# ‘The One About Matthew Perry’ Review: Netflix’s Intimate and Sincere but Overly Padded Docuseries

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-one-about-matthew-perry-review-netflixs-intimate-and-sincere-but-overly-padded-docuseries/
- Published: 2026-10-27T07:01:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T07:18:27+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hollywood Reporter
- Original article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/the-one-about-matthew-perry-review-netflix-documentary-1236740422/
- Topics: Americas, Art, Celebrity, Culture, Entertainment, TV, World

## Key points

- A sincere look at addiction and celebrity from those around Perry.
- His famous co-stars and major *Friends* creatives are absent.
- The review finds the three-part series overly padded.

## Summary

Netflix’s three-part *The One About Matthew Perry* is a sincere, mostly non-exploitative examination of addiction and celebrity, told largely through people outside Perry’s circle of famous co-stars. The review says its focus on those left grappling with what they knew or could do gives the series emotional weight, though viewers expecting a definitive portrait of Perry or his acting career may be disappointed.

The series includes biographical details and familiar *Friends* clips, but the review finds this material perfunctory and the overall programme padded. Perry’s co-stars and major *Friends* creatives do not appear; contributors include his younger sister Mia Perry Bowick and people who worked with him on projects such as *Fools Rush In* and *The Whole Nine Yards*. The reviewer suggests a focused, 100-minute film could have worked better.

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