Fresh
The core of the story is business, the object is power, and the quirks of desire and twists of the unconscious are given no place in the struggle-which the movie sharply carries ahead to the present day.
Richard Brody, New Yorker
Straight Outta Compton
The world's most dangerous times created the world's most dangerous group.
2015 · 2h 27m · R
Drama, History, Music
Directed by
F. Gary Gray
Overview
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's very easy to imagine sing-along showings cropping up for years to come.
Christy Lemire, ChristyLemire.com
Rotten
This movie about a group of risk-takers should have taken more risks itself.
Tyler Daswick, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Straight Outta Compton aims to cross cultures and sanctify the wisdom of the street-to make a universal underdog story. It succeeds on a visceral level.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten
Straight Outta Compton is so beholden to the appeasement of so many artists and legacies and estates that none of it coheres as a movie.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
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