We Are Your Friends

We Are Your Friends has quietly become one of the more dependable comedies currently available in Australia on Stan, and in the UK on Studiocanal Presents Amazon Channel. It knows exactly what kind of film it is from the opening scene, and never loses that thread. 2,470 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Watch it for Zac Efron — stay for everyone else around them. Available now on Stan — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

We Are Your Friends is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. We Are Your Friends does what great comedies rarely manage — it is actually funny, consistently, across the whole run. 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. The chemistry Zac Efron and Wes Bentley bring to it does a lot of the heavy lifting. It hit screens in 2015. We Are Your Friends earns its laughs from character rather than situation, which is why it does not wear thin the way pure farce tends to. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

For viewers who want something light without wanting something stupid, We Are Your Friends respects your intelligence. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. Short enough to finish in one sitting, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Zac Efron anchors an ensemble with real chemistry. Genuinely funny, consistently, across the whole run.