Review – Analyze This

Mafia comedies seldom seem to work for me, and despite Robert DeNiro’s typically workmanlike performance this one just never seems to come together. The juxtaposition of DeNiro as a mob boss and Billy Crystal’s stand-up-esque portrayal of a psychiatrist serves as the source for most of the laughs, but sadly most of the intended quirkiness was awkward rather than entertaining. The situation comedy has a couple of moments, such as Crystal’s nightmare with Godfather overtones (and DeNiro’s subsequent “I was Fredo? I don’t think so”). But for the most part the funniest gags were in the ads for the movie. And to top it all off, the triumph of feel-good psycho-babble is what passes for a happy ending. See if desperate