Well Deserved Praise

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

This is the sequel to Analyze this from 99. This movie is pretty darn good I thought can stand on it's own without the original,, Billy Cryystal and Robert DeNiro are back of course, some of the other characters are different, but the storyline goes like this,, Paul Vitti is in Sing , Sing prison in New York,, and other mob Families decides that it's time for Paul to sing his swan song,, preferably in the East River.. but Paul has other ideas, he fakes being insane, so he can get released into his pyschiatrist's care,, Dr. Sobel, and from there this is where it get's interesting,, he comes back to the dr's house and has to stay with them , and get a real you know,, job type job.. well after a few jobs he lands one, but slowly slips back into the Mafia persona, their he cuts a deal with one mob family to get the other one off his back, then a hit occurs on him, and he has to figure out which family ordered the hit.. very good movie,, lot's of good funny Mafia stuff in here.

Analyze That is the sequel to Analyze This and again re-unites Robert DiNero and Billy Crystal. The story picks up right where Analyze This left off. Paul Vitti is in jail and when unknown people try and kill him, he realizes he must get out and get to those responsible for the attempts in murdering him, before they get to him. He fakes an illness and gets released into his former shrink, Ben Sobel's, care.I enjoyed the first one. I thought it had a a few funny moments, great acting, and I just overall enjoyed it. I didn't see the point in a sequel. However, I also enjoyed this one. It wasn't as good as the first, by no means. But it was still alright.Once again, it had funny moments and great acting, but I didn't buy into the premise, and some of the dialog was a bit hammy. However, I enjoyed it and, if you watch one, you might as well watch the other. A solid 6/10

Harold Ramis returns with a sequel to the evenly popular 'Analyse This'. One again DeNiro and Crystal enlighten us with their funny discussions and dialogues. After a repeat viewing One can't say that it is better than the original. However there are many funny moments that give de ja vu.De Niro is released in to Crystal's care after leaving the mental asylum. He stays in his house and makes a practical attempt to get legitimate work. After repeated failures to secure a job and causing disturbances to Crystal's relatives and friends, De Niro eventually gets involved in a movie production. This leads to hilarious consequences. Meanwhile his rival gang begins to have doubts to he may well be planning a attack very soon.No kidding this is a enjoyable movie. However the post interval portions does not sustain the the same level of interest in contrast to the first half. Involving De Niro in movie production just didn't cut it for me. It was also that that segment involving Crystal was sidetracked. Tha pace is moderate and Ramis gives his best effort to make a follow up. The scenes between De Niro and Crystal form part of the main highlight of the movie. Overall if one enjoys watching De Niro doing comedy, it is worth a watch.

Sequel is mostly not a reputable thing in Hollywood. In one week I was reviewing sequels to memorable comedies like (Arthur 2: On the Rocks - 1988), (The Odd Couple II - 1998), and now (Analyze That - 2002) to have a bad result all the way. I think the commercial exploitation reached its explosion at the 2000s. Away from that, just look at this example : Director (Brad Bird) after the smash success of his Oscar-winner (The Incredibles - 2004) refuses to make any sequel, prequel, spin-off and dedicates himself to make totally another movie, another Oscar-winner (Ratatouille - 2007). This is wise creative person with bold decisions to make. Unlike Mr. Bird, here, after the genius simple (Analyze This) they produced (Analyze That) ! First off, the concept of this (That) was weak. I mean it could have been prettier idea to see some reversal as the mob man treats the doctor this time, or something like that. But unfortunately what we've seen was muddled, semi-pointless, and less funny compared to the first one. Basically the situations were on shaky ground. The sense of credibility, which was smartly coherent at the first (Analyze), is lost. And to hide that they made all the possible comic lines they can do, however none was well enough ! The best of this movie is its first half, where (De Niro) is a mad singing man or undesirable guest or failing at many jobs. As the second half was the best of perturbation; the wholly unfunny matter of the TV show (strange how they missed to produce any laughs out of it), some car chase, a sudden unbelievable heist, and one genuine fabricated happy end where (De Niro) must look as the criminal with the heart of gold, and everything finishes fine. (De Niro) seems rare as finally Mr. Hollywood; who's making the obligatory empty sequel, what a pity to hire a great comedian like him (who didn't have the chance much to express his talent at that area) just to be in a nice sketch or two. I'm sorry to say it, but (Billy Crystal) makes outrageously his Razzie-worthy role and movie, if you looked closer you'd find that the script gave him nothing to do, so he had to manage with what appeared as his most ridiculous performance yet. (Harold Ramis) turns to remakes (Bedazzled - 2000), and sequels (Analyze That - 2002) after years of his "original" masterpiece as a writer, producer, and director (Groundhog Day - 1993). It's nearly the perfect case for what Hollywood does with its people at the insolvent boring 2000s ! This movie is in disarray made it look poor. And after the success of the previous one, it's disappointing. What can I say? The hasty dealing and the absurd plot did it. The only good thing to be said about those couple of movies is that they're way better and more watchable than De Niro's other candy bars of the same time (Meet the Parents - 2000) and (Meet the Fockers - 2004) which were horrible.More often than not.. The shadows of good movies, which they call sequels, can shadow effectively.