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Do the Right Thing (1989): Scores Across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB

7.9IMDb
92%Tomatometer
93Metacritic
7.8TMDB

Do the Right Thing is a 1989 drama film directed by Spike Lee. It scores 7.9 on IMDb, 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, 93 on Metacritic, 7.8 on TMDB. Audiences and critics disagree: scaled to 100, IMDb users give it 79 while Metacritic critics give it 93, a gap of 14 points in favor of critics. Ranked by confidence-weighted IMDb score, it is number 5 of 97 films from 1989 in our catalog and number 469 of 3,595 drama films.

Billed cast: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee.

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