Heartstopper Has A 100% Rating On Rotten Tomatoes

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It hasn't been the best week for Netflix with news that it has lost 200,000 subscribers: the first time in a decade that its subscription count has actually gone down. However, the streamer can draw some comfort from the fact that its latest British original series, Heartstopper, is proving a huge hit with viewers and critics alike.

In fact, after premiering on Friday, the queer coming-of-age series currently holds a rare 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes: something loads of more hyped series can only dream of. The overall verdict on the show according to Rotten Tomatoes: "An inclusive romance told with striking sensitivity, Heartstopper is so effortlessly charming that viewers won’t dare skip a beat."

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Adapted by Alice Oseman from her own webcomic and graphic novel, Heartstopper follows the friendship and eventually something more serious that develops between two teenage boys: Nick (Kit Connor) and Charlie (Joe Locke).

On Twitter, the series is being praised for its warmth, across-the-board LGBTQ+ representation and overall sweetness of tone. This certainly seems to chime with Oseman's aims for the series. "I want young queer people watching the show to believe that you can find happiness, friendship, joy and romance," the writer told the i. "Whether or not young people have read the comic, I just hope that it spreads joy, makes people feel seen and makes them feel like there are good things waiting in the future."

overall i really love the lesbian representation even in the graphic novel but especially love how they included the struggles of lesbians in the show because its not often i see portrayals of it in media and they did so well with it #heartstopper pic.twitter.com/xFG4eRq3Ic
— ruko 🍂 (@qxianli) April 23, 2022

heartstopper is the greatest show to ever exist and i’m so glad that kids get to grow up watching gay kids not accepting being treated like shit, lesbians who call themselves lesbians, black trans girls receiving love, bi guys not having their sexuality be doubted!
— aliyah (@a1iyahswrld) April 23, 2022

#Heartstopper is genuinely so heartwarming and sweet, i feel so represented watching something that speaks to various queer experiences and does it so realistically without focusing too much on queer trauma. i’ll be so upset if it gets cancelled
— zero ✯ (@SAPPHSUKI) April 23, 2022

Heartstopper even pulled off a major coup by casting Oscar winner Olivia Colman as Nick's mother and keeping it a secret until its launch on Friday. It's only a very small spoiler to say that Colman brings all her usual emotion to the role. So, if you're looking for a binge-watch to make you feel a little bit better about the world, this could be the one.

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