Stometer
Save your money for something good and enjoyable
Skunkyrate
Gripping story with well-crafted characters
Lucia Ayala
It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
Jemima
It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.
twbond-00867
One of my favourute movies of all time, and one of the best biopics ever written, Straight Outta Compton is the birth of an iconic legacy that made the world explode into thrill-seeking hip-hop music that we love today.The movie firstly explores the true origins of one of the most beloved artists of all time, all their actors' portrayal knock off an act so beautifully, it details such a dazzling exploration of the real-life icons that made it to their success. From the rise to the hip-hop group N.W.A., to the fall of their band leader, Eazy-E, it surely brings it to a jam-rollercoaster, to an emotional level that becomes tearful, it shines a light on what REALLY happened to their lives that will never be forgotten. It really shows you the issues of Ice Cube leaving the band abs making his own Diss Track, and when Eazy-E's disagreement coming to see his illness. O'Shea Jackson, Jr knocks off a terrific performance of portaraying his real-life father and kicks off a new fresh turn of what he really experienced in the band. Corey Hawkins portrays the rap's doctor, who is now the owner of Apple's Dre beats, and the Jason Mitchell brings to life an artist that changed history until his faithful death. The movie makes it even better with unknown, fantastic new faces that portray one of the best artists ever: Snoop Dogg, 2Pac, and many more.The movie gives it all, and is one of the best biographical movies ever to be out on screen. GO AND WATCH THIS MOVIE! It will be a crime to miss it.
santacruzer-19311
This movie was excellent showing how LA treated African Amercians in the late 80s early 90s. i am a fan of political rap and this movie shows it. it not only shows the rise and fall of N.W.A but also what they had to go through to get to the top. i think straight outta compton came out in the right time with everything that happened between 2015 to 2016. it shined light and made everyone understand just a little bit. other than that the movie was excellent but i just had one problem with it. when N.W.A was recording straight outta compton Dr Dre went outside and was having baby mama trouble and then the cops drove by and looked out the window. After Dre's baby mama drove off the rest of nwa came out and asked what he did wrong and about 3 cop cars came from around the corner and harassed the group when everything was said and done cube comes up to Dre and thats how fuk da police came about. but thats not how the real story went
Clifton Johnson
Better than your average music biopic...but still a music biopic. The story felt uniquely relevant to 2015, partly because the director skillfully used police brutality, partly because the music felt fresh and partly because the performances were solid across the board. But the plot still felt scattered and long-ish; also, Easy E's coughing fits were representative of some TV movie tendencies (VH1 perhaps?). The film overcame those faults. But it was good, not great.
sukhib
Being a huge NWA fan since year 10 in high school,now (29)this movie was a dream come true,about my favourite hip hop act of all time. The cast did a great job especially the actors playing the 3 main leads(DR.DRE,ICE CUBE,EAZY-E). The movie paces itself brilliantly and everyone is given ample screen time.
