Straight Outta Compton currently has an average rating of 7.5 out of 10 and has been rated by 794 users on our platform.
The music remains essential, even if the movie isn’t.
Read full review at The A.V. Club...engaged with its well-executed action scenes...
Read full review at Roger EbertPotent and visceral in its depiction of street life and blinged-up excess alike, Straight Outta Compton delivers big beats of both kinds.
Read full review at Empire...the movie does a good job of showing the pure electric craziness of the music that NWA first produced: it shows how their angry lyrics were politicised...
Read full review at The GuardianVery good, raw, real - and brings back all the memories of that time! really enjoyed
...sizzles with the recalled and utterly still-relevant rage of young black men caught up and repeatedly knocked down by a society that, to this day, favors old, rich white guys over everyone else.
Read full review at The Austin ChronicleThe NWA story is told in the style of a luxe, classic-era studio biopic. And it's scintillating.
Read full review at Little White Lies...en fantastisk skildring af de virkelige hiphopikoner og deres vigtige ståsted i musikhistorien.
Read full review at SoundvenueDet magnifika ljudspåret innehåller inte bara musik av NWA-medlemmarnas senare grupperingar utan också soul, funk och fusion av bästa slag...
Read full review at Dagens Nyheter...fortællingen om de fem gadedrenge fra ghettoen [er] fyldt med så mange dramatiske højdepunkter, at man aldrig når at kede sig undervejs.
Read full review at CinemazoneF. Gary Gray kan uppenbarligen genren utan och innan och bygger en linjär resa som avhandlar både saftiga anekdoter och monumental kontext.
Read full review at Nöjesguiden...bra underhållning. Gary Gray lyckas med hårt kameraarbete skapa en effektfull råhet i de mer intensiva scenerna...
Read full review at Filmtopp...de spiller faktisk så godt, at man næsten glemmer, vi har at gøre med skuespillere – også når de rapper sig gennem filmens glimrende soundtrack.
Read full review at Filmmagasinet Ekko…en ghetto-resa deluxe fylld med dunkande beats och smått fantastiska skådespelare.
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