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114: ‘We Are Your Friends’ Starring Zac Efron, Wes Bentley, Emily Ratajkowski

America’s love affair with EDM ended before it even began as the film-going public rejected We Are Your Friends like a monkey kidney.

Having it star Zac Efron probably didn’t do it any favors in the club-hopping community. The movie scored the 3rd worst wide-release opening in box office history, thereby marking the first time a velvet rope has been used to keep people in and not out.

But what went wrong? Allow us to walk you through it step-by-step, beat-by-beat, scratch-by-scratch.

It’s Reel Spoilers 114 – We Are Your Friends.

You’ve been warned.

Starring: Tom O’Keefe, Joe Buttice, Kevin Brackett
Run-time: 1hr 05min

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Kevin Brackett

Kevin Brackett is a professional film and theatre critic. He is also a member of the St. Louis Film Critics Association (SLFCA). Since founding Review St. Louis in 2008, he remains editor and operator of the online publication. Kevin is also a co-host of the Reel Spoilers podcast, and former National Vice President of the Technology Student Association (TSA), comprised of over 200,000 members worldwide. E-mail: kevin [at] reviewstl.com.

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