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Do the Right Thing

1989

Spike Lee

Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Giancarlo Esposito ...

7.3

13,429

Comedy. Drama It's the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, and tensions are growing there, with the only local businesses being a Korean grocery and Sal's Pizzeria. Mookie, Sal's delivery boy, manages to always be at the center of the action.

	Author	Review
Spain	FilmAffinity	According to director Steve McQueen ("Shame", "12 Years a Slave") this movie “was a knockout – almost like being in a boxing ring. Sometimes it was brutal, and sometimes beautiful; an attack, done with style, anger and compassion.”	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It comes closer to reflecting the current state of race relations in America than any other movie of our time (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"In all of the earnest, solemn, humorless discussions about the social and political implications of Spike Lee's 'Do the Right Thing', an essential fact tends to be overlooked: it is one terrific movie."	POS
United States	Hal Hinson The Washington Post	"Ambitious, funny, infuriating and mostly brilliant film."	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Tribune	"At times it seems fresh and stimulating (...) At other times -especially at its incoherent finale- the film seems crudely opportunistic (...) There's a creeping dishonesty (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Lloyd Bradley Empire	"A pulsating homage to life on New York's streets, achieved thanks to Lee's sleepless eye, but a passionate-yet-dignified study of racism, too (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Lee's best and boldest film (...) [Lee] gives audiences the most vigorous shake-up they've had in years."	POS
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"It looks, sounds, and feels right: sure proof that Lee's virtuoso technique and righteous anger are tempered by real humanity."	POS
United States	Eric Henderson Slant	"Extraordinarily calculated (...) 'Do the Right Thing' is an undiluted representation of its creator’s artistic command (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	R.L. Shaffer IGN	"[It] still remains sharp, witty, dark and relevant (...) It's violent, funny, uncomfortable, insightful and even-handed. All in the best of ways."	POS
United States	Mike D'Angelo AV Club	"Masterpiece (...) 'Do The Right Thing's vividly expressive filmmaking hasn’t aged one iota"	POS
United Kingdom	John Ferguson Radio Times	"Time hasn't diminished any of its power (...) An exhilarating, passionate and often very funny modern-day classic (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Sarah Larson The New Yorker	"Masterpiece (...) The music perfectly reflects the film’s power"	POS
Ireland	Donald Clarke Irish Times	"Come for the politics, stay for the irresistible energy (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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