Analyze That

ANALYZE THAT, the star-studded sequel to 1999's smash comedy hit ANALYZE THIS, reunites neurotic mobster Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro) with his former psychiatrist Ben Sobel (Billy Crystal). The anxious mob boss is about to finish his prison sentence but he is suffering a nervous breakdown behind bars and the only one who can diagnose his ailments is Sobel. After a string of hysterical tests, the Feds grant Sobel permission to observe Vitti as a patient and, much to the dismay of Sobol's wife Laura (Lisa Kudrow), as a house guest. However, Sobel has problems of his own. He's suffering from a severe identity crisis after the death of his father, and Vitti's presence in his suburban New Jersey home has the psychiatrist acting crazy too. In an effort to straighten Vitti out, Sobel decides that the solution is to find him a real, honest job. Vitti tries his hand at several ill-matched professions, and finally finds his dream job as a technical advisor on a SOPRANOS-like cable television show. Everything is going smoothly until Vitti starts to take the show a little too seriously, calling his former mafia cohorts to the set. A raucous comedic event that uses the chemistry between De Niro and Crystal to great effect, ANALYZE THAT is yet another knee-slapping gem from director Harold Ramis.

like most sequels

As you might expect, Analyze That has its moments and a pretty good cast: Billy Crystal and Robert DeNiro and Joe Viterelli, a great Mobster actor, in his last film role. What you might not expect is that the whole thing is over in 90 minutes, 96 if you count the credits.

For those who haven't heard, it is a sequel to ANALYZE THIS, with several returning characters and performers. It manages to include an awful lot of guys who look familiar from THE SOPRANOS, including Vincent Pastore, aka Big Pussy Bonpensiero. And the same schtick is still pretty funny- psychiatrist Billy Crystal trying to hang with DeNiro and his tough guy friends and then the tough guy's tender moments with his shrink. But, even without having seen the original, this film feels a little bit stretched and warmed over.

The language is predictably rough, but there is no nudity- still it deserves its R rating.

I wouldn't run out and pay a fortune for this one, but it is definitely worth the watching if you don't have anything else and worth picking up for those times when you may not.

More entertaining than Analyze This more laughs

I loved this movie! From the moment it started playing to the moment it finished I couldn't stop laughing! This movie and its first edition Analyze This were extremely hilarious.
Aside from the funniness of this movie I also enjoy movies that have something to do with the Mafia and in my opinion this would be right along with any Mafia movie as a great one to watch.
I especially enjoyed the scenes that had the Australian guy in it. For those of you who've seen the movie you know exactly what I mean.
Billy Crystal and Rob De Niro make this second movie even funnier than the first and just seem to have fun with it.
I saw some reviews saying this is like any sequel but they are wrong in my opinion because I believe it played out better than any sequel. Both Analyze This and Analyze That were equally heavy hitters (great movies) and full of laughter, action and just plain fun.
You would have to have a serious stick stuck up your butt not to like either movie.

Funnier that the first one

I just love Robert De Niro, and in both analyze this and in this movie he is perfect along side billy crystal as the striaght laced Doctor caught up in the middle of a mafia boss with serious issues,he has major anxiety issues and por Ben ( billy Crystal) is just stuck with his as usual .Robert De Niro playspaul vitti who is in sing sing when this movie starts.. this is a funny movie

Analyze That

The story line was interesting, though a bit hard to follow the mob family connections. Billy Crystal's acting is good, as usual. Robert DeNiro does the tough, crude comedy part pretty well, if you like that type of thing. I do not, so I couldn't rate this very high.