Review of We Are Your Friends (2015) by Ydnar4 — 02 Nov 2015

I don’t think there is anyone in the world that actually thought this was going to be a good film after watching the trailer, and its not good at all. I think this story is impossible to care about. It is just a plot that very few people have any sort of interest in. This movie has way too many things going on for a film that is less than 100 minutes long. There are too many storylines and two many characters that take away from a simple overall story and finally by the third act the film is just a complete mess. Jon Bernthal is also thrown into the mix in this movie and he has no reason to be there, plus we have Cole’s friends who are annoying for most of the film and just become so generic.

There are really no awful performances in this film. Zac Efron and Wes Bentley are both fine in their roles and the scenes with the two actors involved where the best in the movie, but it is Emily Ratajkowski who steals the show. I almost feel bad for these actors for making such a terrible choice in a project. The script is just so weak and swollen that by the ending of the film the characters really aren’t much further than where they started.