It has taken far too long for the streamer to figure out romcom fans want more romances between a ripped religious leader and a dithery woman
In actuality, the new Netflix show of that name, which stars Kristen Bell and Adam Brody, is the steamy streaming romcom that everybody has been wanting for years – or at least everybody who watched and swooned while watching the second season ofYou’ll recall that final season of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s breakout comedy found her funny, sexual and morally dubious big-city dame falling for an off-limits hot priest, played with sensitivity, spirituality and sex appeal by Andrew Scott.
The show is set in L.A. and centres on Joanne, who makes her living dishing about her disappointing dates and adventurous sex life on a podcast hosted with her sister, Morgan , a kind rabbi who no doubt could sit with anyone grieving for at least seven days without contemplating a French exit, breaks up with his very nice and very boring long-term girlfriend, Rebecca, after she discovers that he has bought an engagement ring and has not yet proposed.
There’s a classic misunderstanding, and then a long walk to a car that is so full of chemistry you forget to worry about how much wine either of them has drunk before driving. It’s hot, and the kissing doesn’t even start for another episode. As for Joanne, she’s feeling pressure not to settle down because her podcast is quite popular, and she and her sister seem about to land a deal with Spotify. Who would she be if she made a choice of husband – or maybe even religion?, which follows the romcom formula now established long ago by Judd Apatow of dirty jokes and no judgment, is charming even if it has a number of holes in its premise.demographic, and her L.A. apartment is about 10 times too big to be that of an unsigned podcaster.
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