Overview
- Netflix began streaming The One About Matthew Perry on Tuesday, October 27, a three-episode series built mainly from family archives and interviews.
- Mia Perry Bowick appears on camera for the first time and recounts personal details including that Perry spent millions on repeated treatment for decades.
- The five principal Friends actors declined interview requests but, according to the documentary, attended Perry’s funeral together and were shown holding hands at his casket.
- The series revisits the federal investigations that followed Perry’s 2023 death from the acute effects of ketamine with drowning listed as the manner of death and notes guilty pleas and convictions of suppliers and his former assistant.
- Critics are split on the film’s tone, with some praising its empathy and others calling it authorized and protective of family narratives, and the release has renewed discussion about how media balance celebration, scrutiny and accountability in stories of fame and addiction.