Rarely do I find a movie so perplexing in determining how I should feel, that the gray area outweighs the good or the darkness. But "Send Help" (2026) was one of those movies that defies the protagonist/antagonist dyad. Instead, it opts for the drag queen aesthetic of entertaining through the exaggerated lens of social expectations.
I feel it is a very cisgendered take on the condemnation of the patriarchal system. Which isn't to say, a bad thing. It's what they know and it's a step in the right direction.
I'm still conflicted with this movie, not in how much I like it because it is a really good movie. But I am conflicted in my cheerleading for the character, Linda Liddle. There are times in which I am applauding her for being prepared, being adaptive and capable. While at the same time, her choices are often make it hard or impossible to reconcile her as the protagonist or even worthy of survival.
But that is the thing, it's not about how you feel about her. It's the idea that you would ever make those decisions in her place. But you simply don't know, if faced with the decision to get back to a life that was unfair and lonely or to stay on a beautiful island in which you are thriving and suddenly your capabilities are all that matter for your position of power, how you might react.
How did you feel watching this movie? Who did you see as the good guy? Let us know!