We Are Your Friends was released in 2015. It bombed at the Box Office making only around 3 million in the U.S. Worldwide it made around 10 million. The movie is about an aspiring DJ and his group of friends who try to make it in their respective fields. The movie stars Zac Efron, Emily Ratajkowski, Jonny Weston, Shiloh Fernandez, Alex Shaffer, Jon Bernthal, and Wes Bentley.

I thought We Are Your Friends was a decent movie. It doesn’t have much of a plot. In this case that worked. The title is self-explanatory. The plot of the movie pretty much is about a group of friends. It has a good cast. Zac Efron really carries the movie. I think that helped make the movie what it was. The rest of the cast does a good job too.

I understand why We Are Your Friends bombed. When it was released, it was not marketed that well. I don’t think many people were aware the movie was even out or existed. Even if it had better marketing, I don’t think the film would have done much better. I think it is a bit too niche for mainstream audiences. The movie heavily deals with electronic dance music since the main character is an aspiring DJ. It is about that world. I think fans of that genre would probably find the film enjoyable. It is a tough sell for mainstream audiences. Zac Efron is a big name and at the time was a big name but that probably would not have been enough to draw a bigger audience in. His films have been hit or miss box office wise. High School Musical was successful. Two of the films in the series were TV movies and Hairspray was successful but that was also an ensemble where Zac Efron was not the lead.  Charlie St. Cloud where Zac Efron was the lead didn’t do that well box office wise. Out of the cast for We Are Your Friends, Zac Efron is the biggest name in the cast.

What made We Are Your Friends a pleasant experience was the use of the dance music. I thought it was cool watching the scenes where Zac Efron’s character Cole is creating beats or performing at gigs. I enjoyed the soundtrack a lot, which was all dance music.

We Are Your Friends is a decent movie with a good cast. Zac Efron really elevates the movie, and the music is a lot of fun.