Season 1 – The One About Matthew Perry

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Joshua M @RT66232987 3 hrs ago Really dull and obviously commissioned by Perry"s friends. Kevin Pollack is a brilliant actor, and Perry's fate was sad, but self-inflicted. His family is obviously supportive and decent (NBC personality Keith Morrison is his step-dad) but none of his co-stars or anyone but Pollack, a couple lifelong friends, his sister, and a couple longo ago ex-girlfriends appear in the way too long "documentary." Absent are excerpts from Perry's own book about his addiction, or the truly fascinating story of how he died, the doctors, and others who helped him kill himself, and their fate. See more Michael P @mpagem2 1 day ago Was this documentary supposed to make me like Matthew Perry? It does a good job of highlighting him as a jealous, unfunny epitome of a theatre kid. I never liked Friends, but I never knew how strange he was. He might be the unfunniest person in mainstream media I’ve ever seen. He seems like such a performative person, I guess thats par for the course though. See more Lulu J @CallMeLulu 3 days ago As Mathew Perry said about his imminent death "It will be shocking but not surprising." It was that for me and very very sad. The documentary sheds some light on his life, career, relationships, and addiction--but it's superficial. Overall, because the family and friends interviewed are so careful about what they say, the narrative feels choppy and puzzling. Not that it needed to get into every ugly reality--and the fondness and intimacy from close friends and family is sweet--but, for example, his sister closes the documentary, dabbing tears, saying: "I just take so much solace in the fact that at the end of his life he was happy. At peace. He was really happy. His last Instagram post was him in his hottub overlooking the ocean saying that this was his favorite place in the world...and that's where he died." Then you hear Kermit the Frog singing "Rainbow Connection." Sweet, but that's the hottub he drowned in completely messed up, strung out off his goard. So...happy? ...peaceful? See more Kelly D @Naptowngirl 3 days ago I read his autobiography years ago. This is similar but different bringing a visual and his family’s perspective along with close friends. See more Read all reviews

The One About Matthew Perry — Season 1

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