Genre: social drama
With: Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis
Director: Spike Lee
Release: 1989
Studio: Sound One, Deluxe Digital Media, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, Da Moulan Van Movie Company
Rating: R
MBiS score: 8.2/10
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Story-line: one hot day in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of New York City, Sal’s Famous Pizzeria becomes the focal point of neighbourhood tensions.
Pluses: strong acting, excellent character development, a foreboding mood and a realistic story.
Minuses: none whatsoever.
Comments: a mature and excellent work about race relations and a great effort by writer-director-actor Spike Lee. DO THE RIGHT THING can truly be called a ‘slice-of-life’ film.
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