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(1 - 12) of 12 OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh Page   1   5/5 "Lee shows us both sides of the situation, and lets us decide for ourselves. The results are devastating."   Filmcritic.com   Bill Gibron A "It's perhaps one of the greatest summer movies of all time. Do the Right Thing is as perfect as a film can get."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf 89/100 "Has the greatness necessary to embrace its contradictions"   Apollo Guide   Dan Jardine 4/4 "Like Rear Window to Alfred Hitchcock, like Nashville to Robert Altman, like Playtime to Jacques Tati, Lee's Do the Right Thing is an undiluted representation of its creator's artistic command."   Slant Magazine   Eric Henderson "A powerful and poignant portrait of contemporary urban life."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 4/4 "The movie confronts racism head-on, with the kind of clear-eyed and unflinching attitude that is rarely seen in major motion pictures. Lee does not pander to political correctness, nor does he sermonize."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli A "Lee’s theatrical piece speaks the Truth, Ruth. And it just ain’t simple."   Old School Reviews   John A. Nesbit 4/4 "You can't afford not to see this modern masterpiece."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest 8/10 "This may not be the best film of the summer, but it is the most ambitious."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 4/4 "Roger Ebert points out that this film, which honestly (and sometimes graphically) explores the ambivalence surrounding race relations, was probably the best movie of 1989. I would have a hard time disagreeing."   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "Do the Right Thing operates to approach race frankly, as peoples’ interpretations of the climax become interwoven with their preconceptions of race and bigotry."   Not Coming to a Theater Near You   Rumsey Taylor "[Spike] Lee doesn't attempt to answer the complicated questions of racism, misunderstanding and simmering anger as much as confront them with a hard clarity."   Seanax.com   Sean Axmaker  (1 - 12) of 12 OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh Page   1