Product Details

• Actors: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry
• Writers: David Crane, Marta Kauffman
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Special Edition, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.0)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
• DVD Release Date: May 11, 2004
• Run Time: 22 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (242 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00020HAWY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,261 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Friends - The Series Finale (Limited Edition)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 03/01/2005 Rating: Nr

Customer Reviews

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected, May 23, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Friends - The Series Finale (Limited Edition) (DVD)

I am a huge Friends fan. I pre-order all of the DVDs and I pretty much know all the episodes by heart (it's sad I know). I actually thought that the finale was perfect. Everything ended how it should, BUT I was EXTREMELY disappointed with the finale DVD. I thought that it would have the hour long segment that was aired on TV before the finale but it didn't, and that was very disappointing. I had also hoped that there would be way more special features, but to be honest with you there was absolutely nothing special about the features that were on the DVD. I was also very upset because I had hoped that they would show the cast coming out to take their final bow and they didn't. Which honestly just sucks. So all and all the Finale was great but the DVD really sucks.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Honest Review of Friends and this DVD, May 11, 2004

By 

A. Christian (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Friends - The Series Finale (Limited Edition) (DVD)

I think there are two different reviews here, one for the show and one for this DVD. As far as the DVD is concerned, it is "good". It isn't great, but it is good.

The DVD does have:

1. A nice extended version.

The DVD does not have:

1. Interviews with each cast member.
2. Interviews with the writers.
3. Behind the Scenes footage.
4. Outtakes and Bloopers.
5. Alternate endings.

I think that if the DVD had these things then I would have given it a perfect 5-Star rating.

As far as the show is concerned, the ending is "okay". It is rushed. It is only 1 hour, instead of the expected (and deserved) two hours. You will not see Rachel and Ross get married, even though we deserved to see it after following the show for 10 years. There are a number of pieces missing from the ending. You literally get the sense that they put a major rush job on the ending just to get it out the door and over with. It is very sad to see the show end, but even sadder to not feel like you received the ending you deserved after 10 long years of faithful watching. I do think that, at the ever least, Rachel and Ross should have gotten married or even just a proposal in the finale but it didn't happen.

So, yes, you will want to buy the DVD if you are a fan of Friends, a collector, or just want to see what you missed. It is worth having. But you may be sad and disappointed if you expected a packed DVD with a lot of features and the ending you really wanted to see.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars There are pros and cons, March 2, 2006

By 

Carlos "Carlos Says Relax" (Santiago, Chile) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Friends - The Series Finale (Limited Edition) (DVD)

Cons:
Both episodes appear in season packages, and the main reason you would have to buy this DVD is because you want to watch the extended version of the finale. Besides, it's just a waste of time to watch the intro videos of the 10 seasons...like 7 minutes of the same, and the music video "I'll Be There For You" just sucks!.

Pros:
However, I own this DVD because the 10th season still hasn't been released in my country, and the extended edition of the finale has lots of really funny parts that don't appear in the broadcasted edition, and it's very funny. Plus, you can watch also the 1st Friends episode ever, which is so, so funny, I think it's one of my favorites so far (I already own 4 complete seasons).

Now, to end with this:
WHY SOULD I BUY THIS?: Because you want to see the ending and you don't own the 10th season. Because you want to watch the extended version of the finale, which has about 3 minutes with extra scenes (they're so funny). Because you want to watch the first episode, which is very good. Because you're just a collector who owns every single "Friends" item there is.

WHY SOULDN'T I BUY THIS: Because you own the 1st and 10th season. Because you don't care about the 3 extra minutes in the extended version of the finale. Because the 3 episodes it includes don't worth the money. Because it's boring to watch the intro videos and the music video.

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I really like this DVD and I gave it 4 stars because of the extended finale and the first episode. I didn't give it 5 stars because it doesn't include almost any interesting bonus features.

Now I just told you the pros and cons I could find, you make the decision. Bye.