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Up the Sandbox

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1972 · 97 min Comedy Drama
5.8 / 10 · TMDB

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.

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Year 1972
Country United States of America
Genre Comedy, Drama
Director Irvin Kershner
Runtime 97 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.8/10 (22 votes)

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The film constructs a delicate bridge between domestic reality and wild fantasy, exploring a woman's stifled psyche through increasingly surreal vignettes. It relies on the stark contrast between drab routine and vivid, often subversive, daydreams to articulate a silent rebellion.

What lingers after the credits is the poignant humor of its metaphors and the quiet desperation they mask. A curious blend of comedy and social commentary that feels both of its time and strikingly relatable. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Irvin Kershner

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