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<font size="2"><p>Movie Review
<font size="4"><br>Analyze This</font>
<br>by Gary Johnson</font>
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<p><font size="6" color="#FF0000"><b>H</b></font>arold Ramis isn't a particularly innovative filmmaker, but he certainly knows what's funny. His newest movie, <i>Analyze This</i>, is one of the funniest movies of the past decade, with a good dozen belly laughs. <i>Analyze This</i> is also an old-fashioned yarn, akin to '30s comedies such as <i>A Slight Case of Murder</i> and <i>Brother Orchid</i> that made fun of the entire gangster genre. Likewise, it's easy to imagine a '30s-ish Edward G. Robinson or James Cagney in the lead role in Harold Ramis' new comedy. However, Ramis has a ringer of his own--Robert De Niro. No modern American actor is so closely tied to gangster movies as De Niro. His screen presence immediately recalls his work in <i>The Godfather Part II</i>, <i>Casino</i>, <i>GoodFellas</i>, <i>The Untouchables</i>, <i>Mean Streets</i>, and other gangster tales. Ramis and De Niro perfectly utilize DeNiro's own past in <i>Analyze This</i> by turning our expectations upside down.
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