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More than a high concept stretched to feature length. This is a funny and extremely satisfying comedy, the best in a while.Read the full review
Crystal turns in his best (read: least sappy) performance in ages, getting through an entire movie -- most of it, anyway -- without mugging.Read the full review
Watching De Niro take Paul through his first panic attack ("I'm crying like a woman") is an unalloyed joy.Read the full review
A funny, tightly plotted, well-conceived comedy that transcends both Crystal's '90s curse and its horrible title.Read the full review
Ramis...does extract every last yuk from this lively clash of id and superego, this spoofy buddies' odyssey from underworld to Prozac nation.Read the full review
As he demonstrated in "Groundhog Day," Ramis knows how to handle a high-concept story with unusual cleverness, and he does it again here. It helps to no end that De Niro and Crystal, despite their obvious differences, are perfectly in tune.Read the full review
The comedy here isn't all on the surface, and Viterelli [the bodyguard Jelly] is one reason why.Read the full review
Frequently funny and occasionally hilarious.Read the full review
Its structure is repetitive, but each scene begins with a joyous blast of comic energy...A hoot.Read the full review
Because De Niro's performance is aptly ''Scorsese-aggressive'' while Crystal effectively underplays, one can easily sit through this bottom-line disappointment with a smile painted on, waiting for belly laughs that rarely come. [5 Mar 1999]Read the full review
