Rotten
A plethora of beats drop but little else of note - musical or otherwise - happens in the Zac Efron DJ fest We Are Your Friends.
Brian Truitt, USA Today
We Are Your Friends
The world is yours.
2015 · 1h 36m · R
Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Directed by
Max Joseph
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We Are Your Friends
Overview
Young Cole Carter dreams of hitting the big time as a Hollywood disc jockey, spending his days and nights hanging with buddies and working on the one track that will set the world on fire. Opportunity comes knocking when he meets James Reed, a charismatic DJ who takes the 23-year-old under his wing. Soon, his seemingly clear path to success gets complicated when he starts falling for his mentor's girlfriend, jeopardizing his new friendship and the future he seems destined to fulfill.
Director and cast
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Top critics, in their words
40%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's the perfect one-last-blast movie for the end of summer.
Christy Lemire, ChristyLemire.com
Rotten
It's as if a Michael Lewis story or a 1980s Paul Schrader movie were intercepted by studio marketing execs who said, "You should turn Saturday Night Fever into a commercial for SunnyD."
Wesley Morris, Grantland
Fresh
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.
Sandy Cohen, Associated Press
Fresh
Its poignance comes from the film's desire to treat the aspirations and emotions of its tender-hearted, kinda dim hero seriously while maintaining enough distance to feel wiser and more mature than he is.
Alison Willmore, BuzzFeed News
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