Analyze That is a 2002 American mafia comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and produced by Paula Weinstein and Jane Rosenthal. The film is a sequel to the 1999 film Analyze This. The film starred Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal who respectively reprise their roles as mobster Paul Vitti and psychiatrist Ben Sobel.
A Mafia don suffers anxiety attacks which force him to visit a psychiatrist. Renowned for his brutality, the mobster is worried about his reputation when he finds himself bursting into tears for no apparent reason. Seeking help on the psychiatrist's couch, the forceful and demanding hard man proves a challenge to the doctor who has several complicated problems of his own.Analyze This / Film synopsis
Analyze This drew several comparisons by journalists to the mafia show The Sopranos, which had premiered two months earlier in January, due to its plot about mobster Tony Soprano seeing a psychiatrist.
Analyze ThatAnalyze This / Sequel
Opening with a splashy prologue set in 1957, with New York gangster Paul Vitti (De Niro) narrating the story of an ill-fated meeting between organized crime's “big bosses,” Analyze shifts to the present, when another underworld gathering has been called.Mar 5, 2020
March 5, 1999 (USA)Analyze This / Release date
New YorkWhen mob boss Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro) begins to get anxiety attacks, he hires hapless shrink Dr Sobel (Billy Crystal) to cure him in Harold Ramis's bright, character-based comedy, filmed mainly around New York.
Harold RamisAnalyze This / DirectorHarold Allen Ramis was an American actor, comedian, director and writer. His best-known film acting roles were as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II, and as Russell Ziskey in Stripes; he also co-wrote those films. Wikipedia
Harold RamisKenneth LonerganPeter TolanAnalyze This/Screenplay
New York City, U.S. William Edward Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is an American actor, comedian, director, producer, and writer. He gained prominence in the 1970s and 1980s for television roles as Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and as a cast member and frequent host of Saturday Night Live.