If you like aging actresses and awful acting, I have just the show for you.
Ryan Murphy’s latest effort, “All’s Fair,” debuted with a 0% from top critics on Rotten Tomatoes. The legal drama earned a zero-star review from The Guardian, which had only previously published 17 zero-star reviews in its 204-year-old history. All those reviews were issued after 2001, in fairness, so either critics are getting harsher, or film, TV and music are getting dumber. Probably the latter.
Audiences were more endeared to “All’s Fair,” with 64% of Rotten Tomato users rating the series 3.5 stars or higher. The series “follows a successful divorce lawyer and the owner of an all-female law firm in Los Angeles,” according to IMDB, and stars Kim Kardashian, Glenn Close, and Sarah Paulson, among others. (RELATED: Hollywood’s Latest Blockbuster Turning Into One Of The Biggest Flops Ever)
Ryan Murphy’s ‘ALL’S FAIR’ debuts with 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.
One critic said “this may be the worst TV drama ever” pic.twitter.com/lvrRWI0AB6
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) November 4, 2025
The Hollywood Reporter described Kardashian’s performance as “stiff and affectless without a single authentic note.” But that’s “exactly what the writing, also stiff and affectless without a single authentic note, merits.”
“All’s Fair” had the right ingredients for a critical hit.
A team of middle-aged women teaming up to battle old, white, patriarchs. Cleavage. More girl power. Designer shoes. Sassy back-and-forths in which the women emerge triumphant.
Not to mention the series’ showrunner. Murphy created and produced some of the 2010’s most popular shows: “Glee,” “Scream Queens,” “American Horror Story.”
In a way, Kim Kardashian might just be the perfect choice to topline ‘All’s Fair,’ Ryan Murphy’s glossy new legal drama for Hulu. THR’s review here: https://t.co/hxFsDxJ0Xw pic.twitter.com/Vux3yMVXjV
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) November 4, 2025
But Murphy’s greatest hits are piling up in the rearview. His powers rose and peaked right alongside the first crest of mainstream wokeness. That first wave was highly concerned with representation. Female representation, gay representation, black representation. Accomplishing this was enough to earn at least a few points in the critics’ eyes. (RELATED: America’s ‘Non Binary’ And ‘Trans’ Community Falling Apart At Seams)
Murphy’s most successful project was probably “Glee.” The show ran for six years, resulted in over 80 albums (including an “LGBTQIA+ Pride” album), and spawned a rabid teenage fanbase. “Glee” began as a satirical after-school special, with episodes highlighting teenage pregnancy, bullying, being in the closet, being a guy in a wheelchair, being adopted by two men, etc.
The show soon shifted into a more serious, and didactic, mode. Seasons three through six feature a character named “Unique Adams,” a male student who pretends to be a woman online, catfishing another male student. Adams is largely portrayed as the victim in this relationship. Another storyline involves Adams attempting to use the women’s restroom.
Even the critics are tired of this brand of brave, bold, and beautiful.
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