Send Help Parent Guide

Parent Movie Review
by Kirsten Hawkes

Directed by Sam Raimi. Starring Rachel McAdams, Dylan O'Brien. Running time: 113 minutes. Updated January 20, 2026

About author

Kirsten Hawkes

Kirsten Hawkes has a BA in Political Science and English and has worked in international development and medical education and marketing. Kirsten enjoys reading, watching movies, and debating politics with her husband and sometimes unwilling children.

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Rating & Content Info

Why is Send Help rated R? Send Help is rated R by the MPAA for strong/bloody violence and language

Violence:  People are routinely harmed and seen with bloody injuries. A person is shot in the head. A person is attacked with a knife; its removal is bloody. A person is stabbed in the eye. There are other attacks with bladed weapons (sometimes fatal) as well as an ax, a corkscrew and a burning knife. A man is run over and seriously injured. A person is hit with a baseball bat. A person is run over and his head is crushed. A person is thrown from a moving car. People are crushed by a moving vehicle, a hammer, and a heavy weight. A person’s arm is broken. Corpses are seen on screen. Dead animals are seen in a hunting context.
Sexual Content: There is a sex scene without explicit nudity. There is a non-explicit scene of a man masturbating. Male buttocks are seen in a non-sexual context.
Profanity: The script features sexual expletives, scatological curses, terms of deity, minor profanities, and a racial slur.
Drugs/Alcohol: Alcohol is consumed recreationally.

Page last updated January 20, 2026