Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing (1989)

"It's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can..."
ThumbScore
👍 86%
Critics Score
🎬 92% (RT: 92%, MC: 93)
Drama
Director
Spike Lee
Runtime
2h
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Votes
1,953
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Metacritic
93
Overview
Sal 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.
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