The stacked cast of All’s Fair. (Hulu)
The stacked cast of All’s Fair. (Hulu)
All’s Fair, the new legal drama from Ryan Murphy and starring Kim Kardashian, is a massive stinker getting multiple zero-star reviews and achieving a 0% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
The series follows an all-female team of divorce attorneys as “they navigate high-stakes break-ups, scandalous secrets and shifting allegiances – both in the courtroom and within their own ranks,” as per a synopsis.
The first three episodes of the series, which also stars Glenn Close, Naomi Watts, Sarah Paulson, Niecy Nash, and Teyana Taylor, debuted on Disney+/Hulu on Tuesday (4 November).
As of Wednesday morning, All’s Fair has a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on eight reviews. In terms of audience rating, the series is sitting on 55% based on over 100 ratings.
Kim Kardashian and Naomi Watts in All’s Fair. (Disney/Ser Baffo)
The Guardian awarded the series zero stars describing it as “fascinatingly, incomprehensibly, existentially terrible.” Lucy Mangan, the review’s writer, also wrote, “I did not know it was still possible to make television this bad.”
Similarly, The Times, who also gave the show zero stars, said All’s Fair “may be the worst TV drama ever.” The Telegraph came for Kardashian’s “stilted acting,” but that she “is just one disaster among many.”
Sarah Paulson as Carrington Lane and Glenn Close as Dina Standish in All’s Fair. (Disney+)
The Hollywood Reporter slammed All’s Fair as “empty” and “unforgivably dull,” whilst also panning Kardashian’s acting. And another reviewer said the series was “unwatchable” and blasted the series over its “offensive” feminism which it also labelled as “shallow and outdated.”
Audience reviews are much more favourable. “It’s so bad, it’s good. Very camp,” wrote one audience member. “Loved it!” added someone who gave the show five stars. “I forgot it was Kim K by the second episode as she’s such a good actress and I thought it was cast brilliantly!” they added.
“Absolutely horrifying,” wrote someone else adding,”Never let kim k on a movie/tv show set ever again.” Another audience member said they couldn’t understand how Close and Paulson “are tied to this utter rubbish.”
Speaking to PinkNews ahead of All’s Fair‘s release, Close said it took “a little while” for her “get” the show.
“I had never done a Ryan show, so, it took me a little while to kind of get it,” she said. “But then I got it. And [I] started having a really wonderful time, but also connecting with these women on a personal basis, you know, and looking forward to seeing them every day was a very, very great blessing for me on this project.”
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