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Sequels usually trip over themselves trying to copy the first movie beat for beat, joke for joke, plot for plot. I’ll give Analyze That credit right away — it doesn’t do that. Instead of repeating the “gangster in therapy” routine, this one shifts gears and focuses more on revenge, survival, and the fallout of trying to kill De Niro’s character. It’s a different angle, and honestly, it works better than expected. Lisa Kudrow? Still charming. Always charming. She’s the bright spot in both films. De Niro, though… he’s not the same funny De Niro we get in Dirty Grandpa getting flirted on by Aubrey Plaza. Here, the movie leans way too hard on the idea that we’re supposed to laugh every time he drops an F‑bomb. It’s like the script thinks profanity equals comedy, and that’s never a great sign. But the ending? I’ll give it this — the action hits. The finale has energy, movement, and a sense of payoff that the first movie never really delivered. And Billy Crystal’s grieving storyline about...

Every franchise has that one movie people swear is a classic… and sometimes you watch it, sit through it, and wonder what everyone else was seeing. For me, that’s Analyze This — a film that somehow manages to be both a confusing mafia drama and a not‑quite‑funny comedy at the same time. Let’s start with the obvious: The plot feels like it’s juggling bowling balls while wearing oven mitts. It wants to be a gangster film. It wants to be a comedy. It wants to be a character study. And in the end, it doesn’t fully commit to any of them. Instead, it lands somewhere between bad comedy and bad mafia movie , never fully sticking the landing on either side. Now, Lisa Kudrow? She’s charming — she’s always charming — but she’s basically the garnish on a dish that doesn’t know what it’s trying to be. The whole “gangster goes to therapy” angle isn’t exactly groundbreaking either. We’ve seen it done better, cleaner, and funnier. In fact, Grosse Pointe Blank nailed the concept years earlier: John ...