Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Send Help’ on VOD, Sam Raimi’s Return-to-Form Comedy-Thriller, Which Puts Rachel McAdams Through the Wringer

Grisly-fun Sam Raimi comedy-thriller Send Help (now streaming on VOD platforms like Amazon Prime Video) finds star Rachel McAdams altering her screen persona from mean girl to mousy and back. She’s the put-upon employee at the office. Costar Dylan O’Brien is the asshat CEO who treats her like crud. And what might happen if they find themselves stranded on a tropical island? The power dynamic shifts, that’s what, and Raimi – genius behind the Evil Deads and Spider-Mans – gets a primo opportunity to return to his gonzo roots. And to return to form.

SEND HELP: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT? 

The Gist: Like so many of us, Linda Liddle (McAdams) contains multitudes. She shops from the frump rack at TJ Maxx, her pet bird is her closest confidant, the book 1,000 Ways to be Alone sits on her shelf and her tuna fish breath

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