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We Are Your Friends

2015 · 96 min

A sun-drenched, easy-watch ride through youthful ambition and friendship, with a bittersweet edge and a catchy beat.

Directed by
Max Joseph
Genres
Drama, Music, Romance
Starring
Zac Efron, Wes Bentley, Emily Ratajkowski
Tagline
The world is yours.
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.

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Stream in the UK
  • Studiocanal Presents Amazon Channel
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Max Joseph
Genres
Drama, Music, Romance
Starring
Zac Efron, Wes Bentley, Emily Ratajkowski
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, music, romance, comedy
Directed by
Max Joseph
Written by
Max Joseph, Meaghan Oppenheimer
Starring
Zac Efron, Wes Bentley, Emily Ratajkowski, Jonny Weston, Shiloh Fernandez, Alex Shaffer, Jon Bernthal, Alicia Coppola
Music
Matthew Simpson
Cinematography
Brett Pawlak
Runtime
96 min
Country
United Kingdom, France
Languages
Spanish, English, Italian

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