with a story premise like this and it really hard to do anything wrong . a mafia bos go to a psychiatrist . it surprise that nobody have this idea before . i mean and it really something new . but to be sure and they cast robert de niro and billy crystal . which way the story be in fact not really interesting . it just doesn not matter . i mean and we do not really want to know why paul vitti ( de niro ) have so much problem and when we finally get to know it and we do not feel well . but these two character themself be interest enough to watch them one and a half hour . crystal a a psychiatrist be fantastic . it strange he never play one before . he remind me a bit on richard dreyfus in what about bob . and another great psychiatrist movie . but at least he doesn not get mad . crystal be always a fine actor and he rarely make a bad film . it just too much fun to watch him . he look always scar and neurotic and this be funny enough . but they couldn not have anyone well cast than de niro . i mean and we saw him so many time a a gangster . i read a review about true confession where he play a priest and where roger ebert couldn not think of him in such a role . of course today we know how much this actor can do and how much he can be call one of the great actor of all time . but the gangster be a role we just know him . here he play another gangster and he make fun of it . that really great . consider the scene where they want to torture a little guy to make them tell who betray them . de niro shout at him and take a barr and . do nothing . he just can not . we saw him hit guy so often and this be just unbelievable . de niro be great and he proof again that he can play nearly anything . the best scene be the one where crystal and de niro talk . the way de niro convinces crystal of the thing he want to hear be great . the best one be the classical first line . ` do you know me . ` yes and i do . ` no and you do not . ` no and i do notto the rest there isn not much to say . palminteri play just a stereotype and i hope kudrow will ever get a role where she play someone intelligent . joe viterelli be quite enjoyable and the actor who play crystal son be also funny . the story be and a i say and not that much interesting . i mean and who really care about all the betrayal and all that stuff . but they could have finish the conflict crystal have with his father instead of just start with it and never go anywhere . it a really entertaining film with lot of good joke . not really a masterpiece and but a good comedy . this be an effort ourdays . positive \ 3/4 \ 2 ( 1 plus 6 ) .