Analyze This script analysis
Analyze This loosely follows the Save the Cat structure, introducing both the mob world and Ben’s family life before colliding them through Vitti’s panic attacks. The midpoint and All Is Lost moments hinge on Vitti’s emotional breakdowns and the peak mob meeting, though some beats blend across multiple scenes.
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Scene 1 / Page 1 / 1% target
Opens with Dominic Manetta narrating the 1957 Apalachin meeting, establishing tone and stakes of organized crime.
1957 was a big year. The Russians put that Sputnik into outer space, the Dodgers played their last...
Scene 11 / Page 6 / 5% target
Caroline tells Ben she needs to find herself, foreshadowing the theme of self-discovery.
I kept telling him that I needed room to grow and find myself as a person. Not just...
Scenes 11-17 / Pages 6-9 / 10% target
We see Ben at work with patients and at home preparing for a party, establishing his world.
Scenes 20-21 / Pages 10-11 / 12% target
Vitti suffers a panic attack and secretly seeks out Ben, upending Ben’s ordinary life.
How could it be fine? I've had like eight heart attacks in the last three weeks.
Scenes 22-23 / Pages 11-12 / 20% target
Ben hesitates when Jelly presses him to treat Vitti, debating professional ethics.
I'm going to go out on a limb here. I think your friend is you.
Scenes 24-27 / Pages 12-14 / 25% target
Ben travels to Miami and officially takes on Vitti as a patient, entering Act Two.
Scene 24 / Page 12 / 30% target
Laura’s reunion with Ben and Michael in Miami underscores Ben’s family subplot.
Scenes 29-36 / Pages 14-17 / 40% target
A series of therapy sessions, hallucinatory shark-tank sequence, and beach work highlight the ‘therapy as comedy’ promise.
Scene 35 / Page 17 / 50% target
Ben’s shark-tank hallucination marks a false victory/loss shift: comedy turns darker.
They threw me in the shark tank, Paul. The shark tank!
Scenes 31-33 / Pages 16-17 / 65% target
Sindone orders Vitti’s death and Jelly’s surveillance ramps up threat level.
Scenes 47-49 / Pages 21-22 / 75% target
Tino’s assassination attempt at the wedding and ensuing chaos feel like the lowest professional and personal point.
Scenes 51-57 / Pages 22-25 / 80% target
Ben faces FBI questioning at home and doubts his involvement, reflecting on consequences.
Scenes 60-65 / Pages 26-28 / 85% target
Funeral and restaurant scenes reignite Ben’s commitment to help Vitti and confront the mob world.
Scenes 95-99 / Pages 38-40 / 95% target
The climactic mob meeting and shootout resolve the conflict, with Ben wounded and mobsters arrested.
Scene 101 / Page 41 / 99% target
Ben and Laura dancing in their backyard provides a mirror to Opening Image’s reflection of world restored.