‘Friends’ Reunion Review: A Glossy, Poignant, Careful Trip Down Memory Lane

“Friends: The Reunion” director Ben Winston is speaking out about the diversity criticism surrounding the much-loved show.

Friends: The Reunion – scroll down to see them below.The actress took to Instagram to give fans several new images of the cast and special guests following the airing of the one-off HBO Max special last week.“Still basking in all the love from the #FriendsReunion. Thank you each and every one of you,” Aniston wrote in her post.

Jennifer Aniston is sharing some sweet behind-the-scenes snapshots from the set.The actress took to Instagram on Tuesday and posted a slideshow of snapshots from the recent special, which premiered last Thursday on HBO Max.The first photo in the slideshow was a snapshot of Aniston taking a selfie with all her co-stars — David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow and Matthew Perry.

Friends: The Reunion had tons of cameos, bringing in fan favorites from the classic sitcom like Tom Selleck, Elliot Gould and Christina Pickles, who played Ross and Monica’s parents, and the one and only Janice, aka Maggie Wheeler.

Matthew Perry is calling out his castmates. During HBO Max's long-awaited reunion special, which featured Perry along with Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer, the 51-year-old actor that brought Chandler Bing to life jokingly lamented about the lack of communication between the cast.The moment happened just as Kudrow, who played Phoebe Buffay, was gushing over the cast's continued closeness.«We stay in touch for sure,» she said.

the long-awaited special debuted on HBO Max, fans took to Twitter to express their joy at seeing the Central Perk crew together again.The nostalgia started early, when the reunion debuted a new version of the show's iconic opening credits, which is set to «I'll Be There for You» by The Rembrandts.The updated version featured both moments from the series, which ran from 1994 to 2004, and the reunion special, showing the cast --  Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, Matt

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAfter so many years — and episode re-watches — could there BE anything left to learn about “Friends”?As the highly-anticipated, almost two-hour reunion special for HBO Max shows (and with apologies to Matthew Perry for continuing to borrow his lines), “Yes, yes, a thousand times, yes.”One thing that we didn’t need to learn (because we already knew it) was just how truly there these six characters were for the audience.

Friends reunion special is finally here – and it revealed secrets about the show that even die-hard fans may not have known. The cast – Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Matthew Perry – reminisced about their time together and pulled the curtain back on a TV juggernaut.

*SPOILERS ALERT* Amongst a subtle yet impressive moment in Friends: The Reunion is just seconds before Lisa Kudrow strums her guitar sitting on the iconic orange couch at Central Perk and belts out Smelly Cat. In mere seconds, the supremely talented yet underrated actress instantly transforms into the flaky Phoebe Buffay, like it was a cakewalk for her, as it successfully transportsed us back to the 1994-2004 golden years.

Friends show reunites Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer, along with other familiar faces from the series, including Tom Selleck (Richard Burke), Larry Hankin (Mr Heckles) and of course, James Michael Tyler (Gunther). There will also be celebrity guest stars of course, including David Beckham, Justin Bieber, James Corden and Lady GaGa.

Friends: The Reunion is only hours away now!

It’s been the question on the lips of Friends fans ever since the much-loved US comedy came to an end in 2004 – could a reunion ever live up to the humongous hype? So, we’re pleased to report that Friends: The Reunion – the documentary that reunites the show’s mega stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer – is a lovely, nostalgic ride.

 has finally reunited for a highly anticipated special that sees Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer laughing and crying as they take fans on an emotional walk down memory lane. During the two-hour event, the gang sits down with James Corden to answer questions about making the show, revisits the set, where they recreate the famous trivia game from the season 4 episode, “The One With the Embryos,” and perform table reads of iconic scenes

online speculation about its details, “Friends: The Reunion” finally hits HBO Max on Thursday at midnight PST/3 a.m.

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Ethan Shanfeld Seventeen years after “The Last One,” Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry and Matt LeBlanc are returning to Warner Bros.’ Stage 24 for “Friends: The Reunion.”The reunion special will stream on Thursday, exclusively on HBO Max. On May 26, HBO Max will host “Friends Reunite for Friends” screening events in New York and Los Angeles, in which select guests and super-fans can see the special in-person before it hits the streaming service.

Last week, Friends fans had picked up on the slightly slurred speech from Matthew Perry.

The long-awaited “Friends” reunion is almost here.