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Crystal Fairy

Crystal Fairy

2013
Comedy, Drama
1h 38m
Jamie is an insensitive American twentysomething traveling in Chile, who manages to create chaos at every turn. He and his friends are planning on taking a road trip to experience a legendary hallucinogen called the San Pedro cactus. In a fit of drunkenness at a wild party, Jamie invites an eccentric woman--a radical spirit named Crystal Fairy--to come along. What is meant to be a devil-may-care journey becomes a battle of wills as Jamie finds himself locking horns with his new traveling companion (Sundance)

Directed by:

Sebastián Silva

Screenwriter:

Sebastián Silva

Starring:

Gaby Hoffmann, Michael Cera, Sebastián Silva, Agustín Silva, José Miguel Silva, Daniel Riveros, Gracia Ariztia, Marinés Muñoz, Garciela Gonzalez Cruz, Juan Andrés Silva, Manuela Baldovino, Gepe

Genres:

Comedy, Drama, Adventure

AKAs:

Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus, Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus and 2012

Country:

Chile

Languages:

English, Spanish
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Crystal Fairy

2013
Comedy, Drama
1h 38m
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oldgoatoldgoat
Rated 29 Nov 2013
60
30th
I have little opinion of the movie except that the characters are accurate to what they'd be like in real life. Little is learned, little is experienced. Then it ends.
Rated 29 Nov 2013
axleblazeaxleblaze
Rated 26 Apr 2013
90
77th
A very accurate portrayal of these kinds of people.
Rated 26 Apr 2013
nolanNolan
Rated 06 Dec 2013
8
82nd
I really hated this movie at first. Michael Cera's character was insufferable, even if it was a realistic one, and it seemed to just be a pointless drug movie. But as the film continued, I found myself taken on a journey that felt surprisingly meaningful and interesting.
Rated 06 Dec 2013
thereminjamThereminJam
Rated 04 Aug 2013
90
93rd
I really really dug this movie. Awesome character study and beautiful locations....well done! My favorite Michael Cera role thus far. Funny and bittersweet.
Rated 04 Aug 2013
donquixoticdonquixotic
Rated 12 Mar 2016
1
3rd
Another one of those films that seems to think that boring the audience is profound. Profundity apparently means sod all happening for the first 30 minutes
Rated 12 Mar 2016
funkyastroFunkyAstro
Rated 10 Mar 2014
55
53rd
The thing about drug movies is whether they're good or not entirely depends on if you've shared that experience with that particular drug. I can see why this has so many low score but let me attest, this is pretty dead on. Having known a few Pollo's and Crystal Fairy's in my day I was literally panicking while watching this. They are the worst people in the world to take drugs with, especially psychedelics. Equally yet oppositely annoying. For that, along with the flashbacks, I didn't hate it.
Rated 10 Mar 2014
cdub12cdub12
Rated 22 Nov 2013
80
79th
I really liked both the character of Crystal Fairy and the one Michael Cera plays, they were both fleshed out really well. At points it gets a little loose narratively, but overall I really enjoyed the ride along with this group of characters.
Rated 22 Nov 2013
aceysaid10AceySaid10%
Rated 05 Sep 2013
80
49th
All those who collect frequent flier miles should watch this.
Rated 05 Sep 2013
amazedemonamazedemon
Rated 02 Dec 2020
48
3rd
While I ordinarily appreciate a writer-director's ability to draw on their own experiences, Crystal Fairy is an indulgent bore. Silva casts himself & his brothers to enjoy a drug filled trip at his producers' expense. The characters are intentionally annoying (Cera in particular), bonding over the course of the film; ironically I just found them more infuriating. As much of the dialogue was improvised, & the actors seem to play familiar roles, I struggle to call their performances good acting.
Rated 02 Dec 2020
shewasSheWas
Rated 29 Nov 2017
90
94th
And god, I knew, I was
Rated 29 Nov 2017
amerigoamerigo
Rated 08 Feb 2015
83
82nd
It may not be much, but it is very real. A story of a kid growing out of being a selfish asshole.
Rated 08 Feb 2015
myfavchordsmyfavchords
Rated 04 Dec 2014
74
42nd
