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  • Actors: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 30
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 12 Nov 2007
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000WIF4KG
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 14,083 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A US sitcom behemoth with a global brand, Friends shot out of the gate in 1994 with snappy writing and an attractive cast. The exploits of sensitive paleontologist Ross Geller (played by David Schwimmer), his obsessive-compulsive sister Monica Geller (Courteney Cox, now Cox-Arquette); Monica's roommate Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), a spoiled rich girl trying to live on her own; earthy aromatherapist/masseuse Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow); and Monica's neighbours across the hall -- sarcastic Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry) and his struggling actor roommate Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc) became a nationwide obsession, spawned pop-culture trends (remember "The Rachel" haircut?) and was a ratings hit for its entire run.

The first two seasons were mostly centered on the on-off saga of Ross and Rachel, and while their relationship remained a strong presence through romantic rivals and even a baby, the other characters eventually moved from sideshow players into a shared comedic lead. But Friends was not without its heart. Most of the cast had dysfunctional relationships with their parents and went through loss, divorce, marriage, parenthood, and love triangles. The emotional pregnancies of Rachel (by Ross) and Phoebe (surrogate to her half-brother's triplets) won the actresses Emmy Awards, and Joey's tender feelings for Rachel in Season 8 won LeBlanc, the most improved actor in the series, a nomination.

Most sitcoms run out of ideas by the fifth season, but Friends gave itself a refreshing jolt the minute Monica and Chandler wound up in bed together. Their budding romance was not only the one of the funniest plot arcs of the series, but one of the most sentimental, as they planned a wedding, struggled to have a child and eventually turned to adoption. By seasons seven and onwards, the characters had each "grown up" from young singletons to thirtysomethings finding permanence in their careers and love lives but never losing the laughs.

Friends featured a parade of celebrity guests, but utilised most of the stars as more than mere cameos: The sextet's parents were all brilliantly cast, particularly Kathleen Turner as Chandler's drag-queen father and Teri Garr as Phoebe's dizzy mom. Everyone from George Clooney to Sean Penn to Julia Roberts to Bruce Willis has appeared on the sitcom, and Tom Selleck certainly enjoyed a career resuscitation after his recurring role as Monica's older man.

Yet, no star power ever penetrated the bond between the six stars and their unmatchable chemistry worked for ten seasons. Even though the show is probably repeated somewhere in the world every day, this boxed set of Friends remains watchable over and over again -- even if that theme song eventually grates on your nerves! --Sally Giles

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64 of 66 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars good but not the real thing, 22 Nov 2007
By Emily Kent "giellagirl" (York, England (at present)) - See all my reviews
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It's friends. It's good, but it could be so much better. Why are we short changed? Why don't we get the uncut episodes that the US release gave us? Some of the funniest moments have been cut for length or content and we will never get to see them. They actually did away with the specially released uncut episodes that were released on individual DVDs for seasons 7 and 8. Am very disappointed. How many repackagings do we get before we see some real extras, some new scenes and single sided disks? This is nothing I haven't see before.
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70 of 74 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Beware !!!!!!!!, 20 Nov 2007
By C. Trenam "Carl T" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This box set is no way as good as the older box sets. For a start the DVDs are held in a cardboard sleeve that looks like it scratches the double sided DVDs. Also the disks can fall out really easy and as the disks are not labelled this can be very annoying to put them back in order. I would NOT recommend and am returning my set for one of the older sets. Positive side it's really small and the exterior looks nice.
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43 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Re-packaged, 18 Nov 2007
By D. Callaghan - See all my reviews
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The external box and packaging around the disks are very nice... internally the disks appear to be repackaged from previous released boxsets and single DVD's.

All disks (but 1) in the collection are dual layer disks... which are doubled sided and silver in appearance. The last disk is GREEN and embossed with the printing of Season 10 single DVD's logo.

Very, very disappointed with the internal presentation of the collection.
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5.0 out of 5 stars well worth the money
At the time of me buying this I paid around eighty quid.In my opinion its worth every penny.
I am not a Friends fanatic by any means,its something I watched if I was home... Read more
Published 7 months ago by scousebird

1.0 out of 5 stars Where are the extras??
Considering this box came out more than a year after the older (black) box set, you could be forgiven for thinking it was a newer, better box. Read more
Published 8 months ago by furiouszed

5.0 out of 5 stars ignore the negative reviews-its still worth every penny
I know there are a lot of negative comments posted here but here is my honest opinion. The set is very nicely presented and fits perfectly on my shelf. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Matthew Long

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as expected
3 stars for packaging not the show (5 stars), the disks are double sided with no labels so very confusing and easily put in wrong order apart from one random disk which is sigle... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Jack Raine

5.0 out of 5 stars A M A Z I N G ! ! ! !
FRIENDS IS THE BEST SHOW EVA NUFIN IS EVER GONA COMPARE TO IT. THEY TRIED TO DO A VERSION IN THE CLASS BUT IT WAS RUBBISH COMPARED TO FRIENDS.
Published 10 months ago by Ms. Karen Marchant

3.0 out of 5 stars Friends on a budget
This is certainly a budget edition of "Friends" - cheap packaging, double-sided DVDs, almost no extras, some menus are ugly, syndicated cut versions of episodes... Read more
Published 11 months ago by A. Tereshchenko

5.0 out of 5 stars Defining TV series of the 90s
What was the defining TV series of the 90s?

Maybe the X-Files, possibly Frasier, Inspector Morse if you like something more British, but Friends is probably the... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Martin Turner

2.0 out of 5 stars Do not buy this red box
Show is absolutely brilliant, but as mentioned in the other reviews, the packaging is unacceptable. I am starting to feel sorry that I got this as a gift for my girlfriend this... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Peter Vidlicka

3.0 out of 5 stars Great show, terrible presentation
I bought this for my partner, and returend it as the disks were smudged and scratched. The replacement was better but not perfect, no indication as to which disk has what on it,... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr. P. Franklin

4.0 out of 5 stars Great looking boxset, more extras please!
I think the look of the boxset is great, I like the cardboard wallets that I have not found they scratch the discs at all and trust me I have been using this set a lot... Read more
Published 16 months ago by M. Coleman

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