"Not two, the score you give something you want to write off as too mediocre to break sweat over. Not one, which is what you give something if you want to make the people who made it wince. Zero stars. All's Fair, according to this newspaper, is a product entirely devoid of discernible worth. In the entire 204-year-old history of this publication, only 15 zero-star reviews have ever been written, and All's Fair is so unremittingly awful it got one of them."
"Boat Trip, film review, 2002 A notorious Cuba Gooding Jr comedy, and the first zero-star recipient in the history of this newspaper. What we said Peter Bradshaw wrote: Even the direst of recent teen-smut films have had a puppyish energy and an eagerness to please. But this? With its dated, clueless, unintentionally offensive gags about Swedish bimbos, like something from The Producers, only minus the laughs, it's just living death."
"The seal well and truly broken, it took only six months for another review to reach the same giddy depths this time for a live concert spin-off of a BBC talent show. What we said Alexis Petridis wrote: This concert could be no more efficient in parting parents from their cash if the Fame Academy students leapt from the stage and started snatching wallets at knifepoint."
All's Fair, a Disney+ legal drama starring Kim Kardashian, received a zero-star rating, marking one of only 15 zero-star ratings in the publication's 204-year history. The zero-star roster contains a range of films and live events deemed entirely devoid of discernible worth. Boat Trip (2002) earned the first zero-star mark, criticized for dated and unintentionally offensive gags and linked to a negative career impact for Cuba Gooding Jr. Fame Academy Live (2003) was condemned as a cash-grab for parents and the associated talent show was axed after a second series. The selections are presented as the publication's Mount Rushmore of poor entertainment.
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