OPENS FEBRUARY 28, CERT 15, 95 MINS It's less bada-bing, more bada-bore in this lazy follow-up to Analyze This, the 1999 comedy that first twinned Robert De Niro's Noo Yawk mobster with Billy Crystal's reluctant shrink. That movie's pitch?gangster enlists psychiatrist to cure his anxiety attacks?is...
OPENS FEBRUARY 28, CERT 15, 95 MINS
It’s less bada-bing, more bada-bore in this lazy follow-up to Analyze This, the 1999 comedy that first twinned Robert De Niro’s Noo Yawk mobster with Billy Crystal’s reluctant shrink. That movie’s pitch?gangster enlists psychiatrist to cure his anxiety attacks?is repeated but not developed, resulting in a sluggish retread.
This time around De Niro’s Paul Vitti is released from Sing Sing into Crystal’s custody, embroiling both him and his wife (Lisa Kudrow of Friends fame) in an escalating gang feud. Crystal, meanwhile, is having a mini crisis of his own, brought on by the death of his “withholding” father.
The funniest scenes have Vitti struggling to go legit in a series of ill-fitting jobs, including ma