Storyline
Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti needs help dealing with his role in the "family," unlucky shrink Dr. Ben Sobel is given just days to resolve Vitti's emotional crisis and turn him into a happy, well-adjusted gangster.
Directors
Cast
Molly Shannon, Chazz Palminteri, Jimmie Ray Weeks, Billy Crystal, Robert De Niro, Lisa Kudrow, Tony Darrow, Ron Madoff, Max Casella, Frank Pietrangolare, Kresh Novakovic, Bill Macy, Leo Rossi, Joseph Rigano, Gene Ruffini, Donna Marie Recco, Joe Viterelli, Kyle Sabihy, Bart Tangredi, Michael Straka, Richard C. Castellano
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Reviews
90
Ramis has made a fleet, unself-conscious, eminently enjoyable picture, where one-liners carom merrily like stray bullets, and where there's casual ease, like the drape of a sharpster's trousers, in the rapport between its two stars.
90
Rolling Stone
Watching De Niro take Paul through his first panic attack ("I'm crying like a woman") is an unalloyed joy.
80
The A.V. Club
A funny, tightly plotted, well-conceived comedy that transcends both Crystal's '90s curse and its horrible title.
75
It's the most liberated and alive [DeNiro]'s been since his deluded Rupert Pupkin tried to kidnap Jerry Lewis in "King of Comedy."
75
Chicago Sun-Times
The comedy here isn't all on the surface, and Viterelli [the bodyguard Jelly] is one reason why.
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