New Netflix series praised for ‘resuscitating the rom-com’ as critics call it the next When Harry Met Sally

Netflix’s new rom-com Nobody Wants This is being praised by critics for delivering the best and funniest 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 stepdaughter of Katharine McPhee.

It even features a Veronica Mars reunion that fans are excited about.

Bell plays Joanne, who is desperately looking for love, and then opens up about all her bad dates on the podcast she shares with her sister Morgan (Justine Lupe).

The podcast is of course called Nobody Wants This. Things get complicated when Joanne meets Noah (Brody), who has just come off an almost-engagement with Rebecca (Emily Arlook), after realizing that the relationship was something that Rebecca wanted and that his family wanted, but he didn’t.

Noah is a rabbi and tells Joanne that there is nothing worse for his professional image than falling for a shiksa.

“Technically it’s a Yiddish insult that means you’re unclean and odious, but nowadays it just means you’re a handsome, blonde gentile,” Noah explains to Joanne.

Thus begins the quirky storyline and fiery chemistry between the leads – 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, hosted by their mutual friend Ashley (Sherry Cola), they immediately engage in a tennis match of sarcasm,” the outlet reported.

The New York Times wrote the lofty praise that Brody and Bell “resuscitated the Rom-Com.”

It’s the two actors’ easy and fast banter, not to mention the Jew and Shiksa pairing that draws comparisons to When Harry Met Sally, which starred Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan in similar roles.

In the meantime, The Guardian calls the series ‘a cheerful rom-com that is just as funny as When Harry Met Sally.’

“It’s the funniest, sweetest, most outrageous, most romantic and most real thing we’ve seen since – well, since Colin from Accounts,” the outlet reported, also mentioning When Harry Met Sally.

‘…Their chemistry on screen – especially in the romantic scenes, but more importantly and even more powerful in the bantering, teasing conversations in between – is something special and a joy to watch.

“Can you have sex?” she asks him as he guides her to her car. “Yes. They’re priests. We’re just normal people. And we’re trying to repopulate a people, you know?”

The AV club also enthusiastic about the new series, calling it ‘remarkably light-hearted’.

‘The show comes to life from the moment Noah and Joanne have a meet-cute at a party. They are drawn together like magnets and connect with each other with funny jokes, eye f**king and sweet gestures,” the outlet said.

“They may be complete opposites – as everyone around keeps warning them – but who cares when the attraction is so palpable?”

USA today said Nobody Likes. This just might be the romance to make you believe in a little thing called love. It’s an opposites-attracting story about a down-to-earth rabbi (Brody) and an irreverent agnostic (Bell) who come together irresistibly.

“Note the long, lingering, love-sick stares, the fish-out-of-water cultural flourishes, and the frequent use of the Yiddish term ‘shiksa’ (a non-Jewish woman).”

Time wrote, “The warmth between Bell and Brody feels thrillingly real. You just want to see them tease and kiss and cuddle 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 stepdaughter of Katharine McPhee

Bell plays Joanne, who is desperately looking for love and then talks 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 that there is nothing worse for his professional image than falling for a shiksa

“As unlikely as it may be in terms of interfaith representation, through sheer chemistry and Nobody Wants This, it earns enough goodwill to merit another try in Season 2.”

Finally, Variety had a more sour view of the series, saying, “After playing through ten episodes in two sessions, I entered a thought-free state of mind that I’ve come to think of as Emily in Paris Syndrome.”

‘The sugar high goes away anyway. Despite the name, many people will want to see Nobody Wants This. I just doubt they will have lasting memories of it.

All ten episodes of Nobody Wants This are now on Netflix.