Netflix’s new rom-com Nobody Wants This is being praised by critics for delivering the best and kookiest story in that genre since 1989’s When Harry Met Sally.
The 10-episode series stars Adam Brody and Kristen Bell, both 44, and comes from writer Erin Foster, daughter of David Foster and step-daughter of Katharine McPhee.
It even features a Veronica Mars reunion that fans have been raving about.
Bell plays Joanne, who is ardently looking for love and then talking about all her bad dates on the podcast she shares with her sister Morgan (Justine Lupe).
The podcast is called Nobody Wants This, naturally. Things grow complicated when Joanne meets Noah (Brody) who is fresh off a near-engagement to Rebecca (Emily Arlook), after realizing that the relationship was something Rebecca wanted and his family wanted but he didn’t.
Noah is a rabbi and tells Joanne there’s nothing worse for his professional image than falling for a shiksa.
Netflix ‘s new rom-com Nobody Wants This is being praised by critics for delivering the best and kookiest story in that genre since 1989’s When Harry Met Sally
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‘Technically, it’s a Yiddish insult that means you’re impure and detestable, but these days it just means you’re a hot, blonde non-Jew,’ Noah explains to Joanne.
So begins the quirky storyline and fiery chemistry between the lead actors – who are friends in real life – that Slate hailed as ‘the next great rom-com we’ve been waiting for.’
‘Their chemistry sizzles on-screen – when Joanne and Noah have their meet-cute at the dinner party, which is hosted by their mutual friend Ashley (Sherry Cola), they immediately ease into a tennis match of sarcasm,’ the outlet reported.
The New York Times penned the lofty praise that Brody and Bell ‘Resuscitate the Rom-Com.’
It is the two actors’ easy and fast-paced banter, not to mention the Jew and shiksa combination that draws comparison to When Harry Met Sally, which starred Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan in similar roles.
Meanwhile, The Guardian calls the series ‘a joyous romcom is as funny as When Harry Met Sally.’
‘It’s the funniest, sweetest, most scabrous, most romantic, most real thing we’ve seen since – well, since Colin from Accounts,’ the outlet reported also mentioning When Harry Met Sally.
‘…Their on-screen chemistry – in the romantic scenes, sure, but more importantly and even more potently in the bantering, teasing conversations in between – is something special and a joy to watch.
‘“Can you have sex?” she asks him as he escorts her to her car. “Yes. That’s priests. We’re just normal people. And we’re trying to repopulate a people, you know?”’
The AV Club also gushed over the new series, calling it ‘remarkably breezy.’
‘The show comes alive from the instant Noah and Joanne have a meet-cute at a party. Drawn together like magnets, they feel out each other with witty banter, eye f**king, and sweet gestures,’ the outlet stated.
‘They might be complete opposites—as everyone around keeps warning them—but who cares when the attraction is this palpable?’
USA Today said Nobody Likes This ‘might just be the romance to make you believe in a little thing called love. It’s an opposites-attract story about a down-to-Earth rabbi (Brody) and an irreverent agnostic (Bell) pulled irresistibly together.
‘Cue the long, lingering, lovesick glances, fish-out-of-water cultural high jinks and a lot of use of the Yiddish term “shiksa” (a non-Jewish woman).’
Time wrote, ‘The warmth between Bell and Brody feels exhilaratingly real. You just want to see them banter and kiss and snuggle and thrive.
The 10-episode series stars Adam Brody and Kristen Bell , both 44, and comes from writer Erin Foster, daughter of David Foster and step-daughter of Katharine McPhee
Bell plays Joanne, who is ardently looking for love and then talking about all her bad dates on the podcast she shares with her sister Morgan (Justine Lupe)
Nobody Wants This has drawn comparisons to 1989’s When Harry Met Sally starring Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal
Noah is a rabbi and tells Joanne there’s nothing worse for his professional image than falling for a shiksa
‘Implausible as it can be in terms of interfaith representation, through sheer chemistry and Nobody Wants This,earns enough goodwill to merit another attempt in Season 2.’
Finally, Variety had a more sour take on the series, saying, ‘After downing 10 episodes in two sittings, I entered a thought-free state of mind I’ve come to think of as Emily in Paris Syndrome.
‘The sugar high nonetheless wears off. Despite the name, plenty of people will want to watch Nobody Wants This. I just doubt they’ll have lasting memories of it.
All 10 episodes of Nobody Wants This is streaming now on Netflix.