On Tuesday, Ryan Murphy’s latest legal drama, All’s Fair, premiered on Hulu, but the reception it has received from critics may not be seen as fair by its cast and crew. This new series focuses on a group of female divorce lawyers who leave their previous firm to establish a woman-only legal practice. Despite boasting a star-studded cast that includes Kim Kardashian, Naomi Watts, Niecy Nash-Betts, Teyana Taylor, Matthew Noszka, Sarah Paulson, and Glenn Close, the show has garnered less-than-stellar reviews.
As of midday Tuesday, All’s Fair held a shocking zero percent critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes, raising eyebrows across the entertainment industry. Many critics have taken to their platforms to express their disappointment with the series. The Hollywood Reporter’s TV critic Angie Han described the show as “brain dead,” criticizing its inability to deliver engaging or memorable moments. In her review, she stated, “The drama generally falls flat, too, at delivering the sort of watercooler — or to put it in more 2025 terms, TikTok-friendly — moments it seems reverse-engineered to create.”
Han elaborated on the character development, stating, “These characters are so thin, their storylines so flimsy and their motives so underbaked that there’s no recognizable emotion underlying any of it, and thus no feeling to be provoked by watching it.” Furthermore, she pointed out that Kardashian’s performance was “stiff and affectless,” suggesting that it matched the overall lack of authenticity in the writing.
Lucy Mangan from The Guardian echoed similar sentiments, calling the series “terrible” and noting that it defies the baseline standards expected in television production. Mangan described All’s Fair as “fascinatingly, incomprehensibly, existentially terrible,” further emphasizing the disconnect between the show's premise and its execution.
In a particularly scathing review, The Daily Telegraph’s Ed Power rated the show one star, branding Murphy as “the high priest of tacky, tasteless television.” Power criticized the series for its “mind-bending horror” that is sure to leave viewers questioning their choices. Similarly, The Times’ Ben Dowell condemned Kardashian’s performance, arguing that it takes a substantial ego to star in what he labeled as potentially “the worst television drama ever made.”
USA Today’s Kelly Lawler did not hold back in her critique, calling All’s Fair “the worst TV show of the year.” She lamented the lack of redeeming qualities, stating, “An embarrassingly terrible show with scripts worse than what Chat GPT was spitting out two years ago and acting worse than your local Christmas pageant, Fair is an unmitigated disaster of such outlandish proportions it’s a wonder not a single person in the production process didn’t stop and ask ‘What are we doing here?’”
Lawler concluded her review by highlighting the show's stilted and artificial nature, suggesting that not even a glass of wine or leftover Halloween candy could make it enjoyable to watch.
As All’s Fair continues to stream on Hulu, the overwhelming negative feedback from critics raises questions about the future of this ambitious project. While the cast is undeniably talented, it appears that the execution of this legal drama may have missed the mark, leaving audiences and critics alike wondering what went wrong.
