Analyze This

Starring:Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Chazz Palminteri, Kresimir Novakovic, Bart Tangredi, Michael Straka, Joseph Rigano, Joe Viterelli, Richard C. Castellano, Molly Shannon, Max Casella, Frank Pietrangolare, Kyle Sabihy, Bill Macy, Rebecca Schull, Pat Cooper, Leo Rossi (II), Aasif Mandvi, Neil Pepe
Director: Harold Ramis
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product Type: DVD

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Cast Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal together in a film and it should be a sucker's bet as to who's going to be funnier and who's going to give the more nuanced performance. Somehow, though, De Niro walks away with most of the laughs in Analyze This, a buddy action-comedy about a mob boss (De Niro, natch) suffering from panic attacks who makes a nebbishy shrink (Crystal, natch) an offer he can't refuse--actually, it's not really an offer, it's a command. The good doctor is forced to help the gangster get in touch with his feelings. Had the brilliant TV series The Sopranos not underscored how thin and watery and shticky director-cowriter Harold Ramis's approach to such potentially rich material actually is, the movie--a hit in theaters and De Niro's biggest film ever--would seem more fresh and kicky. De Niro's definitely a hoot as the ever milder menace, and Crystal actually concentrates on giving a credible performance opposite the acting legend (alas, he doesn't turn his character's fear of his patient into inspired comedy, as Alan Arkin did in Grosse Pointe Blank). The conclusion devolves into the requisite gunplay, and Chazz Palminteri and Lisa Kudrow are criminally wasted as an opposing mob boss and Crystal's fiancée, respectively, but overall, it's breezy fun. --David Kronke

Customer Reviews:

SPOOF PROOF.......2007-03-24

If you'd like to see and hear Billy Crystal at the top of his game, while Robert De Niro does a terrific parody of some of his previous roles, go no further. This movie has something for everyone, including a very hip score, as well as a surprise appearance by Tony Bennette. Try to beat that combination for some entertainment on a chilly night in front of the television, along with a fire in your fireplace, a glass of Champagne and a bowl of popcorn, shared by the one you love.
Tony Horowitz
[...]

Very nice film to see.......2007-01-21

Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal together make you laugh through all over the movie. Robert De Niro as a mafia boss who become "too soft" and Billy Crystal as a "schrink", who desperately wanna marry on his fiancee (Lisa Kudrow), but can't... because he is too good and too honesty... and was unlucky to hit mafia guys car... And now he has to work on problems of mafia boss, that is certainly not easy.

The cherry of the crew is Lisa Kudrow, who as always funny and crazy.
Amazing comedy for all family.

Masterpiece!.......2006-05-29

Ever thought about a psychiatrist interacting with a leader of a gang? Well, this is what this movie will be all about!

Paul Vitti (Robert Deniro) is the leader of a very powerful gang of New York City, he can get himself anything he demands; anything but happiness. As we can see, this guy is being tortured by some of the dark memories from his childhood, and a psychiatrist is what he exactly needs.

Ben Sobol (Billy Crystal) is a divorced psychiatrist who is about to merry another person, a news reporter (Lisa Kudrow). During his well planned honeymoon, Paul paid him a visit seeking emergency treatments to turn him into a happy person. Ben wants no part of this, you can't do much with a gun pointed at your face eh?

Could he handle it? Well, watch this movie! This movie tells you an unique story with many fascinating jokes, a great plot and... hehe you will see.

Enjoy the show!!! :)

YOU... YOU..........2005-11-13

A great comedy, Analyze This, brings to the screen the story of a divorced shrink about to get remarried. Things get a little more complicated when a mobster who feels that he is going all "soft" seeks his counselling...
Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow and the rest of the cast, have truly outdone themselves with their performances, which are exceptional to say the least!
Very well written and very well presented, the movie is without a doubt guaranteed to provide more than just a few laughs.
On the negative side, there is a little too much exaggeration e.g. the delivery of the fountain as a wedding gift.
Nevertheless, the setting, the plot, the dialogues, the humor, and the music are all wonderful!
In short, Analyze This is a movie definitely worth watching and one to seriously consider adding to your movie collection!

