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Analyze That
Directed by	Harold Ramis
Produced by	Len Amato Bruce Berman
Written by	Kenneth Lonergan Peter Tolan
Starring	Robert De Niro Billy Crystal Lisa Kudrow Joe Viterelli Cathy Moriarty-Gentile
Distributed by	Warner Brothers
Release date(s)	December 6 2002
Running time	96 min
Language	English
IMDb profile

Analyze That is a 2002 movie produced by Warner Brothers Studios. It is a sequel to the popular 1999 mafia/therapy comedy Analyze This. Directed by Harold Ramis, it once more features Robert De Niro as a gangster and Billy Crystal as a psychiatrist.

Contents 1 Cast 2 Synopsis 3 Box office 4 External links

• Robert De Niro as Paul Vitti
• Billy Crystal as Dr. Ben Sobel M.D.
• Joe Viterelli as Jelly
• Lisa Kudrow as Laura Sobel
• Cathy Moriarty-Gentile as Patti LoPresti
• Frank Gio as Lou "The Wrench" Rigazzi (So named because he apparently 'twisted some guy's head off'.)
• Reg Rogers as Raoul Berman
• Kyle Sabihy as Michael

Nearing the completion of his sentence in Sing Sing prison, Paul Vitti's life is threatened by assassins. He fakes insanity and starts singing showtunes from West Side Story. This draws the attention of Ben Sobel, who organises Vitti to be released into his custody. Needing some therapy himself after his father's death, a grieving Sobel talks Vitti into finding a regular job. Vitti attempts to find a legitimate job (he tries his hand at a car dealership, a jewellery store and a restaurant), but to no avail.

At the same time, he also discovers that the Rigazzi family are the ones who want him dead. He reacts to this by telling the Rigazzis that he is 'out', and seeking a new line of work. He finds employment working as a technical advisor on the set of a mafia TV series. Meanwhile, FBI agents inform Sobel that Vitti has his old crew back together, and may be planning something big. This rouses Sobel's suspicion, and he visits Vitti, the two get caught up in a car chase, which ends in Vitti escaping. The FBI blames Sobel, and gives him 24 hours to track down Vitti.

After locating Vitti (through Sobel's own son Michael, who now works as Vitti's chauffeur), Sobel discovers that Vitti is planning a big heist. He tries to talk Vitti out of it, but Vitti goes ahead. The crew score $20m in gold bullion, but they use it to frame the Rigazzi family. This leads to the arrest of the entire Rigazzi family, and in turn, prevents a mob war.

Analyze That just made $32 million domestically, a far cry from the $106 million that Analyze This made.

• Analyze That at the Internet Movie Database