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7.8

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7.1

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Critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

The music remains essential, even if the movie isn’t.

Read full review at The A.V. Club

Critic Odie Henderson

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...engaged with its well-executed action scenes...

Read full review at Roger Ebert

Critic Peter Bradshaw

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...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 Guardian

Critic Olly Richards

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Potent 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

Casper Björner

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Very good, raw, real - and brings back all the memories of that time! really enjoyed

3 years ago

Critic Frederik Dirks Gottlieb

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...en fantastisk skildring af de virkelige hiphopikoner og deres vigtige ståsted i musikhistorien.

Read full review at Soundvenue

Critic Morten Møller Bertelsen

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...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 Cinemazone

Critic Kerstin Gezelius

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Det 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

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Straight Outta Compton is a 2015 biographical drama film that tells the story of the rise and fall of the groundbreaking hip-hop group N.W.A. The film follows the lives of five young men from Compton, California, who use their music to express their frustration and anger about life in one of the most dangerous places in America. With their raw talent, swagger, and bravado, they form the world's most dangerous group and ignite a social revolution that is still reverberating today. The film features an all-star cast, including O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Neil Brown Jr., Aldis Hodge, Paul Giamatti, Marlon Yates Jr., R. Marcos Taylor, LaKeith Stanfield, Alexandra Shipp, and Corey Reynolds.

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Straight Outta Compton was released in theaters on August 11, 2015.