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.

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.

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

Where I Am Not an Easy Man dared to get his hands dirty, this adaptation tries to keep it clean. It changes the language, expands the cast, and improves the packaging, but it loses its edge. [Full review in Spanish]