Kim Kardashian’s new TV show All’s Fair has been hailed as ‘glamorous’ and ‘silly escapism’ by fans after it become the most watched titled on Hulu in the US.
The multifaceted star has joined a powerhouse female line-up including Glenn Close, Sarah Paulson and Teyana Taylor in Ryan Murphy’s legal thriller.
Despite the harsh reviews from critics, some fans have actually enjoyed the American legal drama series.
The show, which dropped its first three episodes on Disney+ and Hulu earlier this month, has been heavily promoted for months.
It was over a year ago that viewers of Kim’s family reality show (another Disney/Hulu production) saw Murphy and Kim’s Momager Kris Jenner pitch her the idea, whilst in recent days the cast, which also includes Naomi Watts and Niecy Nash, have embarked on a globetrotting publicity blitz with social media lapping up viral videos and slick trailers.
The show follows a team of high-powered female lawyers who leave their firm to start their own company as fierce divorce attorney Allura (Kardashian) vows to destroy her younger husband who married her for money.
Kim Kardashian ‘s new TV show All’s Fair has been hailed as ‘glamorous’ and ‘silly escapism’ by fans after it become the most watched titled on Hulu in the US following savage reviews by criticsÂ
The multifaceted star has joined a powerhouse female line-up including Glenn Close, Sarah Paulson (pictured) and Teyana Taylor in Ryan Murphy’s legal thriller
Big name guest stars including Brooke Shields, Elizabeth Berkley, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Judith Light appear in the series as the attorneys’ clients.
Rotten Tomatoes, the web’s round-up of reviews, gave it a zero per cent initial rating, though that has now climbed to a grudging 6 per cent.Â
And the result? Phenomenal ratings, as everyone watches to see if it can really be as bad as what critics have been saying.
Kim gleefully asked her 354 million Instagram followers, ‘Have you tuned in to the most critically acclaimed show of the year!?!?!?’ – before adding data that shows All’s Fair is the most watched title on Disney+ in the US and 27 other countries worldwide.
Actress Patsy Kensit took to Instagram on Sunday asking fans what they thought, as she penned: ‘I need to know what anyone thought off Alls Fair… personally I loved it!!!Be honest but not mean please.’
Fans in the comments gushed: ‘I think people are expecting too much for a show that is meant to take us out of our own lives and into a glamorous land of female empowerment and wealth and we all know the acting skills of the cast and I think Kim is a fabulous addition to the show, its so camp and fun. Some people are being super critical because of the difference compared to Ryan Murphys other productions but I enjoyed it! Hope you are keeping well Patsy’,
‘It’s glossy and fabulous, some great light relief’,
‘I thought I was going to hate it, but I didn’t turn it off. Love the girl power message’,
Rotten Tomatoes, the web’s round-up of reviews, gave it a zero per cent initial rating, though that has now climbed to a grudging 6 per cent
Despite harsh reviews, some fans have actually enjoyed the legal series
Glenn, who plays Dina Standish in the series, poked fun at the harsh reviews with a hilarious Instagram post last week
‘Loved it – easy to watch giving me desperate housewives vibes’,
‘Loved it total escapism’,
‘Absolutely loving it. The fashion, the drama – the ladies have killed it and hats off to Kim she’s really gone up in my estimations!’Â
Glenn, who plays Dina Standish in the series, poked fun at the harsh reviews with a hilarious Instagram post last week.
She shared a snap of a drawing of the cast in front of a boiling pot that had ‘critic bunny strew’ written on it.
It comes after the series received brutal reviews from critics, with Daily Mail’s Christopher Stevens giving it a minus 3 stars.
The Times’ Ben Dowell declared in his zero star review: ‘This may be the worst TV drama ever’ whilst USA Today’s Kelly Lawler decided the drama was at the very least ‘the worst TV show of the year.’
Many took aim at Kim, who also served as an executive producer, with Dowell writing: ‘Does Kardashian make a convincing lawyer? No, she does not. She is to acting what Genghis Khan is to a peaceful liberal democracy.’
It comes after the series received brutal reviews from critics, with Daily Mail’s Christopher Stevens giving it a minus 3 stars
Angie Han of The Hollywood Reporter writes that ‘Kardashian’s performance, stiff and affectless without a single authentic note, is exactly what the writing, also stiff and affectless without a single authentic note, merits.’
Lucy Mangan for The Guardian opened her review with the musing ‘I did not know it was still possible to make television this bad… But I was wrong. All’s Fair is terrible. Fascinatingly, incomprehensibly, existentially terrible.’
Whilst she called Kim ‘inoffensively useless,’ Mangan set her sights on two time Oscar nominee Naomi Watts, who she says ‘preens and pouts and poses in search of a character, and reminds you of nothing so much as Ally McBeal at her very worst, delivering her lines so archly that you can almost hear her joints cracking.’
Ed Power of The Telegraph is one of the few reviewers to bestow one star on the drama, but his write-up isn’t any less scathing, and he blames Murphy.
‘Ryan Murphy is the high priest of tacky, tasteless television, and this year he has outdone himself with a show of mind-bending horror sure to trigger nightmares in the unsuspecting viewer.’
The takedown has gone global with Anisha Rao of India Today offering a half star review and the declaration: ‘This isn’t law and order – it’s just luxury, loud and lost in translation. All’s Fair is a style statement disguised as storytelling, a glossy courtroom where contour wins over content.’
