his patient into inspired comedy, as Alan Arkin did in Grosse Pointe Blank). The conclusion devolves into the requisite gunplay and Chazz Palminteri and Lisa Kudrow are criminally wasted as an opposing mob boss and Crystal's fiancée, respectively, but overall, Analyze Thisis breezy fun. --David Kronke

Aspect Ratio:	1.33 Full Screen, 1.85 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Audio Commentary With Robert De Niro And Billy Crystal, Unseen Takes, Gag Reel, Full Chaptered Scene Access
Subtitles:	Arabic, Bulgarian, English, Romanian
Year:	1999
Release Date:	April 3, 2000
Runtime:	99 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	D 016988
Label:	Village Roadshow Pictures
Keywords:	This, Comedy, General, Wide, Screen, Full, Analyse, Analyze
Genre:	Comedy