We Are Your Friends

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  • 2015


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39 % Rotten
$ 11 Million
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Positive Reviews 48
Negative reviews 48
Average Rating 2.5/5
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3.0
A more energetic movie could power through this kind of earnest stupidity. Av Club
2.0
Sophie, meanwhile, offers barely more than a whisper of opinion about the music world shes immersed in, beyond a few moments of damning Coles early wo .. Av Club
4.5
Through Cole, Reed gets to feel the vitality hes lost and Cole finds a way to channel his unfocused artistic energy into something meaningful. Den Of Geek
1.9
But I digress.Lest the viewer come to the conclusion that this movies portrayal of the EDM drug culture is too cavalier, there does kick in near the e .. Rogerebert
2.0
Still, its likely that skilled actors would have made this shallow material even worse. Common Sense Media
4.0
But it would be an infinitely better movie if it sustained the sort of trancelike sonic ecstasy that turns fans into fanatics. Variety
2.0
What can I say: eat, sleep, watch this movie, and never repeat again. We Got This Covered
1.5
Despite its questionable title (to whom are the we and your referring), the film isnt very approachable. Austin Chronicle
4.0
This silly DJ drama spins some killer beats.This enormously fun late summer surprise, which borrows both its title and its pulsating beat from a 2006 .. Time Out
3.0
Bentley gives it some well practised slime as Coles mentor/nemesis, but its Efron who holds it all together, proving once again that hes a smarter, mo .. The Guardian
1.0
Here is a fatuous film about DJ ing and clubbing in Los Angeles, whose tired music video cliches and Entourage style bro love would be wearisome at th .. The Guardian
3.1
An unexpectedly moving climax, beginning with an earnest hyper sensory homage to Upstream Color, confirms the film as paying more than lip service to ..
1.9
Its a sweetly handled but unnecessary distraction in an otherwise music centric story.
1.5
But that effort doesnt mean much when his characters journey is such a familiar one: To find his voice, Cole must stop imitating others and, instead, .. Screen Daily
3.5
Its all big, dumb, broad strokes, with plot points visible from miles away. But it works where it matters: The music is fantastic, and the film invest .. Vulture
4.0
We Are Your Friends is that increasingly rare thing: a genuine feel good movie. The Hollywood Reporter
1.5
It keeps its distance in the emotional depiction of its relationships, particularly the friendships among the Valley Boy quartet.
2.5
If the filmmakers were aiming to mimic the flow of electronic dance music, they succeeded. The action slowly builds and breaks down, with dance beats .. The New York Times
2.0
But lets not get too bogged down in unflattering comparisons: its a smug, abrasive mess in its own right. Telegraph
4.0
Efron, who has long since proved himself a capable actor, can only do so much with the material here.
2.5
And when it strays to matters of love, friendship and loss, the film is predictable, slow and jarringly contrived. San Francisco Chronicle
2.0
Even as yet another film thats a rags to riches success story, it fails to do anything inventive or worthwhile with its conceit. The Young Folks
3.0
Zac Efron makes a convincing bid for movie stardom and Ratajkowski proves shes more than just a pretty face in this flawed but fitfully entertaining f ..
2.5
If you like EDM, you have all this music to listen to.If you dont, you have this story layered over it. Cinema Blend
3.0
Armed with a laptop and a dream of making it big in the world of electronic dance music, the former Disney star (and recent co star of Neighbors and T .. Ny Daily News
0.5
At its worst, this should have simply been a dumb party movie but Josephs first film goes so hopelessly awry at times that Id say the only silver lini .. JoBlo
2.0
Advertising What saves the film from its mess of a screenplay (and overall concept, really) is the sheer sense of fun and imagination Joseph displays .. Screen Rant
3.1
Max Josephs directorial debut, which is allegedly not about the music but about a generation, chronicles the tumultuous rise of a 23 year old DJ (Zac .. The Globe And Mail
1.3
The movie never really figures that out.And the latter half is a mess because of it. Philly
2.5
Simply put, youll watch it if youre big fan of Efron or Ratajkowski.
3.0
Despite being jazzed up with woozy camerawork, kinetic editing and splashy graphics, We Are Your Friends is old fashioned hooey. One Guys Opinion
1.9
A musical romance about tying beats per minute techno music to a dancers heartbeat. It flatines. Rogers Movie Nation
3.1
Ferocity fueled Whiplash, diminishing the influence of cliched plot elements; We Are Your Friends is too laid back for its own good.It feels familiar .. ReelViews
3.0
10 1 4 / 10 Electronic dance music gets a rare shot at big screen stardom in We Are Your Friends, but the filmmakers dont trust its appeal. Blu Ray
3.8
Like its protagonista 23 year old DJ from the San Fernando Valleythe coming of age story We Are Your Friends is sentimental, eager to please, and full .. Chicago Reader
3.8
We Are Your Friends tells a routine story, but it tells that story with flashes of insight and admirable conviction. Mark Reviews Movies
3.5
Reeling: The Movie Review Show has been produced by Robin and Laura Clifford at the Malden, Massachusetts cable access television station, MATV, since ..
