I really wanted to give this one a fair shot, but it just turned out to be too unfunny, too immature, too dated, and too boring. "Friends" tops many people's lists of best sitcoms ever, but it really just boils down to really dated 90's humor, cliche love triangles, nonsensical and poorly paced plotlines, and incessant stereotypical humor. The entire cast struggles with likeability, with the only real exception being Matthew Perry's "Chandler" due to his ability to actually have comic timing. The rest of the characters are just too cliche or too unlikeable (Rachel and Ross are easily the worst TV couple of all time). Unlike "Seinfeld", nothing about "Friends" stuck out to me during its first two seasons, and instead I felt like I was watching a bunch of people in their late 20's act like they were 17. The worst parts are the horrible "lesbian couple" jokes or the strange fascination with focusing alienating people of other races, which made a show that lacked cast diversity that much more uninteresting and unenjoyable. Off-putting, unfunny, overly dragged out - that was my experience with this show.
Shout by Tonydez415BlockedParent2023-06-24T04:56:18Z
I really wanted to give this one a fair shot, but it just turned out to be too unfunny, too immature, too dated, and too boring. "Friends" tops many people's lists of best sitcoms ever, but it really just boils down to really dated 90's humor, cliche love triangles, nonsensical and poorly paced plotlines, and incessant stereotypical humor. The entire cast struggles with likeability, with the only real exception being Matthew Perry's "Chandler" due to his ability to actually have comic timing. The rest of the characters are just too cliche or too unlikeable (Rachel and Ross are easily the worst TV couple of all time). Unlike "Seinfeld", nothing about "Friends" stuck out to me during its first two seasons, and instead I felt like I was watching a bunch of people in their late 20's act like they were 17. The worst parts are the horrible "lesbian couple" jokes or the strange fascination with focusing alienating people of other races, which made a show that lacked cast diversity that much more uninteresting and unenjoyable. Off-putting, unfunny, overly dragged out - that was my experience with this show.
Final Verdict: 5.44/10 (Average)