Plot
Mobster Paul Vitti is released into Dr. Ben Sobol's care, where only more chaos ensues.
Release Year: 2002
Rating: 5.6/10 (34,757 voted)
Critic's Score: 37/100
Director:
Harold Ramis
Stars: Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow
Storyline The mafia's Paul Vitti is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out. Naturally, he returns to his analyst Dr. Ben Sobel for help and finds that Sobel needs some serious help himself as he has inherited the family practice, as well as an excess stock of stress.
Writers: Kenneth Lonergan, Peter Tolan
Cast: Robert De Niro
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Paul Vitti
Billy Crystal
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Ben Sobel
Lisa Kudrow
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Laura Sobel
Joe Viterelli
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Jelly
Cathy Moriarty
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Patti LoPresti
(as Cathy Moriarty-Gentile)
Joey Diaz
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Ducks
(as Joey 'Coco' Diaz)
Jerome Le Page
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Convict
Joseph Bono
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Wiseguy
Brian Rogalski
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Earl
Thomas Rosales Jr.
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Coyote
Patrick Marcune
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Prison Guard
John F. Gooding
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Prison Guard
Henry Morales-Ballet
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Prison Guard
Scott Dillin
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Prison Guard
(as Scotty Dillin)
Ted Neustadt
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Rabbi
Opening Weekend: $11,034,422
(USA)
(8 December 2002)
(2635 Screens)
Gross: $32,122,249
(USA)
(16 February 2003)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
Paul's main nemesis is named Ragazzi, which in Italian means "boys".
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers):
When discussing the value of the gold, Vitti says: "$350 an ounce, 16 ounces to the pound, 90 pounds to the bar." Precious metals are measured in Troy weight in which there are twelve ounces per pound not sixteen as in the Avoirdupois system.
Quotes:
[first lines]
Ducks:
How did he know about the money? And how did he know that Tony Cisco got popped? We didn't find out about it till this morning.
User Review
Very Funny, A laugh a minute
Rating: 10/10
All the revues said this was just o.k. but I have to tell you different.
This film had me in stitches from the start. I am amazed how Robert
DeNiro
can be so strong in serious roles and yet he does comedy as good as any
one.
People like Robin Williams are trying to cross over to serious roles as
is
Jim Carrey and this guy makes it look like anybody could do it. Unreal !!
Two
thumbs way up for this one.
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