Overview
- Critics highlight the desert-island two-hander as an inversion of workplace power dynamics with caustic humor and gore.
- Reviewers single out McAdams and Dylan O’Brien’s performances and Raimi’s kinetic, gross-out style, complemented by Danny Elfman’s score.
- Several outlets note uneven tone, spotty CGI and a wobbly late stretch even as they find the film broadly entertaining.
- The film debuts at 93% on Rotten Tomatoes this week, matching Spider-Man 2 as Raimi’s highest score on the aggregator at the time of reporting.
- Send Help opens in theaters and 3D on January 30 via 20th Century Studios, from writers Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, with production in Australia and Thailand.