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Sam Raimi’s Send Help Lands in Theaters With Strong Reviews

Critics single out Rachel McAdams, noting a gleeful splatstick tone.

Overview

  • The survival two-hander opens nationwide today with a 92% Rotten Tomatoes score based on 133 reviews, with audience scores also trending positive.
  • Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien star as coworkers stranded after a plane crash, a setup reviewers say sharply inverts workplace power dynamics.
  • Several outlets highlight Raimi’s return to goopy, darkly comic horror flourishes, while cautioning about some visible CG and a restrained climax.
  • The film runs 1:53 and is rated R for strong/bloody violence and language, with critics noting frequent bodily-fluid gags and splashy gore.
  • Written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift with a score by Danny Elfman, the movie is described by Raimi as an original psychological experiment in shifting audience identification.