Movie #2162 "The Friends Reunion" (HBO max) We are huge fans of this show, and probably as I am writing this, Dave is upstairs watching a Friends show before going to sleep -- it is that popular in our household. And we walk around and say things like "Pivot" or "Can I BE wearing any more clothes" or "that's how they measure your pants....in prison!" So we were very anxious to see this reunion, even though the critics were not kind to it. And we found it quite enjoyable. Just watching them watching the excepts they are so famous for was a treat. We couldn't believe that they hadn't seen each other for such a long time, and were never in a room all together since they filmed the last show! They talked about what made this show so different -- that everyone was well cast and very talented, that there wasn't an obvious lead in the show , that they were all adept with physical comedy, they all got along so well, how well written it was, how it was filmed with an audience and if a joke didn't work, they had a company of writers putting new ones in to test with the audiences..... etc. It was wonderful to see the sets, to have James Cordon asking questions while they sit in front of the opening of the show fountain and sitting on that couch..... Lady Gaga singing smelly cat with phoebe! I never valued the character Phoebe so much until this reunion when I realized how important of a part she actually played in comparison to the others. There are a lot of secrets they divulge, but we wished they would have talked about how they did some moments, and just more background history on some of the moments and some of the episodes. More secrets! But for an hour and 1/2 you get to spend time with people you feel you know and want to revisit, and it was quite fun for us to do that. We highly recommend -- 4.5 out of 5.
"THE FRIENDS REUNION" 104 minutes 2021
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