My husband and I went yesterday. Mark is an extremely harsh movie rating grader -- he reserves four stars for best of all time top ten of all time kinds of films. He gives Straight Outta Compton 2 1/2 stars, which is solid for him. He really enjoyed it. I'd rate it higher.
Mark thought it meandered a bit in the middle of the picture, but thought the casting was fantastic. We both couldn't get over Ice Cube's son's performance. All the performances were very good, but he was a standout.
We also agree that if you produce a film, you can make sure that you are portrayed as a saint. Except for the one scene where Ice Cube trashes the label exec's office, he and Dr. Dre come off as... |