Ladies First

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Ladies First

R

2026

1h 33m

Comedy

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Damien Sachs (Sacha Baron Cohen) seemingly has it all: money, power, and a never ending stream of casual flings. As he prepares to ascend to the role of CEO at a leading advertising agency, his life is turned upside down when he wakes up in his worst nightmare: a parallel world dominated by women. Where he once ruled the boardroom, he now finds himself humbled and going head-to-head with the newly fierce and fearless Alex Fox (Rosamund Pike). With the rules of engagement changed and Alex at the top of her game, the two boldly battle it out in a playful and satirical comedy about what happens when the script is flipped.

John Anderson

Wall Street Journal

2d

The destination of “Ladies First” might as well be on tracks. But Ms. Pike is terrific, as are Ms. Shaw, Mr. Dance and Mr. Baron Cohen, an agile comedian in a production that isn’t particularly taxing.

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Amber Dowling

Globe and Mail

5d

Director Thea Sharrock presents a somewhat predictable but entirely cathartic take on what it really would look like if women ran the world, and it is fine companion viewing for Eléonore Pourriat’s French film I Am Not an Easy Man, on which it’s based.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

5d

2/5

The gender politics, much like the French original, are bonkers and alarmingly retro.

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Matt Pais

MattPais.com

2d

D

The most controversial movie of 1981.

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Rob Thomas

Not That Rob Thomas (Substack)

2d

1.5/4

The movie’s broad stereotypes and rudimentary gender satire might have played better in a broad French farce.

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Connor Petrey

Pop Culture Leftovers

3d

From obvious misogynistic jokes, sex humor, and oddly weird leaps in judgment, Ladies First makes for a film with more awkward silences than laughs.

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J. F

@RT48636443 3h

Stunning, watched it twice.

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J J.

@MissAwesomeJ 3h

I miss this kind of movie! It reminds me of “what women want”. It was an easy watch and it did have a great message behind it. I hope it opened up perspectives for both women and men even if just a little. Very entertaining especially the shopping scene , pay attention to the name of the stores 😂.

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Lulu J

@CallMeLulu 6h

I can't believe this has 26% of the reviewer vote. It is not neatly that bad! I thought Sasha Baron Cohen did a great job, as did the other actors, and it was amusing, and a fun watch. Light-hearted, a bit reminiscent of the other many films where someone hits their head and enters a parallel universe, but so what? It was fun and I thought well-done. Right now the audience rating is 65% Fresh and I'd say it is definitely about a 6.5/10 stars movie. Truly, not bad at all -- nice summer escapism!

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Brayan G.

@RT99747242 7h

I tried to watch this movie two times fell asleep both times it’s just not really grab the plot. It’s kind of funky I would not really recommend unfortunately but it has a great cast.

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Debbie P

@RT86293254 8h

Light fun that doesn’t take itself seriously Great actors that must’ve had a lot of fun making it. Some critics are saying it doesn’t have any new relative points- oh stop. It’s just fun. They probably hated Barbie too We need laughter now

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Sara C

@RT28952953 8h

Lots of laughs, fun watch!

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Synopsis

Damien Sachs (Sacha Baron Cohen) seemingly has it all: money, power, and a never ending stream of casual flings. As he prepares to ascend to the role of CEO at a leading advertising agency, his life is turned upside down when he wakes up in his worst nightmare: a parallel world dominated by women. Where he once ruled the boardroom, he now finds himself humbled and going head-to-head with the newly fierce and fearless Alex Fox (Rosamund Pike). With the rules of engagement changed and Alex at the top of her game, the two boldly battle it out in a playful and satirical comedy about what happens when the script is flipped.

Director: Thea Sharrock
Producer: Liza Chasin, Eleonore Dailly, Edouard de Lachomette
Screenwriter: Natalie Krinsky, Cinco Paul, Katie Silberman
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: 3dot productions
Rating: R (Sexual Material and Language)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2026
Runtime: 1h 33m