Send Help is a movie that is quite difficult to categorize. Is it a comedy? Is it a horror movie? Something about Redemption? Well, I enjoyed the movie. I had these questions after the movie flipped from a film about a likable character to one about a sort-of-likable character. This movie tackles the question of morality itself. Throughout the movie, we follow a character named Linda Liddle, a mild-mannered company employee who was due for a promotion but was passed over because her new boss, Bradley Preston—the son of her former boss—preferred his friend, who had only recently started with the company six months prior.
Rotten Tomatoes’ Tomato Meter score is 93%, and the Popcorn Meter score is 87%. This movie might be considered good; I cannot seem to get away from its messy third act. For one thing, the character played by Dylan O'Brien, Bradley Preston, gave hints of being prone to infidelity. Although he was ultimately proven to be faithful, this outcome eliminated any possibility that he could view the female character in a sexual manner after being stranded on an island with no other women present. In a sense, I do not see the male character as someone who would be faithful. But one thing: he was a spoiled brat, and in the middle of the movie, it was revealed that he came from a neglected family in which he had an abusive mother and rarely saw his father. So, we feel a connection with him. It turned out that he was the way he was because, in truth, he never received true guidance in his life.
I will not get into the details further, as I do not want to spoil the movie for people who actually want to see the movie or are considering seeing the movie, as this movie has been playing for almost 2 weeks in the movie theaters. As a former film graduate, I highly encourage movie fans to see the movie, as I also want to see or hear their thoughts about it.
Please be advised that this movie contains some gore and will not be ideal for children without supervision.
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