Dotsthavesp I wanted to but couldn't!

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Adam Arpasi This movie make me feel really great. I really like Zac play in this movie (not only in this) and of course the gorgeous Emily. Nice musics, motivating story. I will watch it again for sure!

mrsi4mon . I'm going to start off by saying that I know this film did not do well in the box office or in many other reviews, and I can see certain points about it being a superficial story, however right there is where the negatives stop for me with this movie. Contrary to what a lot of critics are saying about this film being one dimensional, I found it to be completely the opposite. This movie totally caught me off guard by adding layer after layer of subtle reach-backs and nods to itself, and the EDM industry as a whole.Firstly, the idea for the film (a talented kid hoping to one day become a successful with EDM, coming from essentially nothing) caught my interest right away, due to the specific focus on electronic music, which I really connect with, and the film did not disappoint in that regard. The soundtrack was on point with a lot of great songs being mixed in with a ton of new music made just for the film. In that regard I found the movie to be genius, as the soundtrack acted as a persistent metaphor of what EDM music is. This was an extremely cool feature, and was just one of the layers that impressed me with this filmNow in regards to the story, it did start off a little slowly, and the introduction of characters was a little sloppy; however the unique filming style and artistic merit that accompanied the introduction took my mind off critiquing this initial letdown. From then onwards the film builds slowly into an incredibly emotional climax that gave me goosebumps. For me this films had everything: grit, romance, intriguing characters, a great score, subtle yet powerful moments where the film reached back to past scenes that supported the story, and some very emotional moments, concluding with a banger of a final scene before cutting to credits. I know this film gets ripped on a lot, but that ultimately just lowers expectations and offer greater potential for these expectations to be proved wrong. All in all if you are looking for an entertaining way to spend a few hours, We Are Your Friends will provide you with exactly that.

Maximilian Perenda The movie "We Are Your Friends" tells the story of Cole and his three friends who live in San Fernando Valley. Cole the protagonist wants to become a big DJ. Cole meets James in a Club who is already a famous DJ. He becomes his mentor and tries to teach him how to create the one big track which will start his big career. The movie summarized is about music (EDM), parties, love and "to get better than this".The story is simple and casual, but the cinematography is in my opinion excellent. It feels like you are with them. You are a part of the movie. The songs are well chosen and are very catchy. The summer, the parties and the music in the movie makes my wish for summer unstoppable.I can totally understand that the movie is not for everybody. It is a movie for the younger generation which like the "new" electronic sounds. It is unfortunate that the movie was a flop.

James De Bello A much, much better film than what I ever anticipated. This is a perfectly acceptable film that is in no way represented by what the trailer makes it out to be, especially in its message and ideas. All in all it is a respectable debut from director Max Joseph even though it definitely circles around some very generic territory.Fundametally what the movie does really well is having an organic integration of characters, locations and music. It does understand what its place is, it has noble intentions more or less and so manages to really shape out the characters and give them all a heart felt arch and a beat on screen. That is more than many movies manage to do. Of course a lot of that work is undermined by the fact that many characters are clichés to the point of exhaustion and some decisions and actions they take are absolutely preposterous.Still, I really dug some of the development, especially the relation between Wes Bentely and Zac Efron. It could have really been a dull, boring and uninteresting, but thanks to some committed work from both of them, you end up investing more than you think and it surprised me by the end how much I actually, kind of cared. Moreover the film is shot pretty well, it has a decent music choices that maybe could have been better with a bigger budget and the whole DJing thing is developed really interesting from a visual stand point, unfortunately it never really works 100% and there are multiple moments where you don't really care, but for the most part it was an inventive way of presenting DJing visually.The movie is just brought down by clichés, clichéd characters and a little narrative chaos. There are some story lines that really have no place and could have been replaced by some more intricate narrative for our three main characters rather than the simple, basic storyline they are given.All in all this is a kind of fun time, it only needed some more energy and a little less overall for it to be a good music picture.