Analyze That is a 2002 American crime comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and produced by Paula Weinstein and Jane Rosenthal.

The film starred Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal who respectively reprise their roles as mobster Paul Vitti and psychiatrist Ben Sobel.

He starts singing showtunes from West Side Story to get the attention of Ben Sobel, who previously hung up on him while attending his father's funeral.

Paul attempts to find a legitimate job (he tries a car dealer, a restaurant, and a jewelry store), but his rude manners and paranoia only complicate things further.

At the same time, Paul is told by de facto boss Patti LoPresti that the Rigazzi family wants him dead.

Ben meets with Paul and Jelly near bridges on the New York waterfront, and they part ways again as friends, singing another West Side Story showtune together.

They believed, as said by Billy Crystal, that "there was an unfinished relationship between Ben Sobel and Paul Vitti from the first film" and "there was a good story to tell", so the sequel was commissioned.

[5] The story of the sequel was inspired by an article in The New York Times about the psychotherapy used in the mafia TV show The Sopranos.

Harold Ramis said the article "raised questions about human nature and morality...Can the criminal mind be turned?"

Sands was very familiar with the details of mobster Vincent "The Chin" Gigante's alleged mental illness after studying the case during his post-doctoral training.

The funeral for Ben's father was filmed at Riverside Memorial Chapel on Manhattan's Upper West Side, and the Sobel household scenes shot in Montclair, New Jersey.

The scenes of Patty LoPresti's home were filmed in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, and the Little Caesar set in Washington Square Park, Manhattan.