Comment on We Are Your Friends review – music drama marks return to form for Zac Efron

Mark Kermode, Observer film critic, Guardian Unlimited: Film
Sat, 08/29/2015 - 11:59pm

We Are Your Friends review – music drama marks return to form for Zac Efron

Efron puts in a smart performance as a would-be DJ facing new frontiersThis Eden-lite affair may not be the Saturday Night Fever for the 21st century for which director/co-writer Max Joseph was aiming, but it certainly marks a return to intriguing form for Zac Efron after the patience-testing trials of That Awkward Moment and Bad Neighbours.

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