Summary

Mary Robertson's documentary "The One About Matthew Perry" –- a play on the episode titles of "Friends," the sitcom that launched Perry into the television stratosphere -– is one of the most brutally valuable portraits of how fame and fortune solve nothing. It's the old "Richard Cory" story: a person who seems to have it all inexplicably ends their life due to hidden sadness and/or distress. The narrative surrounding Perry, before he died , has long been one of an incurable addict.

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