This directly critiques traditional norms of marriage, motherhood, and monogamy as sources of female dissatisfaction, with the narrative driven by their pursuit of sexual liberation as empowerment. The 2025 Canadian remake of the 1970 original updates these themes through a female director's lens, emphasizing female gaze and subverting expectations around nudity and desire in a sex comedy format.

Casting features standard leads Laurence Leboeuf and Karine Gonthier-Hyndman with no evident forced diversity or identity swaps, keeping the progressive elements focused on thematic framing rather than representational mandates. Audience and festival reception highlights its charm and social commentary without widespread 'woke' backlash or critic-audience divides, though some reviews note the nonmonogamy exploration as central to its appeal and discomfort.