What is Do the Right Thing rated, and is it OK for kids?

Strong violence and frequent strong language. The R is earned, so not for kids.

Do the Right Thing (1989)

Film · 2h · Rated R

Racial tensions simmer and explode on a hot summer day in Brooklyn, forcing a community to confront its boiling prejudices.

Tense and pulpy. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.

Streaming on YouTube (free).

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Do the Right Thing parents guide

Nothing past what an R promises: some innuendo or implied sex and strong violence.

Scare: Not scary
Jump scares: None noted
Gore: No gore
Violence: Strong violence; Violence is frequent or intense.
Sex and nudity: Mild; Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
Language: Strong; Frequent strong profanity or slurs.

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Three questions

How gory is Do the Right Thing?: No gore and strong violence.
What is Do the Right Thing rated, and is it OK for kids?: Strong violence and frequent strong language. The R is earned, so not for kids.

What is Do the Right Thing about?

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.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

It leaves the ending open to interpretation.