'Friends' Cast Status Report
Lisa Kudrow
On the surface it might seem like Kudrow, too, has suffered from the mythical curse, but the former Phoebe Buffay has done better than meets the eye (as long as “better” doesn’t mean “achieved mainstream success”). The highlight of Kudrow’s post-Friends career has been her cancelled, largely misperceived HBO mockumentary The Comeback. Viewers probably expected sitcom-type comedy, but that’s precisely what The Comeback was not--intentionally. The show was a complex, biting satire, one that must’ve been unbelievably difficult to execute and act in, and one that sorely deserves a second look. On the big screen, Kudrow’s only misstep was a supporting role in last year’s nauseating P.S. I Love You; in 2005’s indie Happy Endings, on the other hand, she showed her range. She has five more films on the way in the next year and a half.
Grade: B- 