Question: When Nicky Shivers is being held hostage, De Niro is about to belt him in the face with a metal pipe and make him fall into a hole. This most likely would have been fatal. But De Niro has a change of heart and walks away. Then Nicky sardonically comments "Well geez, that was pretty painless." Given that he was just spared from a painful ending, why would he make such a smart-alec comment?
Analyze This (1999)
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Directed by: Harold Ramis
Starring: Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Chazz Palminteri, Lisa Kudrow
Other mistake: When the sex scene with Robert De Niro and his lover is over, you can see that he is wearing underwear.
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Chosen answer: That's how he dealt with facing certain death and then not being killed. Some would be silently grateful as you suggest, others wouldn't. Everyone reacts differently.
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