1.9
So for those with the attention span of a kitten on catnip, this is the cinematic jam for you. Usa Today
2.0
None of it is relevant (or interesting) and all of it is vulgar (and not in The Times
2.0
We Are Your Friends contains two of these special moments, as Efron, who plays the 23 year old DJ Cole, has profound thoughts and I quote the press pa .. The Times
2.0
Some better characters and a better script were sorely needed here. Screen It
3.0
The likeable Efron captures his characters ambition, yearning and rebelliousness, but the film sometimes risks seeming like an artier (but equally pre .. Independent
1.9
Wes Bentleys DJ tells Zac Efrons wannabe that the ideal EDM track would work up the heart rate of the crowd to 128 beats per minute. This movie never .. Rolling Stone
3.0
For those versed in EDM, that gap might represent the Grand Canyon, but for those of us with an ear untrained in the specifics of untz untz untz, its .. The Wrap
3.0
Its sun saturated, Levis commercial look (cinematographer Brett Pawlak brought the same aesthetic to Short Term 12) and spasmodically Instagram ish as .. Film Journal
3.8
If thats too airy for you, the film provides a more concrete life lesson: Dont bro me if you dont know me. New York Post
2.5
Efron and Bentley seem woefully out of place as would be electronic dance music DJs. Az Central
2.0
WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS (MA) General release (96 minutes) As a screen presence, Zac Efron is full of intriguing contradictions: the clean cut beefcake loo .. Smh
3.0
Hollywood epics and action flicks pump their faux classical strings louder than this film does its EDM and hip hop synth beats. Npr
3.1
Millennials may ultimately embrace We Are Your Friends as their anthemic music movie , something its makers fervently hope. Toronto Star
2.0
So prepare for preposterous, blood spattered violence It is just a shame that the film is as soulless as Agent 47 is, conforming to all the mediocre t .. Daily Mail
1.5
Its moronic, when it should be something of a triumph for this character. Cinema Crazed
3.0
Its 90s influences capture the mood of twentysomethings, who are nostalgic for that era. Flim List
2.0
But Im not sure Id know if it wasnt.I did learn that good DJs synchronize heart rates with throbbing beats per minute tracks. Susang Ranger
2.0
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3.0
In Andrew Haighs 45 Years the answer is, unfortunately, not very much. Express
2.0
Not unlike the generation its trying to represent, We Are Your Friends never really takes the time to consider what it would like to say. The Film Stage
3.1
But, as an audience, you wish that this promising, but generic film were better than this. Chicago Tribune
2.5
We Are Your Friends is a drama set in the electronic dance music scene and starring Zac Efron, and, yes, that sentence just canceled itself out.Is the .. Boston Globe
3.0
The best coming of age films set in a particular subculture evoke coming of age feelings so well that you almost forget the subculture. Uproxx
2.0
But director and coscreenwriter Max Joseph, in his feature debut, isnt content to merely ape narrative tropes of an already overly explored genre: he .. Flickfilosopher
3.0
It is such a shame that the film falls back on the conservative traditions of the rock and jazz movie. The Irish Times
3.0
Unfortunately, if the material hits a captivating groove when it sets aside its teenage angst and love triangles and dives headfirst into digitized me .. Blogs Indie Wire
2.0
Bentley brings a little more weight to his role as a seen it all second stringer who never quite made it to the A list, but his potential character de .. Las Vegas Weekly
2.0
Tragedy also strikes two ordinary looking characters, a tragedy that doesnt touch us in the least because the victims are given barely any screen time .. Standard
2.0
But the story overextends itself, and like a party where the DJ drops the wrong song, it peters out when it should be revving up. Detroit News
2.5
Otherwise, theres very little about this dull drama that makes it stand out, especially in the period as summers winding down and were about to get a ..
