Review: Analyze That

Posted by: Tom Milroy  •  December 6, 2002 @ 11:59am

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1999's Analyze This did well at the box office, but it wasn't all that funny. Here we are three years later, and the sequel should also do well at the box office plus it's a lot funnier.

Analyze That features the same cast: Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, and Lisa Kudrow, looking and acting like Teri Garr (and that's a very good thing). The movie is worth the price of admission just to see and listen to De Niro sing songs from "West Side Story" while pretending to be crazy so he can get out of prison. When the mob boss does get out, he's in the care of the good shrink (Crystal) and tries to hold a variety of jobs, including the grumpiest car salesman you'll ever meet.

Director Harold Ramis knows what the audience wants and expects, and he delivers. When seeing mob people, we want them gruff and we want the laungage gruffer. This is not a movie for children because of the language, but adults will find it very funny.

Just don't analyze it too closely.