A comedy about a psychiatrist whose number-one patient is an insecure mob boss.A comedy about a psychiatrist whose number-one patient is an insecure mob boss.A comedy about a psychiatrist whose number-one patient is an insecure mob boss.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 7 nominations
- '50s Gangster
- (as Kresimir Novakovic)
- Dominic Manetta
- (as Joe Rigano)
- Jimmy Boots
- (as Richard Castellano)
Storyline
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- TriviaAccording to Robert De Niro, he and Billy Crystal briefly toyed with the idea of co-directing the movie before deciding to offer it to Harold Ramis, who accepted.
- GoofsFBI agents are shown participating in the 1957 Appalachian raid. In that year, J. Edgar Hoover's FBI's official policy was that the Mafia did not exist, so no federal agents were involved in the raid which was conducted by New York state troopers only.
- Quotes
Dr. Ben Sobel: What happened with your wife last night?
Boss Paul Vitti: I wasn't with my wife, I was with my girlfriend.
Dr. Ben Sobel: Are you having marriage problems?
Boss Paul Vitti: No.
Dr. Ben Sobel: Then why do you have a girlfriend?
Boss Paul Vitti: What, are you gonna start moralizing on me?
Dr. Ben Sobel: No, I'm not, I'm just trying to understand, why do you have a girlfriend?
Boss Paul Vitti: I do things with her I can't do with my wife.
Dr. Ben Sobel: Why can't you do them with your wife?
Boss Paul Vitti: Hey, that's the mouth she kisses my kids goodnight with! What are you, crazy?
- SoundtracksWhen You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)
Written by Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin, Larry Shay, Harry B. Smith,
Ted Snyder and Francis Wheeler
Performed by Louis Prima
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from EMI Music Special Markets
Robert De Niro, as usual, is excellent and once again surprises viewers with his comedic talent. He plays a mobster (familiar territory) but one who needs psychiatric help. He's hilarious when he's crying! His "shrink" is played by Billy Crystal, in an untypical low-key character role. My favorite in this film was Joe Viterelli, the fat guy-mobster who has a few very funny lines. Viterelli is one of these guys you see in a ton of gangster movies and is always interesting.
The female lead in here, Lisa Kudrow ("Laura") was not appealing to me, character-wise. Overall, a funny movie and much better than the sequel.
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- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Hoàn Lương
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $80,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $106,885,658
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $18,383,507
- Mar 7, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $176,885,658
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1