Analyze That
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: December 6, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
18
Negative:
12
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
L.A. WeeklyJohn Patterson
It's clever, vulgar and fully committed to making us howl with laughter. If only all sequels were this much fun. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
A genial and unremarkable comedy with its share of tepid laughs. It's a significantly weaker offering than its edgier, livelier older brother. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
With any sitcom, the freshness is ultimately in the writing, and I think the jokes are better here than in Analyze This, and the actors are more comfortable together. I don't know if De Niro is softening or has lost his edge, but he now seems content mocking himself. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Turns out to be a Hollywood sequel of surpassing silliness and wasted talent. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesManohla Dargis
Even when they don't always add up, these are movies in which De Niro can shrug off the burden of being Robert De Niro. Where the star who was Travis Bickle can again freely assume the part of the great character actor -- if only this time to ask, "You laughin' at me?" Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
Feels forced every step of the way. Ultimately it's the kind of under-inspired, overblown enterprise that gives Hollywood sequels a bad name. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
This tepid sequel to Harold Ramis's mobster-on-the-couch comedy "Analyze This" (1999) is partially redeemed by Robert De Niro's handful of scenes with Cathy Moriarty-Gentile, who made her screen debut as the teenage wife in "Raging Bull." Read full review
50
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
Everyone seems more relaxed this time around, including director Harold Ramis, who was presumably less intimidated now that he knows De Niro can be really funny and draw a large audience to a comedy. Read full review
50
Film ThreatDavid Grove
It used to be that the main allure of features was that they could deliver what cable couldn't, but now it's the other way around and one of the biggest problems with Analyze That is that it doesn't show us anything new or really funny, certainly nothing that we can't get on HBO. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
Analyze That is no surprise, and pleasant is about the most you can say for it. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
This is a movie that both parodies "The Sopranos" and aspires to its mordant humor. I don't think anyone -- not Tony Soprano, not Paul Vitti -- can have it both ways. Read full review
50
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
A sequel that never rises to the giddy pitches of skewed humor that the original managed to toss off with such unexpected glee. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
It's safe to say that without De Niro Analyze This and That couldn't even exist; or rather, if they did, they would be unwatchable. De Niro is that important to the mix. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
What we get in Analyze That are several talented actors delivering their familiar screen personas in the service of an idiotic plot. Read full review
50
SalonCharles Taylor
The most surprising thing about the movie is the clumsiness of Harold Ramis' direction. Ramis has never equaled the work he did on "Groundhog Day." Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
Though the picture falls apart whenever the two leads aren't on screen together, you can argue that That isn't that inferior to its predecessor. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
As for De Niro, he seems to have licence to do what he wants here, without much help from the writers. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter Travers
The sequel, also directed by Harold Ramis, is painfully padded. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
It's not just that Tony Soprano is richer, darker, cooler, and scarier. The dude gets more laughs. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Even Cathy Moriarty-Gentile's role as a rival mob boss (with a nod to "Raging Bull") can't save this DOA affair. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Mr. Crystal underplays his role wisely and well, while Mr. De Niro parodies -- maybe the better word is pillages -- himself and his career with scary gusto.
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
Compounds the problems of its predecessor, "Analyze This," while duplicating almost none of its humor. Read full review
38
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
The outtakes prove Analyze That could have been even worse. Read full review
30
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Although there is the germ of a very sharp comedy in the intersection of real mobsters and make-believe thugs in a Hollywood mob comedy, Analyze That is far too lazy to do much with it. Read full review
30
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
All the principals -- except, significantly, screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan -- reprised their roles for the sequel, and all seem confused as to why they returned. Read full review
30
VarietyTodd McCarthy
The novelty value is completely gone the second time around. Read full review
30
Washington PostStephen Hunter
Stuck in that no man's land between comedy and banal movie mob action, and it delivers on neither of these impulses with any force. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeTy Burr
That this witless, formulaic sequel to the hit comedy Analyze This even dares to spoof ''The Sopranos'' is embarrassing. It's like Freddie Prinze Jr. slamming Gene Hackman as a bad actor. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
Shapeless, sloppy, badly paced mess. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
It's a big disappointment. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Let's look at the bright side. If this movie bombs as it deserves to, we won't have to sit through "Analyze Those" a few years from now! Read full review
20
TV Guide MagazineFrank Lovece
The annoying Reg Rogers, on the other hand, who plays Little Caesar creator Raoul Berman, delivers his lines like a stoned Pee-wee Herman, and the scene in which Billy Crystal mutters and drools in a restaurant is just disturbing for anyone who admired his work in the past. Read full review
10
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Director Harold Ramis and his cast fetch overchewed shticks, but what's surprising is the incompetent witlessness on exhibit. There's no limit to the botched comedy rhythms and wasted opportunities. Read full review
10
Washington PostDesson Thomson
So dull and awful, you actually wonder if this is some kind of Andy Kaufmanesque in-joke, a deliberate attempt to douse the spark that made the original film so enjoyable. Read full review
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