All’s Fair review – Kim Kardashian’s divorce drama is existentially terrible
Not even Glenn Close can rescue this Ryan Murphy series from its disastrous plot, aimless characters, and remarkably bad kissing scenes. I did not think television could still be this poor. There seemed to be a baseline standard preventing such failures, but All’s Fair proves otherwise.
Premise and Cast
The show stars Kim Kardashian, Naomi Watts, and Niecy Nash as founders of an all-female law firm handling divorce cases for wealthy but unlucky women under California's sunny skies. Despite this setup, the series is deeply flawed.
Direct Quotes Illustrate the Problem
“Let’s put the ‘team’ in ‘teamwork’.”
“My flight was turbulent and so is my mood,” says Liberty (Watts) to a man blocking her path to a client.
“He’s wolf-like in his possessiveness,” says a client describing her husband.
The dialogue is so poor it borders on being disdainful. Expecting someone like Julian Fellowes to have influenced the writing is natural, but the blame lies entirely with Ryan Murphy and his co-creators Jon Robin Baitz and Joe Baken.
Summary
This series is a fascinating yet deeply flawed disaster in storytelling and character development, failing to meet even minimal expectations for engaging television.
“Not even Glenn Close can save this Ryan Murphy disaster from its dismal plots, clueless characters – and the worst kissing scenes ever filmed.”
Author’s conclusion
The show is a striking example of how a promising cast and concept can still result in profoundly disappointing television.
Would you like the tone to be more formal or conversational?