Product Details

• Actors: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry
• Writers: David Crane, Marta Kauffman
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.0)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
• DVD Release Date: March 28, 2006
• Run Time: 22 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000E6EK2E
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #26,003 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Friends - The One with All the Babies" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

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At first glance one may not believe there are enough Friends having babies to warrant a compilation DVD. But don't be misled by the title: only three of the five episodes are set in the hospital. A couple of miscellaneous baby-themed episodes--"The One With the Baby on the Bus" (season two) and "The One With the Male Nanny" (season nine)--are good installments, but still feel out of place against the more showy where's-my-epidural hospital-set shows. The One With All the Babies compilation begins with "The One With the Birth," in which Ross (David Schwimmer) and lesbian ex-wife Carol welcome their son Ben. "The One Hundredth," in season five, had the loopiest premise--Phoebe's surrogate delivery of her half-brother's triplets--but Lisa Kudrow's stellar acting as she struggled with giving up the babies won her an Emmy. An Emmy also went to Jennifer Aniston the year Rachel went through pregnancy, culminating in a 48-hour labor in the aptly named "The One Where Rachel Has a Baby" (season eight) that's at once hilarious and tearful. Sadly, the series-finale birth of Monica (Courteney Cox) and Chandler's (Matthew Perry) adopted twins is not included, but should have been.

Watching them back to back, it's funny seeing how much the characters' maturities have evolved (not to mention their hairstyles). However, the disc adds nothing new in addition to the extra footage never aired on TV and producer commentary found on existing Friends DVDs. If you already own several season boxed sets, these repackaged highlight reels are completely redundant. But if you're enough of a fan to want some of the best episodes of the show's 10-year run, this is not a bad place to start. --Ellen A. Kim

Product Description

The smash-hit comedy series Friends is now available in three new compilations, including Birthday, Wedding and Baby themed collections. Compiling the best episodes from all ten seasons, these compilations make the ideal gift to mark life's special occasions!

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Friends- The One with All the Babies, May 13, 2007

By	Seb Christensen (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

Friends is one of the best sitcom shows out there. and if you're like me and you don't really want to buy all 10 seasons, then this collection (including the two dvds with all the Birthdays and Weddings) is a good choice. It showcases some of the memorable moments of the series and this dvd has a lot of goodies. The only downside to this dvd is that a few episodes end with a cliffhanger.

The dvd contains Phoebe giving birth to triplets, the birth of Ross' son, the birth of Ross' and Rachel's daughter, the one where chandler and joey leave ross' son on the bus, and the one where the male nanny (guest-starring Freddie Prinze Jr.) takes care of rachel's daughter. Some people are saddened because the birth of Chandler's and Monica's babies isn't in here, but you could get that in the series finale dvd (which is worth it). I recommend buying this dvd if you just like to watch a few memorable moments of the series and don't really want to pay for all the seasons. Plus, this dvd is a good way to introduce newbies to the show, if any. =)

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Episodes missing!, October 29, 2006

By	jlizhenry (Pepperell, MA) - See all my reviews

Ok, I give this a 3 becaues I love Friends...I have all 10 seasons, so no reason to buy this and also no bias.
Read the episodes that are on it....if you're familiar with all the episodes, you'll notice that 2 babies are missing...Monica and Chandler's twins!!!!! It's not ALL the babies if they don't include the finale!
I agree with some other reviews I've seen. You're better off buying all the seasons individually. That way you get the bonus features also...the gag reels are pretty funny.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good if you like the occasional "Friends" fix, December 13, 2007

By	M. Musselman (Bethlehem, PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you have the cash, and need frequent doses of "Friends", then by all means, buy the entire series (the gags reels are great!). But for me, I don't want or need all 10 seasons, so these little compilations are great. For just a few bucks, I can have my occasional "Friends" fix. For $4, this would be worth it if it just had Phoebe's and Rachel's deliveries - classic!