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.
I can analyze this movie in three words: Thumbs Friggin' Down.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
9 Dec 2002
rotten:
thin, flat and largely forgettable, as De Niro and Crystal trudge through with all the enthusiasm of John Madden at a salad bar.
– Bill Muller,
Arizona Republic,
6 Dec 2002
rotten:
An offer we can most definitely refuse.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
6 Dec 2002
rotten:
Feels unnecessary.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
6 Dec 2002
rotten:
Where the first movie struck just the right tone, blending anxiety attacks with machine-gun attacks to come up with a comic La Cosa Neurosis, this picture consistently goes too far in all directions.