Analyze this: Powerful New York crime family racketeer Paul Vitti (De Niro) has an "emotional crisis" and seeks help from family psychiatrist Ben Sobel (Crystal). Yes, Sobel is a family psychiatrist but this wasn't the kind of family he had in mind.

Analyze that: Fearful of his emotional stability, prison officials release Paul Vitti into the custody of his psychiatrist, Dr. Ben Sobel, who becomes even more exasperated when he learns Vitti will be moving into his home. As Sobel tries to get to the root of Vitti's real problems, he tries to help Vitti find a straight job. And adding to all this confusion, several members of Vitti's old crew are after him, who are determined to see that he doesn't pass along any incriminating information.