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Do the Right Thing

  • Rated R
  • 2hr
  •  (2)
  • 93

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Spike Lee

Producer:

Spike Lee

Writer:

Spike Lee

Release Date:

Jul 21, 1989

Runtime:

2hr

Synopsis

On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.

Cast

  • Danny Aiello
  • Ossie Davis
  • Ruby Dee
  • Richard Edson
  • Giancarlo Esposito
  • Spike Lee
  • Bill Nunn
  • John Turturro
  • Rosie Perez
  • Paul Benjamin

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Metacritic

93
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Based on 26 Critics
8.2

USER SCORE (201)

Universal acclaim based on 201 Reviews
100

It comes closer to reflecting the current state of race relations in America than any other movie of our time.

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
100

This is a sumptuous work, from its unconventional title sequence of a woman dancing hard in the streets to its provocative ending with conflicting quotes from Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr .[30 June 1989, Friday, p.A]

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Metacritic review by Gene Siskel
Gene Siskel
Chicago Tribune
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