The Mob Gets a Complex.......2005-10-01

What a great blend of two different genres. That combined with Billy Crystal and Bob De Niro becomes a winning combination. Filled with non-stops laugh this movie is sure to entertain all audiences. I recommend both this movie and the sequel, "Analyze That."

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Analyze This/Analyze That
Starring: De Niro , and Crystal
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Mob boss Paul Vitti's going a little wacky. His shrink's afraid of getting whacked. Think you got troubles? Robert De Niro plays the troubled crime-family racketeer and Billy Crystal is Ben Sobel, the psychiatrist with just a few days to turn Vitti into a happy, well-adjusted gangster in Analyze This [Side A], the drop-dead funny comedy from Caddyshack director Harold Ramis. Stars and director reteam to prove laughter is still the best therapy in Analyze That [Side B]. This time, Vitti is released from Sing Sing into the custody of his therapist. Can jittery Ben help Vitti find gainful employment? Can he even believe Vitti's gone legit when guys like Lou the Wrench keep showing up? You think you got troubles? Fuhgedaboudit!

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The Whole Nine Yards/Analyze This
Starring: Robert De Niro , Billy Crystal , Lisa Kudrow , Chazz Palminteri , and Kresimir Novakovic
Director: Harold Ramis , and Jonathan Lynn
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ASIN: B0000E6FQU
Release Date: 2003-11-18

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Analyze This [Region 2]
Starring: Robert De Niro , Billy Crystal , Lisa Kudrow , Chazz Palminteri , and Kresimir Novakovic
Director: Harold Ramis
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Analyze That (Widescreen)

ASIN: B00004RYWT

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Analyze This
Starring: Robert De Niro , Billy Crystal , Lisa Kudrow , Chazz Palminteri , and Kresimir Novakovic
Director: Harold Ramis
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ASIN: B00008S0FF

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SPOOF PROOF
Very nice film to see
Masterpiece!
YOU... YOU...
The Mob Gets a Complex

Analyze This [Region 2]
Starring: Robert De Niro , Billy Crystal , Lisa Kudrow , Chazz Palminteri , and Kresimir Novakovic
Director: Harold Ramis
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Meet the Parents (Widescreen Special Edition)

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Customer Reviews:

SPOOF PROOF.......2007-03-24

Very nice film to see.......2007-01-21

Masterpiece!.......2006-05-29

YOU... YOU..........2005-11-13

The Mob Gets a Complex.......2005-10-01

Average customer rating:

Analyze This
Starring: Robert De Niro , Billy Crystal , Lisa Kudrow , Chazz Palminteri , and Kresimir Novakovic
Director: Harold Ramis
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B00008S0FI

The Robert De Niro Collection (Analyze This/A Bronx Tale/Goodfellas/Heat/Wag The Dog)

Average customer rating:

Here's the deal
Very good actually
Bizarre collection...
Disappointed
Well...

The Robert De Niro Collection (Analyze This/A Bronx Tale/Goodfellas/Heat/Wag The Dog)
Starring: Robert De Niro
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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Casino (Widescreen 10th Anniversary Edition)
Donnie Brasco (Special Edition)
Taxi Driver (Collector's Edition)
Once Upon a Time in America (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Raging Bull (Special Edition)

ASIN: B00000JSJR
Release Date: 2000-09-15

Description

This great collection of award winning actor Robert DeNiro includes five of his best-selling films on DVD--- Anayze This, A Bronx Tale, Goodfellas, Heat, and Wag the Dog.

Customer Reviews:

Here's the deal.......2005-05-12

A lot of people have complained about this collection because they claim it doesn't house De Niro's best films. Let me break it down this way: Warner Bros. released this box set (as well as an Al Pacino version) and they are only allowed to include films licensed through WB. Therefore, most Martin Scorsese/De Niro classics such as Raging Bull (MGM), Taxi Driver (Columbia), Casino (Universal) etc. cannot legally be included. They'd have to make some sort of deal with all the major movie studios, and that's practically impossible.

