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OPENING THOUGHTS

    I hadn't seen this movie in a really long time, but I remember thinking that I didn't like it very much. I do know that this is the second Robert De Niro comedy that I watched this week, but that wasn't really planned. In other words I didn't wake up at the start of the week shouting “oh shit, oh shit, I need to see Robert De Niro and his mole make me laugh this week." It just sort of happened, but lots of things sort of happen, like the way I was conceived for instance, it started out as a night for wine coolers and turned into a night of baby makin’. At least that's how I hope it happened, so help me if I was conceived in a room full of lit candles!

ACTING

    ROBERT DE NIRO has made fun of himself numerous times, but none as good as in this movie. It was great that they made this movie into an R rated movie, because if this would have been PG-13, De Niro's character would have been average and unbelievable. It's amazing to me how a few carefully placed fucks can add to a movie. I would have liked to have seen some naked jugs in this movie as well, not De Niro’s melons though, that is wrong, and now that I think about it, very upsetting. I wonder if he has a mole on his tit like the one on his face. Moley moley mole... mole.
    BILLY CRYSTAL sucks in general, but I have to say I think I enjoyed him more in this movie then in any other movie. I mean really he is only good for one thing, being scared of a tough man. It worked in City Slickers, and it worked here, but he should not be in anything else, and he definitely should not host the Oscars. While we are on that note, Chris Rock should never host the Oscars either.
    LISA KUDROW sucks real bad. All she did was play Pheobe from Friends, that is all she ever does. I just don't care about her character anymore, I know that she is ditzy, I get it, and it's very funny. Now stop it, just fuckin' stop it! Anyway if you're the type of person who can watch Pheobe on Friends all day long without wanting to slit your wrists, you suck, and you will love her performance in this movie and then be the only person in the world thinking: “Why isn't she in more movies?”

DIRECTION AND SCRIPT

    HAROLD RAMIS did a nice job directing and writing this film. I thought the characters were accurately funny, the dialogue was smart and witty, and I was surprised that Ramis was the one who directed this movie quite honestly. I know that sounds bad, but it is actually good. I like the fact that all of his films have a different feel to them. For instance Groundhog Day was a different type of movie then this one, so appropriately the look of the film was a lot different. I think it is cool that as a director he has so much versatility in his work. I think he is a great director and I would love to see him try his hand at a drama.

THE VERDICT

    You could do a lot worse than this movie, if you are a fan of gangster movies, I think you will appreciate the humor in this movie, and if you don't I'll break your fucking legs! De Niro is the best part of this movie, but Billy Crystal plays well off him, he is good at being a scared piece of crap. This is way better than Showtime, or My Giant and that is good enough for me.
 
 

RATING: B -

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