Analyze This

Analyze This (1999) starring Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow. So-so comedy features De Niro as a mob boss who starts having panic attacks, decides he needs to see a psychiatrist (Crystal). Although the actors apparently had a lot of fun filming this movie, I did not have much fun watching it. There's nothing clever about the script, and De Niro is miscast as a Mafioso who occasionally has to cry on camera. The same concept was used in The Sopranos TV series, and with greater skill and success. Coincidentally, The Sopranos debuted in 1999, the same year that Analyze This was released. That said, this movie did well enough at the box office that a sequel, Analyze That, was released in 2002. (English subtitles are available for the hearing-impaired.) Grade: C