Monica Geller off-the-beam benevolent monarch." By the show's final season, Monica's personality has been "exacerbated for comedy" to the point of which she becomes borderline "cartoonish." Monica has a complicated relationship with her parents Jack (Elliot Gould) and Judy Geller (Christina Pickles), more-so with her mother. "Entertainment Weekly" referred to the character's relationship with her parents as "esteem-sucking." In fact, the majority of "Friends" main characters have "strained relationships" with their parents. Described as "hypercritical," Judy enjoys constantly criticizing her daughter's appearance, career, and love life, while acting much kinder towards her son, whom she favors. Chelsea Mize of Bustle wrote that
Lior Geller "Alone in Damascus", Geller went on to sell multiple screenplays as a screenwriter and direct several unscripted television series. Geller is currently in post–production on his feature film debut "We Die Young", based on his Oscar nominated short film, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Elijah Rodriguez () and David Castaneda (End of Watch, ). He is also in development of a television series based on the biblical story of The Maccabees. Since 2007 Geller has received numerous awards and nominations setting a Guinness World Record for "Most Awards Won by a Short Student Film" for "Roads". Lior Geller has a catalogue