Spike Lee,
Danny Aiello,
Ossie Davis,
Ruby Dee,
Richard Edson
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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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December 6, 2009Wake up! Wake up! Up you wake!
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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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January 19, 2010Despite the fact that much of its retrospective significance seems to be buried in a stream of parodies and pretentious notoriety for Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing persists as a hilarious, emotional, and blunt exercise in filmmaking, with a style that is undeniably young and blac...( read more)
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December 26, 2009I have no idea why this movie is regarded highly. It's very average, and Spike Lee is very overrated.
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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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