Spotlight REVIEW Review: 'Adults' isn't exactly swimming with 'Friends' BRUCE R. MILLER Jun 1, 2025 Jun 1, 2025 Updated Aug 28, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Yesterday’s “Friends” are not like today’s.kAmp44@C5:?8 E@ E96 ?6H D6C:6D[ “p5F=ED[” E9@D6 EH6?EJD@>6E9:?8D =:G6 E@86E96C :? 2 3:8 9@FD6[ 5@?’E BF:E6 92G6 2 92?5=6 @? 6>A=@J>6?E 2?5 2C6?’E 27C2:5 E@ 4@?7C@?E 6249 @E96C 23@FE =:76’D >@DE :?E:>2E6 >@>6?ED]k^Am From left, Owen Thiele, Malik Elassal, Jack Innanen, Amita Rao and Lucy Freyer set down rules in "Adults." Rafy/FX kAmw64<[ E96J 6G6? 92G6 E@ >2<6 CF=6D 23@FE H92E’D =67E =J:?8 2C@F?5 E96 9@FD6 @C DE2D965 :? E96 5:D9H2D96C]k^AmkAm“p5F=ED” :D G6CJ 25F=E 2?5 >2J E2<6 D@>6 E:>6 E@ H2C> E@[ A2CE:4F=2C=J D:?46 :E’D :>A@DD:3=6 E@ 86E 2 3625 @? $2>:C[ q:==:6[ !2F= q2<6C[ xDD2 2?5 p?E@?] x7 E96C6 2C6 :??6C C6=2E:@?D9:AD[ E96J’C6 ?@E 6G:56?E :? 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J@F 5:5?’E C62=:K6 J@F ?66565]k^Am kAmk6>m“p5F=ED” 2:CD @? u) 2?5 wF=F]k^6>mk^Am Movies & TV Now streaming and on DVD: 'Better Man' brings out another side of pop music BRUCE R. MILLER Movies & TV Movie review: Clocks keep Tom Cruise on task in new 'Mission: Impossible' BRUCE R. MILLER Bruce Miller is editor of the Sioux City Journal. 0 Comments Stay up-to-date on what's happening Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story A conversation with Pee-wee Herman: Filmmaker still has questions In the HBO documentary, “Pee-wee as Himself,” Reubens discusses his early inspirations, his fame, his foibles and, briefly, his brushes with the law. 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