Ladies First 2026 by AverageMansReviews

Ladies First 2026 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is going to be flashing effects/colourful effects/misogyny/misandry/sexism/rainbow community/sexual harassment/self harming/burning/shooting/animal waste/medical

Well this is woke: briefly; we have narrating from this homeless guy known as Pidgeon Man [Richard E Grant:] that tells us a little bit about Damien Sachs [Sacha Baron Cohen:] let's be honest he is a bit of a pig and a misogynist as well, he is in line for this big promotion at Atlas Agency [that deals with the world of advertising;] because of circumstances he has to promote a woman to a big decision and that unfortunate individual is Alex Fox [Rosamund Pike:] she is a highly talented and skilled individual that in this world; gets to run point leader/manage this advertising project by name only as this responsibility will go to someone else. But let's see how Sachs likes the roles been reversed after he bangs his head and wakes up in the female dominated society.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is to begin with very problematic as their sexism on either side regardless of gender is really quite off-putting; because it isn't authentically real; I mean I know it happens and I hasten to add I know it shouldn't happen, but the level of it and let me just say this again on both sides has been put on maximum output and for large amount of time/times it isn't funny and it also feels like it has been loosely kind of adapted from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol; from the perspective of this horrible man goes through this experience and comes back to set everything right or try to set everything right. The framework and pacing of this 93 minute films is very much depending on if it is being suffocated by the misogyny or the misandry; it does feel like this film really does struggle to move because it is either being weighed down by one or the other; I mean if this film's purpose was to highlight the toxic nature of these two mindsets/attitudes/beliefs then mission accomplished and they can try use montages now and again; but it still feels weighed down. But having said all this; some point things they begin to lighten up; don't get me wrong everything is still there, but it is very much lightened up, so everything can actually believe and come through and it elements of being toxic, but no way as much as it originally was.

Comedy, Art, character developments and performances; there was only one comical moment at its height of the toxic nature and that is when Sachs has provided an adult dance dressed of the cowboy and things don't exactly go to plan or his family member passing wind, much later on we have this changing of a tyre as it relates to a car and our lead partnership and for the art; there is this little butterfly making an appearance.

The character developments and performances; the character developments are safe and reliable versions of what they are clearly going for here and based on that they smashed it out of the park; I should just highlights again when I said if this is what they were going for; meaning subtext again regardless of one world or the other; his character types can be quite annoying, the vast majority of the cast put in good performances; however in this alternative world between Sachs/Baron Cohen and/or Fox/Pike or Man/E. Grant really do save this film as they are sometime comical or bitey or one-upsmanship or trying to creep out on the situation is precisely why this film gets the marking it does and without these three putting in a shift they do be it limited role from E. Grant or main partnership from Sachs/Baron Cohen and Fox/Pike; this film would have completely collapsed as they this trio carry this project on their back.

This film receives: 6/10, this film is good; I was struggling with what mark to give this film, so I have decided to meet it half way in this sense of a needed to recognise this trio and I feel I have done that with this mark, but it also now gives me the leeway to say this; now I have seen this film, I probably if I have the choice never want to see it again.