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Straight Outta Compton is a 2015 American biographical musical crime drama film directed by F. Gary Gray, depicting the rise and fall of the gangsta rap group N.W.A and its members Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, and DJ Yella. The members of N.W.A were involved in the production of the film, including Ice Cube and Dr. Dre as producers, as was Eazy-E's widow, Tomica Woods-Wright, while MC Ren and DJ Yella served as creative consultants. Ice Cube is played by his real-life son, O'Shea Jackson Jr., with Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre and Jason Mitchell as Eazy-E. Paul Giamatti also stars as N.W.A's manager Jerry Heller.

Plot
In 1988, a groundbreaking new group revolutionizes music and pop culture, changing and influencing hip-hop forever. N.W.A's first studio album, "Straight Outta Compton," stirs controversy with its brutally honest depiction of life in Southern Los Angeles. With guidance from veteran manager Jerry Heller, band members Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson Jr.), Dr. Dre (Corey Hawkins), Eazy-E, DJ Yella and MC Ren navigate their way through the industry, acquiring fame, fortune and a place in history.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It follows the event of the rise and fall of the gangsta rap group N.W.A and its members Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, and DJ Yella with endlessly relevant social commentary.
 * 2) The acting performance did a great and engaging job for doing that. The best example are O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Neil Brown Jr., Aldis Hodge and even Paul Giamatti.
 * 3) Cinematography exhibits dynamic use of camera that remains in sync with what's unfolding on the screen for it is chaotic when things are on the verge of explosion & easygoing when dealing with calm moments.
 * 4) Fantastic music soundtrack that connects the story, since its a biopic about one of the greatest rap groups of all time.
 * 5) The entire scene where the band listens to "No Vaseline" is hilarious. Besides the girls and random friends who were with them (who are laughing their asses off), Yella finds it Actually Pretty Funny while Jerry has a full-on Villainous Breakdown. The rest of the band mostly just shrug it off, but it visibly gets to them as they listen to, which makes the contrast all the funnier when Heller goes berserk and everyone else reacts in a relatively relaxed manner. DJ Yella actually admits that's pretty much how they took it in Real Life in an interview, since to them there was no question that Cube had them beat.
 * 6) Intense and emotional scene, like Eazy-E finding out that he has AIDS.
 * 7) *Everybody's reactions to Eazy's diagnosis. Tomika leaves the hospital room in tears at the stress of it all, Eazy is left alone in his bed and starts crying himself. When Ren and Yella come to visit, they try to tough it out, but eventually have to leave because it was too much to bear. Dre finally visits by the time Eazy is comatose, and starts talking to him as casually as he can, even when tears are streaming down his face. The only one who is never shown as visibly distraught is Cube, and even then, that's implied to only be because he can't bear to see his friend in a coma.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Anachronism: 2Pac is seen at Death Row studios recording "Hail Mary" with Dre present near the end of the movie, and Eazy is still alive. In real life, Dre had already left Death Row before the Don Killuminati sessions, and Eazy already died from complications caused by AIDS.
 * 2) *Eazy-E is shown wearing his iconic White Sox cap in 1986. Unfortunately, said cap design didn't exist before 1991. Eazy did sport that hat in Real Life, but it was after N.W.A's breakup and shortly before his death.
 * 3) R. Marcos Taylor's casting with Suge Knight is questionable.

Reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 89% based on 247 reviews, with an average rating of 7.40/10. The site's consensus reads, "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." On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 72 out of 100, based on 41 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". On CinemaScore, audiences gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak-surveyed audiences gave the film a rare 5 out of 5 stars and a 75% "definite recommend".