analyze this be a wickedly funny tale of where a tough and foul mouth new york mob bos paul vitti ( robert de niro ) suddenly lose his mind and be persuade by jelly ( joe viterelli ) and one of his two bodyguard to go see a shrink a few week before a big meeting . at first and vitti doesn not like the idea and but go ahead . the first time that vitti and ben sobel ( billy crystal ) and a calm shrink meet face to face be okay and but the event that happen after that be serious and down right funny . the dialogue that crystal and de niro be well write and well act . lisa kudrow and joe viterelli and and chazz palminterri also give very solid support performance in this movie . kyle sahiby be good a sobel son who have fun nitpick sobel . harold ramis have make some good film in the past ( caddyshack ) and his careful direction here pay off . the best scene of the movie be the opening scene be masterfully write to perfection and it just hilarous . one good example be vitti dad and a friend of his hijack a farmer who on his john deere tractor and drive through the corn field . overall and de niro and crystal make a great comedy team .