Review of Do the Right Thing (1997) by Aaron A — 08 Nov 2011
"One hand is always fighting the other hand".
Synopsis: What begins as an uproarious comedy evolves into a provocative, disquieting drama as trivial events bring festering racial tensions to the surface on a sweltering day in a largely black Brooklyn neighborhood.
If there currently is any doubt (or ever was) that director Spike Lee is an auteur, than one would probably need to look no farther than the undeniably quirky Do The Right Thing. The picture is not only filled with a unique style all it's own, the lovingly infectious tongue-in cheek humor makes it almost impossible to not burst out in laughter, making it easy to see with a third eye how simple trivialities can produce such disastrous events. When you add in the directors wildly different framing, Do The Right Thing is immensely interesting.
But it's script is what catapults this pic into stratospheric prominence. Quite possibly the greatest statement on racism since John Ford's The Searchers, the film certainly leaves you provoked, and hungry for an answer that the film simply doesn't provide.
This review of Do the Right Thing (1997) was written by Aaron A on 08 Nov 2011.
Do the Right Thing has generally received very positive reviews.
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