Hulu’s newest show *All’s Fair*, starring Kim Kardashian, was just released on November 4 and has generated significant buzz online—although not all of it positive. The latest series, featuring acting heavyweights such as Glenn Close and Naomi Watts, has struggled to gain the stamp of approval from many in the entertainment industry.
To make matters worse, *All’s Fair* received an unexpected 0% rating from Rotten Tomatoes’ critics. Despite the negative reviews, director Anthony Hemingway has defended the series and is choosing to pay no mind to the criticism.
Anthony argued, “You’re not going to please everybody. You may have certain criticisms, while there are a million others who love it. I think the show holds a mirror up to each person who watches it. It’s just about: ‘Can you connect to it or relate to it, and see yourself?’ It may be out of your league, it may not be anything you can connect to, and I think that goes for anything that gets presented on screen,” he told *The Hollywood Reporter*.
Addressing critics who labeled the series as unrealistic, Hemingway emphasized that *All’s Fair* is a comedy and should be approached as such. He explained, “There’s a lot of wish fulfillment in this show that was by design, and it’s coming at a time where people want an escape and to fantasize. There are elements of this show that effectively do that, where it’s not taking itself so seriously. It wouldn’t be a comedy if it was trying to be that.”
Overall, Anthony is sticking to his creative vision and encourages viewers to remain open as the show evolves. But if they don’t, “that’s OK” too. He continued, “I think that it ultimately delivers. I do. I believe it. Hopefully opinions will change. But if they don’t, then they don’t. What we are all doing excites us, and we stand by it.”
Looking ahead, viewers can expect *All’s Fair* to become “an ultimate artist playground,” featuring “tapping into pop culture and the zeitgeist with real human stories.” Anthony teased, “I was literally hanging on every creative choice [Ryan Murphy] made in the pilot, to be able to take the baton and then usher that into the evolution of what we got to really play with in the show. Believe me: What you have seen does not touch where it goes.”
The director also offered parting advice for audiences: “Don’t come at it with such a critical or literal frame of mind. It strikes a different tone, and it will evolve over time; it will get more human. Something that was important to Ryan [Murphy] was fulfilling fantasies.”
He continued, “[He was] wanting people to see what they may not be able to obtain but can escape into and live out through an entertainment space. [He wanted to] give some wish fulfillment and light to this world.”
While critics may have shunned the series, viewers remain divided. Fan reactions are mixed, with Rotten Tomatoes’ audience giving *All’s Fair* a 61% rating. It’s safe to say that when it comes to rating *All’s Fair*, all’s fair in the game.
https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/866185/alls-fair-director-responds-kim-kardashian-show-scathing-reviews-reveals-whats-to-come/
