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Actors: Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Chazz Palminteri
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Paul Vitti's family has just died, and now whenever he sees an emotional advertisement, he cries. He then decides to visit a psychiatrist. It just so happens that one of his henchmen crashed into one while driving, and he has the doctor's card. Vitti then visits the man, named Dr. Ben Sobol, and so becomes one of his patients. Everything is fine at first, but then Vitti wants to see Ben every moment of the day. Things soon turn hectic when Vitti's shenanigans interfere with Ben's wedding. Harold Ramis (who also did the classic comedy, Groundhog Day) writes a funny screenplay, and tops it off with a smooth direction. Billy Crystal gives a great comedic performance, but even Robert DeNiro, who has less experience doing comedy, is better then Crystal. Lisa Kudrow gives a bland performance as Ben's to-be-bride, while the actor who plays their son is not needed. The best scene in the whole film occurs near the end, when Ben pretends to be a gangster.
--Estefan Ellison, Resident Scholar
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Think of this movie as The Sopranos meets What About Bob? DeNiro plays a member of the Mafia who seeks help from his psychiatrist, played beautifully by Crystal. The Mafia is not too happy about this, and they force DeNiro's character to bring the psychiatrist to one of their meetings. Lisa Kudrow (the supertalented Phoebe on Friends) is fabulous as the psychiatrist's fiancee.
--Teddy, Resident Scholar
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Billy Crystal is a psychiatrist and Robert De Niro is a mob boss with emotional problems. As Billy Crystal tries to help him, De Niro inadvertantly ruins his wedding and gets him a little too involved with the mob.
--Nick Bisceglia, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
If a parody... of
- gangsters/crime
Kind of comedy
- bungling criminals
How much humor v. drama
- Mostly humor, but some serious drama
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
- dangerous
- wealthy
- rude people
- Miami
Misc setting
- prison
- resort/hotel
Style
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- sex under blankets
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