Micheal Cera does an excellent job in this film at playing a very unlikeable character. Gaby Hoffmann also does great work with her character in this movie. The script is definitely character based and it is not heavy on plot. There are some interesting moments and some slow ones. Overall I would recommend this film.
Rated 04 Dec 2014
ag0stomesmerAg0stoMesmer
Rated 29 Oct 2014
4
91st
Came in blind as to what it was about, I had enjoyed Silva's MM. Again there are well-done characters and lovely sense of place. A pair from opposite ends of the drug-taking spectrum get stuck with each other. Found it pretty tense, willing them to make it through OK. A nice bit of journey-not-the-destination-y drama.
Rated 29 Oct 2014
yiannosYiannos
Rated 29 Jul 2014
45
14th
Aimless stoner comedy-drama establishes a potentially intriguing cultural conflict--it riffs on the idea of the entitled and annoying American tourists acting like jackasses on foreign land--but it goes nowhere fast, and the largely improvised approach results in an outcome that is more tedious than lively. The loosely structured, intermittently plot driven narrative and lo-fi production values cannot disguise the cliche ridden story, but boy does it try to convince otherwise.
Rated 29 Jul 2014
nofearnofear
Rated 20 Feb 2014
70
41st
A very simple story with a very simple ending. Nothing much happens but you didn't really expect much to happen from the off for some reason I liked it.
Rated 20 Feb 2014
monkeyflipmonkeyflip
Rated 28 Jan 2014
42
19th
Wasn't at all what I was expecting and that is basically a bad thing with this kind of movie. Mostly because I expect amazing imagery and at least a likable character or two.
Rated 28 Jan 2014
parexus2Parexus2
Rated 25 Jan 2014
73
31st
It's not horrible but it literally made me mad because of how much of an asshole Michael is in this.
Rated 25 Jan 2014
chemical404chemical404
Rated 19 Jan 2014
43
29th
Trivial road/drug movie starring Michael Cera as an egoistical, whinny man-child (his character reminded me of someone I know and went on a similar trip once). Not much happens in the film, and whatever happens isn't interesting.
Rated 19 Jan 2014
suture_selfSuture Self
Rated 23 Dec 2013
3
24th
Doesn't really amount to much. Jamie's character is a shallow, insufferable asshole, and probably the worst person you'd ever want to trip with. Crystal Fairy should have fucked him in the ass. Unfortunately, this doesn't happen, and the movie ends rather abruptly, with very little character development and a poor sense of completion. Is there anything worse than a room of white kids doing cocaine with one another? Probably not
Rated 23 Dec 2013
mistersplicemistersplice
Rated 22 Dec 2013
40
14th
4- might want to skip this one, not that hot :: Stealing from a nice old lady is NOT the way you should start a journey into the fantastical other realms.
Rated 22 Dec 2013
burkayadaligburkayadalig
Rated 29 Nov 2013
74
49th
incredibly well written and played characters, but nothing much happens... bonfire scene is one of the most intense scenes of the year
Rated 29 Nov 2013
the_pirateThe Pirate
Rated 23 Nov 2013
76
44th
I've never been one for stoner movies, but this is definitely a good example of how to do it right. Overall though, it doesn't feel like a completely successful movie, more like the director putting to film an excerpt from his life, which out of context made me feel like I didn't know enough going in, and at the end I feel so cheated, wanting to know more.
Rated 23 Nov 2013
muzak66muzak66
Rated 20 Nov 2013
71
43rd
The movie was pretty good Michael Cera is a sick dude and I can't believe that was the little girl from Uncle Buck.
Rated 20 Nov 2013
aflickeringAFlickering
Rated 16 Oct 2013
3
36th
dug the first half's comedy-of-awkwardness/loathsomeness (it's telling how easily even the most harmless of typecast comic actors can put the same basic schtick toward insufferably prickish ends), but this ain't no THE COMEDY, and the conflict between american paternalism/entitlement & chilean passive acceptance is too tidily resolved via old-hat stoner-bromance-road trip arcs.
Rated 16 Oct 2013

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