79
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenMs. Chaplin, in one of her most touching screen performances, imbues Anne with a world-weary melancholy that makes your heart sink.
- 80VarietyJay WeissbergVarietyJay WeissbergChaplin’s performance is characterized by a lack of vanity and an almost magical combination of empathy and pathos.
- 80Village VoiceSerena DonadoniVillage VoiceSerena DonadoniGuzmán and Cárdenas present this tropical island as both Anne's romantic refuge and Noelí's exploitative landscape, a beautiful, enchanting — and realistic — Eden where snakes are merely snakes.
- 75Slant MagazineElise NakhnikianSlant MagazineElise NakhnikianIt respects and plumbs the feelings of all three main characters while surfacing the economic, ethnic, cultural, and gender power imbalances in their relationships.
- Playing out against a dreamy Caribbean backdrop, Sand Dollars is indeed about dreams, unpicking those of a gracefully aging lady and her young lover with a trembling delicacy and attentiveness.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshLos Angeles TimesKatie WalshSand Dollars has an assured, light touch.