What if you were stranded on a desert island is a hypothetical that has launched countless

conversations.

But what if that desert island were just you and your terrible boss?

Could you make peace?

Could you coexist?

Would you end up turning on each other?

In the new comic horror movie, send Help, that's exactly what a frustrated woman played by

Rachel McAdams is about to find out.

I'm Linda Holmes, and today we're talking about Send Help on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.

Joining me today is Ronald Young Jr.

He's the host of the film and television review podcast leaving the theater. Hello, Ronald. Hello, Linda. I have a joke about Linda because the character's name is Linda, but I won't do it. So hello, Linda. I'll just leave it there. Okay, okay. I got it. I got it. Also with us is Kristen Mineser. she co-hosts the Nightly, a bedtime podcast for pop culture lovers.

Hello, Kristen.

Hey, Linda. So the premise here is pretty simple. Rachel McAdams plays Linda Little, no relation, a dorky and unappreciated office worker who's just gotten a new boss, Bradley. Played by Dylan O'Brien, Bradley is the spoiled, sexist son of

the old boss who had promised Linda a promotion and then died, leaving his awful kid in charge.

Bradley nixes her promotion, but he brings her along on an overseas business trip to Thailand

with a few of his bros because he can't do the work without her.

The plane goes down and Linda and Bradley end up the only two inhabitants of a very much deserted island.

Fortunately for Linda, she's something of an amateur survivalist who's long dreamed of being a contestant on Survivor.

So she's ready to make fire and collect water.

Bradley, not so much.

The dynamic between them shifts and shifts again as they try to survive long enough to be rescued.

We've been here, what, two weeks now?

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