- First trailer for new Netflix movie Ladies First released
- Coming to the streamer May 22, starring Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike
- Follows “a ladies’ man who sees his life turned upside down when he wakes up in a parallel world dominated by women”
Netflix released the first trailer for a new film Ladies first (which you can find below), and it’s safe to say that the first preview didn’t go well.
“With the rules of engagement changed, he takes on a feisty colleague in a playful satire about what happens when the script is flipped.”
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This might truly be the worst trailer I’ve ever seen. Rosamund Pike’s agent must be jailed https://t.co/dQyu3LkjPuApril 16, 2026
Already dubbed “the worst trailer I’ve ever seen” by fans online, Ladies first appears to be an English-language remake of the 2018 French film I am not an easy man.
However, there is another great irony that we haven’t even thought about.
Ladies First trailer called ‘incredibly depressing’ by Netflix fans
First, let’s dig a little deeper into these fan reactions. One posted on
“This concept would have been so difficult in 1987,” said a third.
But even if the story doesn’t sit well with fans online, there’s something else to consider. Parody films are something that Baron Cohen is both well suited and known for. Still, for Pike, this is rather a surprising decision, especially given his current success in a national play. Inter-Aliaswhich is currently streaming on the company’s At Home platform internationally.
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Still in London’s West End before transferring to Broadway later in 2026, Pike plays Jessica, a pioneering Crown Court judge balancing a high-profile career with the emotional labor of motherhood.
When her teenage son is accused of serious sexual assault, she faces a crisis that tests her feminist principles and legal beliefs against her maternal instincts.
The release of both projects one after the other seems even more shocking, especially considering the critical and fan success Inter Alia is currently receiving.
We will be able to see Ladies first on May 22, so full reactions have yet to be determined.
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