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Analyze This

Analyze This

Comedy · Crime · 1999

Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti needs help dealing with his role in the "family," unlucky shrink Dr. Ben Sobel is given just days to resolve Vitti's emotional crisis and turn him into a happy, well-adjusted gangster.

Movie details

Analyze This

“New York's most powerful gangster is about to get in touch with his feelings.”

1999 Comedy · Crime 1h 43m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti needs help dealing with his role in the "family," unlucky shrink Dr. Ben Sobel is given just days to resolve Vitti's emotional crisis and turn him into a happy, well-adjusted gangster.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Harold Ramis

Written by

Harold Ramis · Peter Tolan · Kenneth Lonergan

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro

Paul Vitti

Billy Crystal

Billy Crystal

Dr. Ben Sobel

Lisa Kudrow

Lisa Kudrow

Laura MacNamara Sobel

Chazz Palminteri

Chazz Palminteri

Primo Sidone

Kresh Novakovic

Kresh Novakovic

'50s Gangster

Bart Tangredi

Bart Tangredi

Young Vitti, Sr.

Michael Straka

Michael Straka

Young Dominic Manetta

Court is in session

Put Analyze This on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Adrenaline Seeker

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.