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Straight Outta Compton

2015

F. Gary Gray

Lakeith Stanfield, Aldis Hodge, Jason Mitchell, Paul Giamatti ...

7.0

12,038

Drama In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most dangerous in the country. When five young men translated their experiences growing up into brutally honest music that rebelled against abusive authority, they gave an explosive voice to a silenced generation. Following the meteoric rise and fall of N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton tells the story of how these youngsters revolutionized music and pop culture forever ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Scott Foundas Variety	"If 'Compton' is undeniably of the moment, it’s also timeless in its depiction of how artists and writers transform the world around them into angry, profane, vibrant and singular personal expression."	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"An amazement, an electrifying piece of hip-hop history. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"It does for the most part fulfill its mission, breathing life into the origin story of a group whose influence is still being felt."	POS
United States	Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"'Straight Outta Compton' is a hugely entertaining film that works best if you don’t look at it too closely and just listen."	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"It's a story driven by classic tensions: struggle and triumph, division and conquest, group and individual."	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Despite a twisty, juicy and compelling story, there remains a staid conventionality that keeps the political and thematic undercurrents from being explored as satisfyingly as one might hope."	NEU
United States	James Rocchi The Wrap	"It tells a powerful, engaging and compelling story of how America challenged and changed five young black men, and how they in turn challenged and changed America."	POS

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