1.3
Well, in showing us its one track mind, We Are Your Friends does not miss its chance to blow.It blows, alright. Groucho Reviews
1.5
This film is not a sendoff to EDM fans, but a cookie cutter, coming of age rom com, with a sprinkling of lame and generic EDM to look hep and cool. Firstpost
3.0
Benedict Cumberbatch Wants You To Know He *Is* The Motherf*cking Grinch The Grinch star takes Mike Ryan through the final scenes of Avengers: Infinity .. Hit Fix
2.5
If anything, We Are Your Friends could have done even more on this count.It would have been interesting to learn more about how EDM is created what al .. Aisle Seat
3.0
Everything seems easy and at their finger tips, but never truly fulfilling once they get hold of it.When you sense youve got endless potential and opp .. Forbes
3.0
As an entry level primer on what moves people on and off the dancefloor, this dinky, but determined little rites of passage drama keeps the beat just .. Herald Sun
3.0
The film is every bit as exhausting as the world it inhabits, and even if its irritating to watch after a while, it cant be called dishonest. Consequence Of Sound
2.0
Its a story as old as the Hollywood Hills, even if the milieu is one that movies have yet to thoroughly explore.There are a few nice scenes that at le .. Oregon Live
2.0
Its fun and raw and dumb perfect late summer cinema. Yet Efron, one of our best young actors, gives the movie more than it needs: if not quite gravita .. La Weekly
2.0
We Are Your Friends is to electronic dance music DJs what Punchline is to standup comedians, a laughable repre Zen tation of what its like to be them. .. Tamp A Bay
2.0
Instead, like most of the musical culture it idolises, it is sub par. Flicks
3.0
But what the movie lacks in realism it makes up for in melodrama, keeping the audience involved simply because the characters are relatively enjoyable .. Contact Music
4.0
Because, even if the movie falters with some easy tropesits arc is simple and mostly predictable; Emily Ratajkowski makes for a decidedly bland love i .. Vanity Fair
3.0
Gwen has certainly been having a terrific time and has been taking to Instagram to update fans. The Sun
2.0
With endless talk of BPM and EQ levels, DJ ing is at best inherently uncinematic and, at worst, dull as a dust cover. Scmp
3.5
The upside of these bro centric coming of age cliches is that the filmmakers subvert them at many turns, making the movie more thoughtful than inspira .. Straight
1.0
The two make an excellent cautionary couple: hey kid, is this really the life you want Sandiego Reader
2.0
Young, dumb and full of pick up lines like Your body is 81 percent water, and Im thirsty. Metro New York
2.5
With its blasts of trippy, Red Bull fueled cinematic tricks and a hole in one performance from Wes Bentley as a cocky celeb DJ, it has the bones of a .. Mercury News
2.0
The plot is generic in the extreme and the dialogue and acting barely disguises the fact that its really just a series of not very exciting set pieces .. Scots Man
1.9
It holds minimal appeal for anyone unfamiliar with the scene it depicts, and hardcore EDM devotees may very well resent that the good stuff has been h .. Movie Mezzanine
3.0
Graduating from the bubblegum pop of the High School Musical movies, Zac Efron plays a zealous 23 year old electronic dance music DJ from the San Fern .. What So
2.0
Its terrible.Even by the low, low, bargain basement low standards of a sh*t musical genre like EDM, Coles big song is awful. Lainey Gossip
3.8
Movie review of We Are Your Friends: Set in the world of electronic dance music, We Are Your Friends has a beat that is pervasive, invasive, propulsiv .. Seattle Times
1.9
Maybe Im getting old and cranky, but I like my fictional characters to earn their redemption moments. National Post
2.0
An inconsistent attitude towards drugs, an inherently false grab at sentimentality in the final act, and indifferent performances combine to form a fa .. Trespass Mag
3.0
Still, We Are Your Friends is engaging and the cast does a good job. Toronto Sun
3.0
We Are Your Friends is a big screen soap opera all beautiful people, all the time, who wear very small bathing suits, and jump up and down near swimmi .. Theepoch Times
2.0
Its a generic fairy tale of Making It.The stakes couldnt be lower. Grant Land
2.5
We Are Your Friends is Magic Mike with turntables, right down to the party scenes oozing with so much potential disease transmission that I wanted a s .. Blog Bullz Eye
1.0
When the characters in the film are this obnoxious or dully conceived it becomes interminable, even at ninety odd minutes. Impulse Gamer
3.0
On paper, this is dumb its really, really dumb but on screen theres something weirdly satisfying to it. Junkee
2.0
Theres something sick at the very centre of this party culture, and the movie wanders around it poking at its festering sores and cataract eyes withou .. Ex Press
2.5
Regrettably, the movies take on gender relations is just as bad as its predecessor. All Movie
3.8
The buzz of restless energy in co writer/director Max Josephs movie at times keeps it from finding a groove, but it certainly captures the Millennial .. City Weekly
3.0
played with Oscar worthy emotional precision by 23 year old British actress Bel Powley. My States Man
3.5
But both movies have this inescapable wistful streak, as if its characters are forever looking forward or looking back, the present a harder thing to .. Buzz Feed
3.8
Sweetly retrieves the EDM genre from the artificiality of elbow throwing bros and emoji hearts. Its life as mash up, idealism fighting to survive agai .. Trib
2.5
But Efrons innate charm and mesmerizing baby blues once again carry the film to the finish line. Baltimore Magazine
1.3
Bentley is quite good here.Watching DJs at work is kind of like watching chefs do their job, as they hunch over their hardware and occasionally look u .. Hono Lulu Pulse
3.5
Director Joseph captures the vital energy and druggie haze of EDM parties, providing a peek into a world not often seen on the big screen. Ap
2.5
Instead, it bounces from genre to genre before stumbling upon an uplifting coda. Life Zette



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