Straight Outta Compton

The world's most dangerous times created the world's most dangerous group

Given the subject matter, this film did better than expected at the US box office, bolstered by good reviews. 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 astonishing story of how these young men revolutionized music and pop culture forever the moment they told the world the truth about life in the hood and ignited a cultural war.

147 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Sex, Nudity, Violence, Prejudice, Drug abuse).
Biographical, Drama, Musical.

RIcher than you'd think.

Credits

Cast	O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Neil Brown Jr., Aldis Hodge, Marlon Yates Jr., R. Marcos Taylor, Carra Patterson
Director	F. Gary Gray
Screenplay	Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff, S. Leigh Savidge, Alan Wenkus
Music	Joseph Trapanese
Cinematography	Matthew Libatique
Editing	Billy Fox, Michael Tronick
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat
Made in	2015
Produced by	Circle of Confusion, Cube Vision, Legendary Pictures, New Line Cinema

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Musical biopic
Language	Strong
Nudity	Moderate, infrequent
Sex	None (sic)
Violence	Moderate to strong
Prejudice	Moderate, frequent
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None (sic)
Comments
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 17 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Helen Herimbi Biopic shows sanitised version of the hip hop hustle.	15
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi	15
Cape Times John DeFore Origin story.	10
Metacritic.com 41 critics	14
Rottentomatoes critics 163 critics	15
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer 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.	18
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	15
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Edgy but powerful story of incendiary '80s rap group.	10
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 171 users	15
Rottentomatoes users 53298 users	15
Internet 42495 Netizens	16
Average .. 72%	14