We Are Your Friends
Warner Bros. | Release Date: August 28, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
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Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
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9
Mixed:
15
Negative:
8
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Time OutDavid EhrlichAug 25, 2015
[An] enormously fun late-summer surprise. Read full review
75
New York PostKyle SmithAug 26, 2015
A study in intoxicants: drink, drugs, youth and Emily Ratajkowski. All four are potentially dangerous, yet nearly impossible to leave alone. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriAug 28, 2015
It’s all big, dumb, broad strokes, with plot points visible from miles away. But it works where it matters: The music is fantastic, and the film invests you in its central relationship. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJon FroschAug 25, 2015
We Are Your Friends is predictable, sometimes tacky, but the energy is unflagging, the eye candy plentiful and writer-director Max Joseph (making his feature debut after hosting MTV’s Catfish) brings sincerity and a skillfully modulated sweetness to the material. Read full review
67
HitfixGregory EllwoodAug 27, 2015
What makes “We Are” worth your time is Joseph’s skill in conveying the euphoria of dance music in the context of an actual movie. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAug 27, 2015
The musical sequences throb with energy and this allows We Are Your Friends to maintain its trajectory when its momentum flags. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Laura BeestonAug 27, 2015
If you suspend your disbelief for some of the weaker plot points and unnecessary use of the c-word, the film is palatable. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshAug 27, 2015
Joseph's direction offers up an energetic take on the material, incorporating text visualization, quick-cutting montages, and creative uses of animation to bring the thumping electronic music to cinematic life. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineChristopher GrayAug 26, 2015
As Zac Efront's Cole tiptoes away from his past, the film keenly observes a character who doesn't know how to secure his future, or his identity. Read full review
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