Just a matter of nerves 2

Movie
German title	Just a matter of nerves 2
Original title	Analyze That
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2002
length	96 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12 ; JMK 12
Rod
Director	Harold Ramis
script	Kenneth Lonergan ; Harold Ramis ; Peter Steinfeld ; Peter Tolan
production	Jane Rosenthal ; Paula Weinstein
music	David Holmes
camera	Ellen Kuras
cut	Andrew Mondshein
occupation
	Robert De Niro : Paul Vitti; Billy Crystal : Dr. Ben Sobel; Lisa Kudrow : Laura Sobel; Joe Viterelli : Jelly; Cathy Moriarty : Patti LoPresti;
chronology
	← Predecessor ; Just a matter of nerves

Reine Nervensache 2 (Original title: Analyze That ) is an American comedy film directed by Harold Ramis from 2002. In this sequel to the comedy Reine Nervensache from 1999, mafia boss Paul Vitti, played by Robert De Niro , is to be released from prison become. Afraid of being the victim of an assassination attempt, he simulates a mental disorder and is then placed with his psychiatrist, played by Billy Crystal .

action

Paul Vitti is in Sing Sing prison and is due to be released soon. Since he is threatened, he simulates a mental illness to be transferred from prison, dances on the table in the dining room and sings songs from the West Side Story . Dr. Ben Sobel, his psychiatrist , vouches for him, so that Vitti is transferred to his care and moves into Sobel's house.

Vitti is forced by Sobel to look for a job, which after several failures he finally succeeds as a consultant on the set of a Mafia television series. He finds out that the attacks attempted against him in prison were carried out by the Rigazzi mafia family. The FBI suspects Vitti of joining his former accomplices and planning a large-scale crime. The agents demand that Sobel help convict Vitti.

Sobel follows Vitti and tries to talk him out of the crime. Since the accomplices involved, Dr. Having seen Sobel and worried for their own safety due to the confession, Vitti pretends to be another accomplice. Vitti and his people steal $ 20 million worth of gold by lifting the gold truck with a crane and cracking it in a courtyard. The gold is foisted on the Rigazzi family, discovered by the FBI after an anonymous tip and seized. At the same time, the members of the Rigazzi family are arrested, so that Vitti can turn her back on the mafia with a clear conscience and without risk.

Reviews

Desson Howe wrote in the Washington Post on December 6, 2002 that the film was terrible. Nothing positive could be said about him. The film lives only from the two main actors, because "the two stars toss each other punch lines like clowns the cakes". In the opinion of Patrick Hamann from Filmstarts.de, the role of Dr. Ben Sobel with Billy Crystal again "has a terrific cast and impresses with dry humor". The sequel doesn't even come close to the first part, "but the film is fun, which is also due to the great supporting actors". The Neue Zürcher Zeitung writes: “Mere slapstick is avoided in favor of wit and sharp-talkedness. The comedy works according to the snowball principle: Each situation comedy escalates into the next one. The film stands in the tradition of the so-called screwball comedies , for which sophisticated dialogues are more important than cheap jokes and which prefer a coherent atmosphere to the shrill effect. "The lexicon of international films says:" Continuation of a successful comedy [...] that does has the same leading actors, but is far less amusing. Overall, a rather tired infusion with sparse gags, which at best continues the cinematic decline of the Italian mafia to a shooting gallery figure. "

background

The film grossed US $ 32.1 million in cinemas in the United States - far less than just nerve-wracking with over US $ 100 million.
The series Little Caesar appearing in the film is a reference to the gangster film The Little Caesar from 1931.
This film was the last shot by Joe Viterelli , who died two years later .