All’s Honest Director Defends Hulu Sequence After 6% Rotten Tomatoes Rating

Hulu’s new authorized drama, All’s Honest, debuted to abysmal evaluations. The Ryan Murphy present acquired a 6% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and the director, Anthony Hemingway, lastly spoke out towards the critics, defending the brand new Kim Kardashian-led sequence.

After the primary three episodes have been launched, reviewers from a number of main platforms ruthlessly attacked the present. Regardless of All’s Honest’s star-studded forged, which incorporates: Kardashian (Allura Grant), Naomi Watts (Liberty Ronson), Sarah Paulson (Carrington Lane), Glenn Shut (Dina Standish), Niecy Nash-Betts (Emerald Greene), and Teyana Taylor (Milan), the sequence was nearly universally disliked. It was deemed “the worst TV present of the 12 months” by USA As we speak. A critic from The Guardian said that the present was “fascinatingly” unhealthy.

Talking to The Hollywood Reporter, Hemingway said that individuals are allowed to have their very own opinions in regards to the authorized drama. He defined how there isn’t any manner that any TV sequence or piece of leisure might be beloved by all people, so it isn’t shocking that All’s Honest acquired some destructive evaluations, and he would not take it personally.

You’re not going to please all people. You might have sure criticisms, whereas there are one million others who like it. I believe the present holds a mirror as much as every one that watches it. It’s nearly: Are you able to connect with it or relate to it, and see your self? It might be out of your league, it is probably not something you’ll be able to connect with, and I believe that goes for something that will get offered on display.

It’s leisure, it’s a comedy, and it’s a matter of discovering methods to faucet into actual conversations and actual human dynamics otherwise. Each time you meet any type of distinction, it takes a minute to both develop a style for it or not. It is probably not for you, and that’s OK, however I personally benefit from the present. I had a whole lot of enjoyable referring to it in my very own manner. Not all the things is for everyone, and you’ll’t additionally count on one particular person to outline one thing and for that be the totality of what it’s — I don’t agree with that.

Hemingway additionally mentioned that audiences should not decide All’s Honest proper off the bat as a result of it simply got here out. It normally takes a little bit of time earlier than a present’s rating on Rotten Tomatoes turns into extra correct. Because the present was simply launched yesterday (November 4, 2025, on the time of this text’s publication), it hasn’t garnered sufficient evaluations but. The director urged individuals to present the present an opportunity and never simply write it off earlier than checking it out for themselves.

I additionally assume typically issues could take time. I did The Wire. Nobody appreciated the present when it was out. They hated it. They didn’t watch it. Two individuals watched it each week. However it acquired to some extent the place it discovered a second. I’m not evaluating the present to The Wire — let’s get that straight — however it’s an instance of how individuals can react to one thing in a single second and it turns into one thing completely completely different in one other time. The present takes a minute to get into gear, however I do really feel like it’s completely putting one thing that’s refreshing and creatively fulfilling.

He additionally suggested viewers not to enter the present able to hate it or believing that it is unhealthy earlier than they even hit play. Hemingway defined that he needed individuals to maintain an open thoughts and attempt to respect Murphy’s imaginative and prescient for All’s Honest.

Don’t come at it with such a vital or literal mind set. It strikes a distinct tone, and it’ll evolve over time; it can get extra human. One thing that was essential to Ryan was fulfilling fantasies. [He was] wanting individuals to see what they could not have the ability to receive, however can escape into and stay out via an leisure house. [He wanted to] give some want success and lightweight to this world.

The primary three episodes of All’s Honest can be found to stream on Hulu. New episodes shall be launched each Tuesday at 3:00 AM ET and 12:00 AM PT.