Straight Outta Compton (2015)
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Critic Consensus: Straight Outta Compton is a biopic that's built to last, thanks to F. Gary Gray's confident direction and engaging performances from a solid cast.
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Cast
as Ice Cube
as Dr. Dre
as Eazy-E
as MC Ren
as DJ Yella
as Jerry Heller
as Tomica
as Nicole Threatt
as Kim
as Tyree Crayton
as D.O.C.
as Suge Knight
as Young Warren G
as Warren G
as Snoop
as Jinx
as LaVetta
as Verna Griffin
as Doris Jackson
as Hosea Jackson
as Chuck D
as Lonzo Williams
as Bryan Turner
as Greg Mack
as Tone
as Rock
as Journalist
as Tupac
as Journalist
as Journalist
as Journalist
as OG Blood
as Kid
as Kid
as Block Dude
as Block Dude
as LAPD Crash Cop
as LAPD Crash Cop
as LAPD Cop
as Uniform Cop
as Uniform Cop
as Doo To's Security Guard
as Officer
as HBO Rapper
as HBO Rapper
as Capitol Records Executive
as Torrance Cop
as Torrance Cop
as Officer Rauch
as Big Dude
as Felicia
as Tour Bus Driver
as Joe Louis Police
as Jimmy Lovine
as CNN Journalist
as Guy with Dog
as Chillin' Cop
as Goon
as Poor Bastard
as Goon Girl
as Suge's Pit Handler
as Street Interviewee
as Street Interviewee
as Street Interviewee
as Young Doctor
as Ron Sweeney
as Pastor
as LAPD Westwood
as Georgia Officer
as Alabama Officer
as Missouri Officer
as News Reporter
as News Reporter
as Blood
as Large Man
as Menage Girl
as Menage Girl
as Girl
as Girl
as Bus Driver
as Tasha
as Keisha
as Korean Store Owner
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Critic Reviews for Straight Outta Compton
All Critics (213) | Top Critics (44) | Fresh (186) | Rotten (27) | DVD (1)
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.
It's very easy to imagine sing-along showings cropping up for years to come.
This movie about a group of risk-takers should have taken more risks itself.
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.
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.
While no one will mistake this for a protest film-there are too many pool parties-the movie's portrait of a militarized police force all too eager to assault young black men can't help but resonate in our own moment.
Audience Reviews for Straight Outta Compton
I was a barely born during the era of NWA, but I grew up listening to Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac because of my brother. I was unfamiliar with Eazy-E, but my brother gave me a little background of the beef between them. It was a great film I thought and the actors portrayed them well. It took me back for sure.
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A very well-directed, provocative and comprehensive - albeit a bit overlong - biopic that shines with exquisite camera movements and amazing performances to tell this compelling story of the three men who popularized the gangsta rap movement that came up in the 1980s.
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Going into Straight Outta Compton I already had a general idea of the history of N.W.A. I'm not a gangsta rap fan, but I was transitioning between childhood and angry teenager during the same time as their run and I watched MTV. I remembered the riots (there were always riots back then, no matter the genre) and I remember the death of Eazy E. I knew that Ice Cube left and formed Public Enemy. This film filled in those gaps. This is your straight forward biopic and what's most striking about it is the how the themes that have played out throughout the annals of music history continued to play out. As a whole, N.W.A. was a great unit that is torn apart by the oldest reason in the record business: money. And it's not them fighting each other for it (not quite), but how yet another group of young stars is manipulated into giving up their rights because they're naïve, while the agent or promoter, or the record executive lives high on the hog. That's the typical story, but the layer that sits on top of that is the environment these guys came from and how they expressed it in their music, even to the point of having to take knocks from the police and competitors. The weight of this brave new world of gangster rap was on the shoulders of these young men. I'm kind of leery when your subject matter is the producing the film and I think there were a few tid bits that were glossed over, but overall Straight Outta Compton is a great film that details the birth of a new art form as it shows us the business as usual attitudes of the industry.
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Straight Outta Compton Quotes
| Eazy-E: | She kinda... preoccupied wit some real nigga dick |
| Eazy-E: | She kinda... preoccupied wit some real nigga dick. |
| Dr. Dre: | If we keep goin we can take over the goddamn world ! |
| Dr. Dre: | If we keep goin' we can take over the goddamn world! |
| Ice Cube: | speak a little truth and people lose they mind. |
| Ice Cube: | Speak a little truth and people lose they mind. |
| Ice Cube: | How you go from selling rocks in a dope house to eating dinner in the white house? |
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