Do the Right Thing (1989) Review
A lot of people like this movie, and there are certainly times when I can agree with them. It definitely has its moments.
The events happening along on a block in Brooklyn during the hottest day of the year are interesting, if nothing else. But interesting may be about as good of a description as I can give. The performances of the actors are quite good, but the story is just a bit too disjointed to be really enjoyable. Like many other tales, both in movies and in television shows, there are just too many storylines to follow to make sense of them all in a way that makes it worth the time that it takes.
That said, there a huge number of names in the movie, and all of them deliver great performances in their roles. The problem is that precious few of them are given the screen time to really allow the viewer to care what happens to them. The one exception here is Sal (Danny Aiello), the operator of Sal's Famous Pizzaria (that's really how it is spelled), out of place because it's not found in an Italian area of town, a fact that one of his sons and at least some of the residents continue to point out throughout the movie.
