SummaryJamie is a boorish, insensitive American twentysomething traveling in Chile, who somehow manages to create chaos at every turn. He and his friends are planning on taking a road trip north to experience a legendary shamanistic hallucinogen called the San Pedro cactus. In a fit of drunkenness at a wild party, Jamie invites an eccentric woman -- a r... Read More
Directed By:Sebastián Silva
Written By:Sebastián Silva
Crystal Fairy & The Magical Cactus
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67
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
80% Positive
20 Reviews
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16% Mixed
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1 Review
Jul 26, 2013
88
Part drug comedy, part psychological drama, the movie is slight, but only superficially so. As the closing credits role, we’re left not with a sense of a day at the beach, but of what might be swimming out there, in the dark of the abyss.
Jul 13, 2013
80
On their own, Crystal and Jamie might be two of the worst road-trip companions imaginable; when one gets going, it's easy to identify with the other's frustration. But together — fueled by drugs, forced to share a space, separated from what they take for granted — they reconsider how they value the people who are not ... them.
User score
Mixed or Average
52% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
26% Mixed
7 Ratings
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6 Ratings
6 Ratings
Jul 13, 2013
10
This is a comedy-drama masterpiece. This is with Pacific Rim the best movie of 2013 so far.Michael Cera is so great in this one and everyone else too.
Jul 26, 2013
70
It’s the kind of movie that takes you by surprise. By the time it’s done, the honesty of the performances and the depth of character that’s revealed is exhilarating.
Apr 9, 2013
67
Crystal Fairy has little to say beyond Cera's capacity to transform into an amazingly uncomfortable screen presence, something we already knew.
Jul 9, 2013
60
Working from autobiographical material, Sebastián Silva does wonders with these two dedicated performances — the ice king and the earth goddess, both of them neurotically detached from their sunny surroundings.
Jul 11, 2013
12
Anything can happen when Michael Cera wanders around Chile without a script on a mission to get high on mescaline. Or, in the case of Crystal Fairy, nothing could happen, too.
Dec 28, 2013
6
The movie is slight to a fault, but it's a kick to see Michael Cera finally cut loose a bit. It is to the film's credit that although almost nothing happens, the actors are never less than engaging.
Aug 18, 2013
4
Michael Cera's movie characters are typically awkard nebbish types, so he must have been thrilled to play this obnoxious, pushy boor. He teams up with 3 brothers in Chile for a road trip (literally) to ingest mescaline. Along they way they encounter a free spirit named Crystal Fairy (Gabby Hoffmann) and her name sums up her hippie/new age personality. The conflict between these 2 lead characters is pretty much all there is for plot. It's shot in a sloppy, handheld style with aimless direction. Basically, it's a showcase for Cera to act an
Nov 13, 2014
2
"Crystal Fairy and the Magical Cactus" 10 Scale Rating: 1.5 (Terrible) ... The Good: Nothing, really. Well, OK ... Michael Cera stepping out of his comfort zone was good to see. The Bad: Pretty much everything. Typically a group of people wandering through the desert in a drug induced stupor is an entertaining premise ... if it's funny. Too stupid for words and chock full of rambling dialogue that feels like it was made up on the fly, "Crystal Fairy" fails at every level in trying to become a cult classic. "Fear and Loathing" it's not.
Aug 15, 2014
2
Michael Cera executed the role poorly , as always. There is close to no character development and the film will just be forgotten like all other drug comedies.
Production Company:
- Fabula
- Diroriro
- Corfo
Release Date:Jul 12, 2013
Duration:1 h 38 m
Awards
Pedro Sienna Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 2 Nominations
