We Are Your Friends
Zac Efron leads this feature as an aspiring DJ hitting up the Hollywood electronic music scene. Pursuing his craft down to a science, the 23-year-old record-spinner gains the attention of an older DJ. But he also gains the attention of the veteran’s significantly younger girlfriend...
- Director:
- Max Joseph (feature debut)
- Writer:
- Max JosephMeaghan Oppenheimer
- Cast:
- Zac EfronJonny WestonEmily RatajkowskiWes BentleyShiloh FernandezJon BernthalVanessa LengiesDiana Prince
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Steve Newall
flicksA film about DJing and electronic music production is off to an immediately problematic start, because song selection and beat matching isn’t fun to watch, and neither is sitting in front of a laptop trying to hatch a banger. On the other hand, what the increasingly tiresome and rapidly overlapping worlds of superstar DJs and EDM have in common is globetrotting celebrity and unbridled hedonism. Barely acknowledging either, We Are Your Friends is instead the rote sort of underdog tale that Hollywood rolls out to cash in on every fad from punk rock to skateboarding.
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Fantastic directing and soundtrack; poor plot
This movie is pretty to look at and listen to; the soundtrack is outstanding, the direction is creative and compelling. However it is the plot that suffers in terms of both creativity and the ability to capture the audiences attention. The characters were two-dimensional and uninteresting, the storyline was both over-used and predictable. The...
Efron shines in enjoyable, well directed DJ movie.
It's been a while since I have seen an Efron starring vehicle, but this one was by far his most memorable. WAYF is a solid comedy drama about a young DJ living in San Fernando, trying to make something of his life along with his best mates. Things start to fall apart, however, when he enters a forbidden love affair with another DJ's girl. Max Joseph...
Variety
pressEfron is the fresh-faced young mixmaster at the center of Max Joseph's brashly entertaining but earnestly predictable EDM soap opera.
Time Out
pressCrucially, the film never pretends that deejaying is a mystical (or even valid) art form -- Cole just wants to express himself, and Efron taps into the same sad tenderness that made him such a tragicomic revelation in Neighbors.
The New York Times
pressIf the filmmakers were aiming to mimic the flow of electronic dance music, they succeeded. The action slowly builds and breaks down, with dance beats kicking in periodically. Not much resonates here; it's all facile entertainment.
The Guardian
pressA return to intriguing form for Zac Efron after the patience-testing trials of That Awkward Moment and Bad Neighbours.
Los Angeles Times
pressThe movie never quite decides if it wants to be a sensitive drama of self-actualization or a playful party movie and ultimately misses the mark on both counts.
Empire Magazine
pressZac Efron makes a convincing bid for movie stardom — and Ratajkowski proves she’s more than just a pretty face — in this flawed but fitfully entertaining film, even if it all goes a bit Pete Tong at the end.
Flicks, Steve Newall
flicksA film about DJing and electronic music production is off to an immediately problematic start, because song selection and beat matching isn’t fun to watch, and neither is sitting in front of a laptop trying to hatch a banger. On the other hand, what the increasingly tiresome and rapidly overlapping worlds of superstar DJs and EDM have in common is globetrotting celebrity and unbridled hedonism. Barely acknowledging either, We Are Your Friends is instead the rote sort of underdog tale that Hollywood rolls out to cash in on every fad from punk rock to skateboarding.
Variety
pressEfron is the fresh-faced young mixmaster at the center of Max Joseph's brashly entertaining but earnestly predictable EDM soap opera.
Time Out
pressCrucially, the film never pretends that deejaying is a mystical (or even valid) art form -- Cole just wants to express himself, and Efron taps into the same sad tenderness that made him such a tragicomic revelation in Neighbors.
The New York Times
pressIf the filmmakers were aiming to mimic the flow of electronic dance music, they succeeded. The action slowly builds and breaks down, with dance beats kicking in periodically. Not much resonates here; it's all facile entertainment.
The Guardian
pressA return to intriguing form for Zac Efron after the patience-testing trials of That Awkward Moment and Bad Neighbours.
Los Angeles Times
pressThe movie never quite decides if it wants to be a sensitive drama of self-actualization or a playful party movie and ultimately misses the mark on both counts.
Empire Magazine
pressZac Efron makes a convincing bid for movie stardom — and Ratajkowski proves she’s more than just a pretty face — in this flawed but fitfully entertaining film, even if it all goes a bit Pete Tong at the end.
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Fantastic directing and soundtrack; poor plot
This movie is pretty to look at and listen to; the soundtrack is outstanding, the direction is creative and compelling. However it is the plot that suffers in terms of both creativity and the ability to capture the audiences attention. The characters were two-dimensional and uninteresting, the storyline was both over-used and predictable. The...
Efron shines in enjoyable, well directed DJ movie.
It's been a while since I have seen an Efron starring vehicle, but this one was by far his most memorable. WAYF is a solid comedy drama about a young DJ living in San Fernando, trying to make something of his life along with his best mates. Things start to fall apart, however, when he enters a forbidden love affair with another DJ's girl. Max Joseph...
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