Warner Bros., Rated R
Directed by Harold Ramis
Written by Peter Tolan and Harold Ramis and Ken Lonergan

Ben Sobel (Billy Crystal) is a psychiatrist tired of his patients. Every single one of them seems to push him over the edge. Plus his parents and fiancee' (Lisa Kudrow) are driving him up the wall. Then one day, he accidentally bumps a car belonging to mobsters, complete with a man tied up in the trunk. He soon finds himself in the debt of Paul Vitti (Robert DeNiro), a mobster with very deep psychological problems. Thus begins one of the funniest mainstream comedies in months, certainly the funniest in years for Billy Crystal.
Leave it to director Harold Ramis (Caddyshack, Groundhog Day) to mine comedy from Robert DeNiro and make Billy Crystal a great straight man. This is probably the best mobster movie parody ever made, after so many have tried and failed (most recently the marginally humorous Mafia!). Another deadpan comic talent is discovered here as well, Joe Viterelli. He steals almost every scene as Vitti's henchman Jelly. Lisa Kudrow is fantastic as usual, but too bad she has precious little to do, one of the few weaknesses of this movie. (I hope she will get another role like the one she had in The Opposite of Sex, a film I recently saw, and I must agree she deserved an Oscar nomination.) The various references to other mafia movies are hilarious, and the chemistry between Crystal and DeNiro is pitch perfect. Ramis has done it again.
If you're up for a good laugh, Analyze This is the funniest film playing in theatres right now.