Analyze That (2002)

Mobster Paul Vitti is released into Dr. Ben Sobol's care, where only more chaos ensues.

Director:

Harold Ramis

Writers:

Kenneth Lonergan (characters), Peter Tolan (characters),

Stars:

Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert De Niro	...	Paul Vitti
Billy Crystal	...	Ben Sobel
Lisa Kudrow	...	Laura Sobel
Joe Viterelli	...	Jelly
Cathy Moriarty	...	Patti LoPresti (as Cathy Moriarty-Gentile)
Joey Diaz	...	Ducks (as Joey 'Coco' Diaz)
Jerome Le Page	...	Convict
Joseph Bono	...	Wiseguy
Brian Rogalski	...	Earl
Thomas Rosales Jr.	...	Coyote
Patrick Marcune	...	Prison Guard
John F. Gooding	...	Prison Guard
Henry Morales-Ballet	...	Prison Guard
Scott Dillin	...	Prison Guard (as Scotty Dillin)
Ted Neustadt	...	Rabbi

Storyline

The mafia's Paul Vitti is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out. Naturally, he returns to his analyst Dr. Ben Sobel for help and finds that Sobel needs some serious help himself as he has inherited the family practice, as well as an excess stock of stress.

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Plot Keywords:

prison | mafia | cowboy | mob violence | car accident | 

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Taglines:

Back in therapy

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Warner Brothers

Country:

USA Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 December 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Analyze This 2

Filming Locations:

Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$274,789 (Brazil) (4 April 2003)

Gross:

$731,816 (Brazil) (25 April 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros, Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Robert De Niro is singing "I Feel Pretty", one word was change in the Lyrics. In the part "I feel pretty and witty and gay" the word "gay" was changed by "bright".

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Goofs

At the end of Analyze This, Ben says Paul was only sentenced to 18 months, or 1.5 years, in prison. However at the beginning of this movie, Paul is released from prison after 2.5 years.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Ducks: How did he know about the money? And how did he know that Tony Cisco got popped? We didn't find out about it till this morning.

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Crazy Credits

There are outtakes shown during the end credits.

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Connections

References The Godfather (1972)

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Soundtracks

"Tonight"
(1957)
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

User Reviews

Analyze That

A sequel to the 1999 comedy Analyze This. The mob boss Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro) is released from prison to the reluctant custody of Ben Sobel, his neurotic psychiatrist (Billy Crystal). Sobel has to try to convince Vitti to reform himself and get a lawful job – easier said than done. Vitti does find work as a consultant for a mob-themed TV show, but at the same time rivaling gangsters are after him and Sobel is more stressed than ever.

I like the original film a lot and there is fun to be found in the sequel as well. De Niro lampoons his many gangster roles and mob movie clichés in general, while Crystal's role continues the Woody Allen tradition of neurotic worrying. Both have mastered the mannerisms and dialog their roles demand, making the more down-to-earth scenes much funnier than the big action set-pieces, such as the armoured truck robbery in the end. Even though I laughed many times, I don't think the jokes come out as effortlessly as in the first movie, but Analyze That is a very watchable sequel in any case. In his last role, Joe Viterelli also deserves a nod for his performance as Jelly, Vitti's right-hand man.