Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing
R | 30 June 1989 (USA)
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Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.

Reviews
Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?
Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
ubinkhaad I'm giving this title one star purely because I love Sammy Jackson, John Tuturo, and Danny Aiello. These three, it should be noted, are the only actors that seem to know how to act. There was literally nothing good about this movie other than those 3 actors. The editing was horrible and there were so many errors it was ridiculous. Like when the little brother dago kid goes out with the delivery kid and they have a talk. When they come back to the pizza shop the dago appears to have a fresh haircut yet he never stopped for one. So many inconsistencies. All I can say is it was truly pathetic. The fact that anyone rated this above four stars is outrageous. It's just SO bad. I really don't know what to say other than if you were thinking about watching this flick...don't waste your precious time because it is simply terrible. The only good thing about it was JOhn's line where he speaks to the camera spitting out some racial slurs but you can look that up on youtube and save yourself an hour and a half or so to do something better (and trust me, ANYTHING would be better)
emmanuelmstudent Do the Right Thing by Spike Lee is a movie set in the neighborhood of Bed-stuy. This is about a conflict between a set of customers and the pizza shop where the main character Mookie works at. At Sal's famous Pizza there is a wall of fame where there are a bunch of famous white and Italian people the customer ,buggin out, sees this and doesn't think it's right and demands there be some black people on the wall. This is the main conflict but there are other small conflicts throughout the movie. This movie has a lot to learn from in diverse spaces and cooperation between different types of individuals.
estelastudent This movie is a really raw movie. This is by far my favorite movie. Not only is it really humour, but it really shows you how the youth in a community are impacted by oppression and police brutality. One of my favorite characters in the movie was Mookie, the main character. I think people can relate to mookie and how many priorities he had as a young black man, especially seeing his black friend being murdered. It was a lot going on in mookie's world. He had many dilemmas, but he always tried to remain respectful and keep his composure. I really recommend this movie especially do many minorities who's seen corruption within their neighborhoods. Very raw movie. Fave movie indeed!
Damon Auguste Do the right thing takes place during a very hot summer day where racial tensions are building up. What do the right thing does right is making this little neighborhood feel alive. This is achieved by making every character seem relevant in story. Each character is given just the right time to ease their self in our mind allowing us to believe that even after the movie ends, the neighborhood continues to live.Why I think do the right thing is important is because even after the civil rights movement, people thought racism was coming to an end. Spike Lee wanted to show in this movie, that race relationships in America are still a problem. Even to this day, this movie still applies and could be made today and it would affect me the same way.In terms of actual technical skill, the movie feels different. Spike lee films in unusual ways, he keeps the camera moving. He keeps it upbeat, he keeps it fresh and he keeps it interesting.The performances are great and if there was one stand-out it would have to be Sal.Overall, a very thought-provoking movie that makes you pondering race relations. No matter what your color is.