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Generally favorable reviews- based on 30 Ratings

  • Starring: Billy Crystal, Robert De Niro
  • Summary: When a mob boss (De Niro) suddenly starts to have panic attacks, he enlists the help of a reluctant psychiatrist (Crystal).
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 30
  2. Negative: 4 out of 30
  1. More than a high concept stretched to feature length. This is a funny and extremely satisfying comedy, the best in a while.
  2. 80
    A funny, tightly plotted, well-conceived comedy that transcends both Crystal's '90s curse and its horrible title.
  3. Reviewed by: Sandra Contreras
    60
    Though not much about the film sticks with you, it's a reliable piece of fluff that delivers the goods.
  4. 30
    I can't imagine why De Niro, who is a fine comedian, is still coasting on his gangster act, and surely Crystal can do something other than play himself...it feels a little like an exercise in laziness.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. Robert De Niro hams it up as a gang boss with a few in jokes here & there. Nice to see him taking the piss out of himself.
    Billy Crystal plays
    the straight man &, despite it being a bit weak at the end, a pretty funny film. Collapse
  2. TonyB
    2
    What a waste of time this overly praised claptrap is. If there's any genuine humor to be found here, I'm afraid it eluded me. Every now and then DeNiro and Crystal stop playing DeNiro and Crystal. Alas, this is not one of those times. Expand

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