We Are Your Friends
2015 · Movie · R · 96 min · ★ 6.8 · 43% critics
A young DJ chases a breakthrough while balancing late nights with friends and the pressure to finish the one track that could change everything. When a successful mentor offers guidance and access to bigger opportunities, a complicated attraction and shifting loyalties threaten to derail both the friendship and the dream.
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Details
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-08-26
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Critic score
- 43/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (2,460 votes)
- Box office
- $11,000,000
- Budget
- $2,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a youthful, music-driven coming-of-age story about chasing creative success, with big festival energy and messy friendships; Not for you if you dislike predictable plots or EDM-heavy movies like Metal Lords.
Pros: energetic soundtrack; party-ready vibe; relatable ambition | Cons: predictable story beats; uneven focus; slow, flat stretches
Themes
- los angeles, california
- san fernando valley
- duringcreditsstinger
- dj
Cast & crew
Zac Efron
as Cole
Wes Bentley
as James
Emily Ratajkowski
as Sophie
Jonny Weston
as Mason
Shiloh Fernandez
as Ollie
Alex Shaffer
as Squirrel
Jon Bernthal
as Paige Morrell
Alicia Coppola
as Mrs. Romero
Wiley M. Pickett
as Carl
Jon Abrahams
as Nicky
Directed by Max Joseph