History YMMV / StraightOuttaCompton

* JerkassWoobie: The N.W.A crew has their moments, namely when they're being wrestled and brutalized by the LAPD. That being said, they're still far from model people themselves.

* JerkassWoobie: The N.W.A. crew have their moments, namely when they're being wrestled and brutalized by the LAPD. That being said, they're still far from model people themselves.

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Creator/OSheaJacksonJr has been highly praised by audiences and critics alike for his portrayal of Music/IceCube, especially the fact that the latter is ''his own father''.

** Suge Knight's general brutality in this movie. In 2015, he was arrested for homicide because he ran over two men after getting onto a fight with them on the set for this very film. Then in 2017 he was indicted for threatening to kill F. Gary Gray.

** The PoliceBrutality from the 1980s depicted in the film which inspired the group's groundbreaking music has continued well beyond the film's release. Nothing has changed.

** The PoliceBrutality from the 1980s depicted in the film which inspired the group's groundbreaking music continues to this day. Nothing has changed.

* TearJerker: [[spoiler:Eazy-E's death from AIDS-related complications.]]

** The scene where Eazy E is diagnosed with HIV/[=AIDS=].

* TearJerker: [[spoiler:Eazy E's death from AIDS-related complications.]]

** The performance of “Fuck Tha Police”.

* {{Narm}}: As tragic as the scene where Eazy learns that he is diagnosed with [=AIDS=], is, admittedly, his response, "But I ain't no faggot!", was pretty funny.

** The scene of Suge Knight nearly killing someone over a parking spot, espically with the real life implications.

* SpecialEffectFailure: A minor one, but it's fairly obvious that O'Shea Jr is wearing a wig, because he never takes off his hat until after Music/IceCube gets a haircut.

* UnfortunateImplications: The film came under fire for leaving out Music/DrDre's physical abuse of both [[https://www.vladtv.com/article/214046/michelle-im-not-in-nwa-biopic-because-i-was-just-beat-on-gf?page=2 his then girlfriend]] and journalist [[https://gawker.com/heres-whats-missing-from-straight-outta-compton-me-and-1724735910 Dee Barnes]]. The latter of which was actually included in the original script for the film but Dre, a co-producer of the film, had it removed.

* UnfortunateImplications: The film came under fire for leaving out Music/DrDre's physical abuse of both [[https://www.vladtv.com/article/214046/michelle-im-not-in-nwa-biopic-because-i-was-just-beat-on-gf?page=2 his then girlfriend]] and journalist [[https://gawker.com/heres-whats-missing-from-straight-outta-compton-me-and-1724735910 Dee Barnes]]. The latter of which was actually included in the original script for the film but Dre, one of the producers, had it removed.

* RetroactiveRecognition: One of the teens on the bus who taunted OG Two Tone is a [[{{Film/Moonlight}} teenaged Chiron]].

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: The movie became one of the biggest surprise sleeper hits of 2015, notably because of [[DumpMonths its release in the month of August]]. It was the highest grossing musical biopic following its release, beating out even ''Film/WalkTheLine'' (to date, only 2018's ''Film/BohemianRhapsody'' has beaten it) and has the fifth-highest grossing opening weekend in the month of August. And yet ironically, it only managed to grab one UsefulNotes/AcadeyAward nomination.

* {{Narm}}: As tragic as the scene where Eazy learns that he is diagnosed with [=AIDS=], admittedly, his response, "But I ain't no faggot!", was pretty funny.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: The movie became one of the biggest surprise sleeper hits of 2015, notably because of [[DumpMonths its release in the month of August]]. It was the highest grossing musical biopic following its release, beating out even ''Film/WalkTheLine'' (to date, only 2018's ''Film/BohemianRhapsody'' has beaten it) and has the fifth-highest grossing opening weekend in the month of August. And yet ironically, [[AwardSnub it only managed to grab one Oscar nomination.]]
* AwardSnub: There was ''huge'' backlash when the 2016 Academy Awards nominations gave it only one for Best Original Screenplay, which it lost to ''Film/{{Spotlight}}''. The film's snub played a pivotal role in causing the Academy to re-evaluate its nomination process.

* SpecialEffectFailure: A minor one, but it's fairly obvious O'Shea Jr is wearing a wig, because he never takes off his hat until after Ice Cube gets a haircut.
* UnfortunateImplications: The film came under fire for leaving out Dr. Dre's physical abuse of both [[https://www.vladtv.com/article/214046/michelle-im-not-in-nwa-biopic-because-i-was-just-beat-on-gf?page=2 his then girlfriend]] and journalist [[https://gawker.com/heres-whats-missing-from-straight-outta-compton-me-and-1724735910 Dee Barnes]]. The latter of which was actually included in the original script for the film but Dre, one of the producers, had it removed.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: PoliceBrutality is not exclusively perpetrated by white cops, as the black police officer that attempts to arrest N.W.A. for the same lack of reason as the other cops in the movie demonstrates.

* BrokenBase The movie itself has been debated as a WartsAndAll portrayal or a SelfServingMemory with even the band divided on it. Music/IceCube and Music/DrDre said they were going for the former while MC Ren has stated its closer to the latter. Notably, Cube and Dre get a large portion of the screentime as well as focus.

** Suge Knight's general brutality in this movie. In 2015, he was arrested for homicide because he ran over two men after getting onto a fight with them on the set for this very film. Then in 2017 he was indicted for threatening to kill F. Gary Grey.
** R. Marcus Taylor, the guy who played Suge, was arrested for assault in 2017.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: The movie became one of the biggest surprise sleeper hits of 2015, notably because of [[DumpMonths its release in the month of August]]. It was the highest grossing musical biopic following its release, beating out even ''Film/WalkTheLine'' (to date, only 2018's Film/BohemianRhapsody has beaten it) and has the fifth-highest grossing opening weekend in the month of August. And yet ironically, [[AwardSnub it only managed to grab one Oscar nomination.]]