Do the Right Thing

1989 • 120 minutes

About this movie

What begins as an uproarious comedy evolves into a provocative, disquieting drama as director Spike Lee chronicles trivial events that bring festering racial tensions to the surface on a sweltering day in a largely black Brooklyn neighborhood. After a number of minor misunderstandings -- and an effort to boycott the local pizza parlor -- a young man (Bill Nunn) lies dead, the pizzeria lies in ashes, and the racial schism is wider than ever.

Ratings and reviews

This movie paints Italian Americans in a horrible light. U can't judge a whole race based on a racist moron. I hate this movie, I found myself angry and disgusted watching it. And the ending made me see red. I think spike Lee isn't as great as people think. He definitely has no class.

Hilarious! very funny stereotype movie about trouble making Blacks, hard working Italians, Salsa listening Puerto Ricans, racial profiling white cops and expensive deli owned Koreans😄 and how each of them all are, What can you expect from a racist director like Spike Lee.

A movie that teaches you that racism is only one sided. Was there more to it? Yes, but come on.... basically it's about doing what you want and making other pays for your faults.