Film Snail

6.8

We Are Your Friends

R·2015·96m

Drama

Music

Romance

Comedy

Drama

Music

Romance

Comedy

Summary

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.

Cast

Zac Efron

Cole

Wes Bentley

James

Emily Ratajkowski

Sophie

Jonny Weston

Mason

Shiloh Fernandez

Ollie

Alex Shaffer

Squirrel

Jon Bernthal

Paige Morrell

Alicia Coppola

Mrs. Romero

Wiley M. Pickett

Carl

Jon Abrahams

Nicky

Molly Hagan

Francine

Brittany Furlan

Sara

Vanessa Lengies

Mel

Rebecca Forsythe

Clarissa

Joey Rudman

Joey

Kelsey Formost

Rebecca

Scarlett Benchley

Mindy

Devon Barnes

Heather

Rob Silverman

Valley Hater

Timothy Granaderos

Preppy Guy

Raleigh Adams

Preppy Guy

Kerry Stein

Rabbi

Ayden Mayeri

Rich Girl

Andrew Bachelor

King Bach

Dillon Francis

Devin Andrews

Casey James

Bartender

Desi Jevon

Dancer #1

Ragon Miller

Dancer #2

Miranda Rae Mayo

Courtney (uncredited)

Nev Schulman

Party Guest (uncredited)

Daniel Pinder

The Skater (uncredited)

Jordan Frank

Party Goer (uncredited)

Alesso

Man Replacing Cole at the Pool Party (uncredited)

Nicky Romero

Self (uncredited)

Chiara Aurelia

Kayli (uncredited)

Tara Beaulieu

Natasha (uncredited)

Becktoria

College Party Girl (uncredited)

Marissa Braun

Groupie (uncredited)

Jan Broberg

Sandra (uncredited)

Mike Carlucci

Smoker (uncredited)

Giselle DaMier

Student (uncredited)

Shahine Ezell

Tim (uncredited)

Paige Flannery

Waitress (uncredited)

Lee Anne Ford

Festival Goer (uncredited)

Martavious Gayles

Hipster (uncredited)

Matthew Gittelson

Club Member (uncredited)

Tina Grimm

Club Patron / Dancer (uncredited)

Jodi Carol Harrison

Paige's Secretary (uncredited)

Rhianna Jagpal

Squirrel's Friend (uncredited)

Casey Larios

Dancer (uncredited)

Jolyne Lowery

Cute Girl (uncredited)

Chris McKernan

House Party Guest (uncredited)

Anna McNiven

Dancer (uncredited)

Lauryn Morse

Art Gallery Guest (uncredited)

Laura Oceane

Festival Girl (uncredited)

Jonny Ortiz

Cholo (uncredited)

Veronica Parks

Bartender (uncredited)

Diana Prince

Stripper (uncredited)

Arielle Raycene

Tan Girl (uncredited)

Korrina Rico

Crystal (uncredited)

Brittany Riley

U5 (uncredited)

Alex Roth

Festival Groupie (uncredited)

Gus Sanchez

Club Patron (uncredited)

Brian Swinehart

Music Producer (uncredited)

Tuesday Thomas

Hooker (uncredited)

Gordon Vasquez

Strip Bar Patron (uncredited)

Madison Rose

Party Girl / Girl in Pool (uncredited)

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Max Joseph

Screenplay

Meaghan Oppenheimer

Story

Richard Silverman

Reviews

Rangan

June 5, 2017

**About an aspiring DJ and his friends circle.**

I've never seen any actor worse than Zac, yet he keeps making films. That's not it, so far he had failed to take the right project to work with. His films are either having no story or a silly concept and his roles among the worst. I could have liked this film if it was done by some other young actor. It looked a decent storyline on how an aspiring DJ is fighting to make progress. Living with his friends, then suddenly an opportunity knocks and followed by some issues surround it that should be solved to see the success in his passion in the music. So the remaining is to reveal how the things go on for him.

Too slow narration, and it is being a music genre, a little soulless. Yeah, there's no rhythm. All we have seen a DJ while performing, but what his life would be like is what this film was focused on. Directional debute for a documentary filmmaker and he should make a couple of things right for his next film, including casting right actors and preparing an engaging screenplay. Some people might like the film, but not for me. This is completely an ignorable film.

_4/10_