Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis
On a sweltering hot day in a Brooklyn neighborhood, everyone has their own issues to deal with and tensions between Blacks and Italians rise. Issues of pride and prejudice, justice and inequity come t...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 30, 2009
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September 3, 2009Spike Lee was a bit up himself to act as the principle character and its a bit preachy in places too, that said this is still a great film, even if they perhaps didn't do the right thing!
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July 9, 2009I remember watching this when it first came out and i loved it then and still love it now. This movie called on a lot of emotions. i laughed so hard, cried, was happy, pissed...and lot's more. In my opinion this is one of the work of Spike lee to date. Excellent story, excellent ...( read more)
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April 3, 2009It's really hard to know what to make of this film. It's an undeniable snapshot of its time and place, rooted inextricably in Brooklyn in 1989. The environment of this film almost speaks louder than its plot, characters or undercurrent of racial tensions combined: its pervasive a...( read more)
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January 6, 2009I don't use the term "classic" lightly but, now that twenty years have past, it's time to give Do the Right Thing it's due.
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September 18, 2008I insist, I know I say this a lot but this time I know I'm definitely right: this is one of the best movies I've seen in my entire life.
The bravest, rawest, cruelest, most realistic, most compelling piece of art I will ever see.
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November 17, 2009Great script, beautiful to look at, not at all overrated. I was kind of surprised, to be honest.
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November 17, 2009One of Spike Lee's best and revolutionary in the issues it brings up. It brings bigotry, racism, stereotyping, poverty, and interracial relationships to a boiling point like no other film before it. There's so much great symbolism that it would take days to pick apart and fully a...( read more)
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October 22, 2009One of my all-time favorites. Every time summer approaches, it makes me think of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing. It's my idea of a classic.
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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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July 13, 2007this movie was great and meaningful without straight out telling you the message.
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