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Three-part Matthew Perry documentary focuses on friends outside Friends
Netflix’s three-part documentary about Matthew Perry traces the actor’s life, career and addiction struggles.
Perry was best known for playing Chandler Bing on the sitcom Friends, whose five other main cast members do not appear as interviewees.
Instead, longtime friends Roger Castillo and David Pressman share memories, alongside accounts from Perry’s family.
The series also uses Perry’s voice from interviews and discusses his memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing.
Perry wrote about decades of drug abuse, alcoholism and depression, and people close to him describe seeing signs of his decline.
The documentary examines his addiction and death, including his death by drowning in a jacuzzi while under the effects of drugs.
The series is available on Netflix; the reviews differ on whether the absence of his Friends co-stars helps or weakens it.
The three-part documentary The One About Matthew Perry focuses on the actor’s life through interviews with friends and family, rather than his Friends co-stars.
Roger Castillo and David Pressman, two of Perry’s longtime friends, appear in the series.
The Indian Express review says the co-stars’ absence gives Perry’s friends more room, while the Daily Mail review says it leaves a void.
The documentary recounts Perry’s career and struggles with addiction, including his account of seeking pills and a later coma.
Both reviews note that Perry’s sister Mia Perry Bowick appears in the documentary.
- Who
- The documentary is about actor Matthew Perry and features people close to him, including Roger Castillo and David Pressman.
- What
- The three-part documentary The One About Matthew Perry recounts his life, career and struggles with addiction.
- When
- The reviews were published on October 27 and 29, 2026.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- Not stated
Indian Express review
Daily Mail review
Effect of co-stars’ absence
Indian Express review
It gives Perry’s friends more room and makes the documentary intimate.
Daily Mail review
It leaves a void in the documentary.
Friends concluded, after which the article says Perry faced a lull in his acting career.
Perry appeared in Friends: The Reunion.
Perry published his memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing.
The three-part documentary The One About Matthew Perry was reviewed by the Indian Express and the Daily Mail.
- Format
- Three-part documentary
- Director
- Mary Robertson
- Friends interviewed
- None of Perry’s Friends co-stars appear as interviewees, according to the reviews.
- Longtime friends
- Roger Castillo and David Pressman
- Family member
- Mia Perry Bowick
- Memoir
- Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, published in 2022
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Netflix-Doku »The One About Matthew Perry«: Alle liebten Chandler. Doch wer kannte Matty?
The One About Matthew Perry review: Friends co-stars’ absence keeps it an intimate affair
The absence of Perry's Friends left a void in this patchy documentary: Christopher Stevens gives The One About Matthew Perry three stars
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