Film reviews: ‘Send Help’ and ‘Private Life’

‘Send Help’

Directed by Sam Raimi (R)

★★★

“The most purely enjoyable Sam Raimi film in years,” Send Help is a horror-comedy that has “the potential to be timeless,” said Alison Foreman in IndieWire. A “rigorously committed” Rachel McAdams stars as a corporate underling who becomes marooned on a deserted island with her company’s new CEO shortly after the pampered young exec, played by Dylan O’Brien, denied her a promotion. Because O’Brien’s Brady is injured and McAdams’ Linda is far more resourceful...