Their expressions are indistinguishable from people taking a selfie during a night out with friends. There is nothing about this that screams "reunited". It's just generic blank smiles.
Below is a real painting by a real person. It shows a man being reunited with people from his past. Look at all the different expressions. Look at how they tell a story. They inform you not just about what the characters are feeling, but hint at something deeper.
From what I have seen, the AI art that resonates with people comes from people who spent their time writing, drawing, animating, just creating the old fashioned way first. They use AI to do things that are prohibitively expensive or time consuming, not to do everything for them because they can't be bothered to learn the skills needed to make it.
They Did Not Expect Him - Ilya Repin