BBM at the Movies - Analyze This review

                In short, the plot is about a mafia boss (De Niro) who realises that
          he needs a psychiatrist (Billy Crystal) to help him get over his panic
          attacks.
                With only me (bush) and Neil having watched this it may not have
          been a fair test because in our opinion any film with Robert De Niro
          in it should automatically start at about 6/10 (apart from mistress.
          Keep well away from this one). However the film was good enough
          to rate highly by anyone's standards.
                It's more a film about a gangster than a gangster film if you know
          what I mean that gets the balance between the comedy and the
          darker side of it just right so as not to be a crappy spoof like Mafia
          and not as intense as a Goodfellas.
                There are excellent performances from De Niro who shows that
          he is just as adept at comedy as everything else as he proved years
          ago in films like New York, New York and and Billy Crystal who
         supports De Niro excellently and plays second fiddle to him for most
         of the movie until he lets rip with an improvised speech in the funniest
         scene at the meeting towards the end.
                If you like gangster films you'll get the references and see all the
         Italian-American actors and will no doubt be thinking where you've
         seen them before (Joe Viterelli who plays Jelly has probably been in
         every gangster film since the 20's) but the film is good enough to
         appeal to everyone.

     Analyze This          Bush - 8.5     Bates - 8.5
        Score - 8.17             Mahon - 7.5

   105 mins
   dir. Harold Ramis
   Stars - Robert De Niro - Paul Viti
             Billy Crystal      - Dr Ben Sobel
             Lisa Kudrow     - Laura MacNamara
             Joe Viterelli       - Jelly
            Chaz Palminteri - Primo Sidone