《女仆日记》延续了雷诺阿一贯的自然主义风格，没有繁复的雕饰，用行云流水的镜头捕捉布列塔尼小镇的田园诗意，叙事松弛而充满生活气息。影片走轻松诙谐的浪漫喜剧路线，叙事流畅自然，充满法式幽默与温情。 朱莉·梅肯斯和让·迦本贡献了神级演技，他们俩的对手戏既幽默又充满人性关怀，精准还原了那个时代特有的含蓄与浪漫。 剧情聚焦于家仆塞莱斯汀复杂的单恋，虽是阶级悬殊的爱情，却透着一股慵懒的温存与无奈。故事没有狗血误会，只有细腻的阶层趣味和带点甜味的阶级差恋，让人看了心里暖洋洋的。影片节奏轻盈流畅，镜头如流水般穿梭，将一段浪漫的三角恋娓娓道来，既不沉重也不浮夸。

　　Celestine, the chambermaid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man. But Mr Lanlaire is not a right choice: all the house is firmly controlled by Mme Lanlaire, helped by the strange valet Joseph. Then she tries the neighbour, ex-officer Mauger. This seems to work. But soon the son of the Lanlaires comes back. He is young, attractive, and does not share his mother's anti-republicans opinions. So Celestine's beauty attracts Captain Mauger, young Georges Lanlaire, and also Joseph. Three men, from three different social classes, with three different conceptions of life. Will Celestine be able to convince Georges of her sincerity ? Will sinister and inflexible Joseph let his views upon Celestine be ruined ? A quite disillusioned depiction of humanity.