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Kristen Bell and Adam Brody Lead a Shallow Romance in Netflix’s Weightless ‘Nobody Wants This’: TV Review

The Netflix sitcom 'Nobody Wants This' stars Kristen Bell and Adam Brody in a weightless romance powered by chemistry and nostalgia.

But it’s also a throwback to a TV micro-trend that peaked about a decade ago: low-stakes series that chronicle the emotional and romantic lives of self-involved “creative” types in a small handful of neighborhoods in the northeast corner of Los Angeles. Netflix has made megahits of shows as shiny and frictionless as “Nobody Wants This” in the past; 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. And when refracted through Noah’s mother (Tovah Feldsuh), sister-in-law (Jackie Tohn) and ex (Emily Arlook), “Nobody Wants This” paints Jewish women with a discomfitingly broad brush, casting them as clannish harpies who practically start spitting when a shiksa enters the premises.

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