FFCC members review F. Gary Gray’s ‘Straight Outta Compton’
FFCC members review F. Gary Gray’s box office smash Straight Outta Compton.
Bill Gibron, Pop Matters
“As a biopic, as a social commentary, as a reminder of our current cultural limits and liabilities, you couldn’t ask for a better film.”
Dan Hudak, Punch Drunk Movies
“The real highlight of the film isn’t the music or story – it’s the acting.”
Steven Lebowitz, West Palm Beach and Miami Movie Examiner
“Despite the long script, Director F. Gary Gray does a good job at balancing the multiple stories he needs to tell. He does things with the camera that he has not done before. These show he is still growing as a storyteller. He does get into an after school special mode at times. ”
Hans Morgenstern, Independent Ethos
“Director F. Gary Gray never lets up the tempo, despite a near two and a half hour run time. His flair for the music video comes across in moments as obvious as when the group takes the stage or in the smaller moments.”
Skip Sheffield, Skip Sheffield’s Flix, Muzik, Showz, Travel & More Blog
“For a group that had such a brief life, N.W.A. has an outsized legacy … I think this movie may well put them over the top.”
Alfred Soto, Humanizing the Vacuum
“Cube and Dre knew that however horrific the scenarios and crushing the beats N.W.A. attempted to reclaim control of their own bodies — a consequence which has led to accusations that they turned control into power and violence. What I see in Straight Outta Compton, though, are Hollywood conventions reclaiming their bodies.”
