Up the Sandbox

Up the Sandbox

What's Barbra up to? Up the marriage trap. Up the revolution. Up the Zambesi River. And up to something surprisingly wonderful.

Directed by Irvin Kershner

Produced by First Artists, Barwood Films

197297 min5.9 / 10

A surreal, energetic comedy-drama about a restless young mother's escape into increasingly absurd fantasies as she rebels against domestic confinement and marital neglect.

Bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, a young wife and mother slips into increasingly outrageous fantasies: her mother breaking into the apartment, an explorer's demonstration of tribal fertility music at a party causing strange transformations, and joining terrorists to plant explosives in the Statue of Liberty.

Questions people ask

  • Is Up the Sandbox sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

  • Is Up the Sandbox scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Is Up the Sandbox violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does Up the Sandbox end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Up the Sandbox easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

38/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

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Rarity87

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise22

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love20

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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