So, for what's included here, it's a great place to start a De Niro collection. You can usually find it on the market for $59.99 -- divide it by five... yeah, it's a pretty cheap deal when you consider the fact that these DVDs by themselves cost around $11 - $12 in the average video store.

ANALYZE THIS -- Not a great film, but De Niro is very funny and it's an essential De Niro movie as it's not only one of his best comedic performances, but one of his most popular films. If you're a De Niro buff, and you don't own this, you might get some skeptical glances from other fans.

WAG THE DOG -- An underrated, sharp satire with a great ensemble cast, well directed by Barry Levinson ("Rain Man"). I can see why some might not like it, but if you enjoyed "Bulworth" and similar political satires, you'll like this. (For the record, I thought it was far subtler and more intellectual than "Bulworth" was, although they're both fine comedies.) Dustin Hoffman is actually better than De Niro in this in my opinion - he's really funny.

GOODFELLAS - This has since been released on a Special Edition DVD but this standard-disc version is still good enough... it's got the same transfer as the SE version and the trailers as well... it doesn't have the commentary or the documentaries, but I heard the commentary -- split into different sections -- is a waste of time and the docs are only so-so... at $10 it's a pretty good deal and one of the top five De Niro films of all time. You can always upgrade letter.

HEAT -- This has also been re-released recently but nevertheless this disc is pretty good for an older DVD release... the movie itself is awesome. The new DVD is better, but again, you can always upgrade if you enjoy it enough.

A BRONX TALE -- Robert De Niro directed this and in my opinion it's one of the greatest gangster/Mafia films ever made, and unique because it deals with different aspects of the genre that even Martin Scorsese doesn't touch upon in some of his films. De Niro is excellent in it and he does a terrific job behind the camera. I'm thrilled to hear he's directing a film next year -- after seeing this I was in awe of just how talented he is behind the camera.

So overall if you're new to De Niro this is a good place to start, and if you're building up a collection there's a good chance you're going to want most of these films sooner or later... at a pricetag of $60 it's a pretty good deal and I'd recommend it to anyone. The only other De Niro film I know of that WB had the rights to and should have included here was "Sleepers," also directed by Levinson ("Wag the Dog")... you should seek that out after buying this, it's a good movie.

Very good actually.......2004-01-02

Although the collection is of films from many places everyone one of them is great. Analyze This - one of the most dramatically funny films of Deniro's carrer since Midnight Run. A Bronx Tale - which he directed and was also fine. Goodfellas - a very good true storie of the mafia. Heat - one of the last successfull action drama films of Deniro before Casino in 1995. And Wag the Dog-although different from his other films proves to be a winner with Dustin Hoffman as co-star and should be enjoyed by all fans of Deniro. If you are a Deniro fan then I definitely reccomend this collection.

Bizarre collection..........2003-03-28

What a weird selection of an actor's work. It would have made more sense if they did a Scorsese/De Niro compliation. Now there's a winning collection: Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Mean Streets, and The King Of Comedy.
But if you're a fan of everything De Niro, this is a cost effective means of expanding your collection.

Disappointed.......2002-10-26

For such a great actor, I expected to see his best films-not a collection of his so-so films. The movies are good, but it's a huge diappointment to true De Niro fans.

Well..........2002-09-14

Too good of an actor to not have put his better movies.

Average customer rating:

One MOVIE is very much good ! ...TWO are splendids
Better of the 2 bt still a 2.5 star at best for language
"Analyze This and That" You!

