| | | Back in therapy.
Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Commentary, Director's Cut, Behind the Scenes Footage, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled
They locked up mob boss Paul Vitti in Sing Sing and that's where he sang sang--bellowing West Side Story tunes and convincing officials he's more suited for a nut house than the Big House. Better yet, the Feds say, let's release Vitti into the custody of his therapist Ben Sobel. Robert De Niro (Vitti) and Billy Crystal (Sobel) reprise their Analyze This roles and reteam with filmmaker Harold Ramis (Caddyshack) and co-star Lisa Kudrow.
"If only all sequels were this much fun." John Patterson, LA Weekly
"A laugh out loud riot." Larry King
"...0even funnier than Analyze This." Joel Siegel, Good Morning America
"One of the funniest movies of the year." David Sheehan, CBS-TV
Editor's Note
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.
| Features | Play The M.A.D.E. (Mafioso Associate Degree Exam) | | Audio: English, French Dolby 5.1 | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Director Commentary | | Theatrical Trailer | | The Making Of Analyze That | | Full Screen Version | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 11/14/2006 |
| Running Time: 97 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2002 | | Catalog ID: 23300 | | UPC: 00085392330027 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...Mr. De Niro and Mr. Crystal exude a breezy camaraderie that recalls Bing Crosby and Bob Hope ambling jauntily down some nonsensical road to nowhere..." 12/06/2002 p.E13Box Office
"...The appeal of ANALYZE THAT can be credited in large part to the infectious fun found in the performances of Crystal and De Niro..." 03/01/2003 p.62 Sight and Sound
"...Smart and genial..." 03/01/2003 p.35 Chicago Sun-Times 6 of 10
What we get in Analyze That are several talented actors delivering their familiar screen personas in the service of an idiotic plot. There is undeniable pleasure to be had in hearing De Niro say, yet once again, "You're good. No! You're good!" to Crystal, and watching De Niro use that beatific smile as if his character is saintly to bestow such praise (a compliment from De Niro is somewhat like being knighted). And Crystal, in this character as in life, is able to suggest that his mind runs so rapidly it spits out the truth before his better judgment can advise him. Kudrow, sadly underused here, plays not the wife who doesn't understand, but the wife who understands all too well. - Roger Ebert
James Berardinelli's ReelViews 7 of 10
Analyze That delivers its share of amusing moments, but, when it comes to inventive or inspired comedy, it is lacking. The movie is funnier than a lot of what's available in multiplexes, but that's more a condemnation of the sad state of big screen humor than it is a rousing endorsement of this motion picture. There's nothing horribly wrong with Analyze That, but there's nothing remarkable about it, and, in terms of its overall enjoyability quotient, it falls short of the mark set by its predecessor, Analyze This. - James Berardinelli
San Francisco Examiner 7 of 10
If you enjoyed Analyze This, the hugely successful 1999 comedy about a mood-swinging mobster and his easily frazzled analyst, you may enjoy a second helping of the same shtick in Analyze That, a sequel that dutifully reprises just about every element of its predecessor. The new movie comes off as a faded carbon copy, enhanced with only one or two fresh jokes. With Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal back in the mix, however, the warmed-over goulash is tasty more often than not. - Joe Leydon
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