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Positive:
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Critic Reviews
May 26, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Throughout the reunion, there are some very genuine-seeming failures by certain performers to remember aspects of the shows that their co-stars recall quite clearly, and the collective, wobbly journey down Mortality Lane comes across as spontaneous and authentic. For all its weepiness, the show is an emotionally satisfying reminiscence.
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The TelegraphMay 26, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Some of the cast seemed happier than others to be there – LeBlanc was a supremely jolly, relaxed guest – and a suggestion of on-set romance between two of the cast had a whiff of insincerity about it. But when Perry sat back in the recliner in his old apartment and told LeBlanc: “Ah, Matty, good to see you,” he sounded as if he really meant it. And a global audience of Friends fans will share the sentiment.
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May 26, 2021
Season 1 Review:
The special felt effortless and crisp. Editing kept the 105 minute reunion going, although some segments could have been cut to make it snappier. ... Much like the chemistry between the cast helped smooth over bad jokes or the poor later seasons of the show, their chemistry as real-life friends makes the reunion an easy sell.
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May 26, 2021
Season 1 Review:
“Friends: The Reunion” isn’t trying to be revealing, at least not about anything that thorny or unpleasant. It’s here to entertain, and to remind fans why they love the show. Digging in to its shortcomings would have made for a more interesting special, but it also wouldn’t have reflected the show itself.
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May 26, 2021
Season 1 Review:
What works about HBO Max's Friends: The Reunion: The real-life pals hanging out, reminiscing about their run as the most famous TV friends on the planet. Unfortunately, the bloated, 104-minute (!) special sandwiches these flashes of reunion magic between a lot of silly, tiresome filler.
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RogerEbert.comMay 26, 2021
Season 1 Review:
It’s an event that’s most interesting when it’s the least forced, when these six actors who really grew up together in the public eye are allowed to wander the rebuilt sets of their apartments, asking each other what they remember from that formative chapter in their lives. Less effective are the superficial questions from host James Corden, or bits in which the cast table read memorable scenes from the history of the series (although, man, Kudrow still gives it her all.)
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Jul 20, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Perhaps it’s asking too much for Friends: The Reunion to delve deeper into the production, or reveal some lascivious secrets or difficulties, or grapple more with the show’s impact on pop culture. ... In that respect, Friends: The Reunion has plenty of pleasant fluff to entertain.
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May 27, 2021
Season 1 Review:
The special is most compelling when the cast is allowed to just revel in their surroundings, sitting together on the Central Perk set, or in Monica and Rachel’s still-mind-bogglingly mammoth West Village apartment, and reminisce like old friends. But we also lamentably get a series of inexplicable celebrity appearances.
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