Analyze This / Analyze That
Starring: Robert De Niro , Billy Crystal , Lisa Kudrow , Chazz Palminteri , and Kresimir Novakovic
Director: Harold Ramis
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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Meet the Parents (Widescreen Special Edition)
Anger Management (Widescreen Edition)
A Bronx Tale
Meet The Fockers (Widescreen Edition)
Donnie Brasco (Special Edition)

ASIN: B00008NJFT
Release Date: 2003-05-13

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Analyze This
Cast Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal together in a film and it should be a sucker's bet as to who's going to be funnier and who's going to give the more nuanced performance. Somehow, though, De Niro walks away with most of the laughs in Analyze This, a buddy action-comedy about a mob boss (De Niro, natch) suffering from panic attacks who makes a nebbishy shrink (Crystal, natch) an offer he can't refuse--actually, it's not really an offer, it's a command. The good doctor is forced to help the gangster get in touch with his feelings. Had the brilliant TV series The Sopranos not underscored how thin and watery and shticky director-cowriter Harold Ramis's approach to such potentially rich material actually is, the movie--a hit in theaters and De Niro's biggest film ever--would seem more fresh and kicky. De Niro's definitely a hoot as the ever milder menace, and Crystal actually concentrates on giving a credible performance opposite the acting legend (alas, he doesn't turn his character's fear of his patient into inspired comedy, as Alan Arkin did in Grosse Pointe Blank). The conclusion devolves into the requisite gunplay, and Chazz Palminteri and Lisa Kudrow are criminally wasted as an opposing mob boss and Crystal's fiancée, respectively, but overall, it's breezy fun. --David Kronke

Analyze That
Analyze That has more bada bing than its lukewarm reception would lead you to expect. Analyze This had the advantage of a then-fresh idea--Robert De Niro as a neurotic mob boss seeking therapy with reluctant shrink Billy Crystal--but that idea's stale, so this sequel relies on established chemistry and zesty dialogue that matches the original. There's nothing wrong with a retread when it's this funny, and De Niro's latter-day penchant for comedy suits him well when, as kingpin Paul Vitti, he lures Dr. Sobel (Crystal) into a prison breakout scheme involving faked catatonia and West Side Story show tunes. The contrived plot involves Vitti's criminal comeback. Unfortunately, there's little room for Lisa Kudrow as Sobel's sarcastic wife, but De Niro's Raging Bull costar Cathy Moriarty-Gentile is welcomed as a rival mob queen. You want a comedy masterpiece? Fuhgeddaboudit. You want 95 minutes of easy fun? It's right here... and don't miss those obligatory outtakes. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

One MOVIE is very much good ! ...TWO are splendids.......2003-10-15

BILLY CRYSTAL as much as ROBERT DE NIRO Forms a good team and in the fiction same at rhe reality : They are FRIENDS ! These TWO MOVIES are WONDERFULS ... The first movie is a discovery and the second another discovery and these film with many jokes does mean that a mafioso can also be ill as much as anybody THEY ARE TWO HUGES ACTORS ! AMUSING ! YES OF COURSE ! Jus for that buy these DVD MOVIES ! ... FILMS !!! WONDERFUL !

Better of the 2 bt still a 2.5 star at best for language.......2003-07-04

This was an amusing movie, but the language is 100% gutter. Rounded down from 2.5 stars to 2 stars for language. I Acutally liked Analyze That a little better than Analyze This. but now that I've seen them once, I see no need to see them again.

"Analyze This and That" You!.......2003-05-30

"You, you're good, you." Yes! Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro) is brilliant as the mobster who cries and gives no mercy to his enemies. Ben Sobel (Billy Crystal) becomes his shrink after one threat and there goes on! "Analyze This" is funny with Sobel trying to get married, but Vitti interrupts his life and shoots pillows for no reason. "Analyze That" is funnier with hilarious parts including the woman and the midget picture, the tuna casserole, and the "West Side Story" sing-a-longs. Momentous! These are two funny movies that people need to see.

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Analyze This [Region 2]
Starring: Robert De Niro , Billy Crystal , Lisa Kudrow , Chazz Palminteri , and Kresimir Novakovic
Director: Harold Ramis
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ASIN: B00004VYNX

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