It's a tribute to the leads and the strong hand of Silva that we can be enchanted and repulsed by both.

| Jun 19, 2020

Crystal Fairy weaves her spell over you from beginning to end.

| Nov 27, 2019

While there may not be much here as far as Cera reinventing himself, leave any of that baggage at the door for this loopy endeavor that is most certainly unpredictable, especially given its simplistic narrative.

| Aug 22, 2019

Though it may not be entirely memorable, it makes for an underplayed and gently humorous watch.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 7, 2019

The plot is relatively thin but the performances are solid, presenting very different sides of a couple of previously predictable actors.

| Nov 21, 2018

Director Sebastian Silva and Hoffmann have the guts to create a female character as obnoxious as her male counterparts; better still, they don't stop at a one-dimensional caricature.

| Nov 21, 2018

Jamie and Crystal are vivid '60s types, indelibly played.

| Nov 21, 2018

It should appeal to fans of offbeat character-driven dramas - not to mention fans of Cera himself, who's embracing these morally ambiguous characters with gusto.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 6, 2017

The best surprise of this movie is that there is no heavy-handed moral, no anti-drug (or pro-drug, even) rhetoric, and no catharsis.

| Jun 28, 2017

Crystal Fairy is all about that uneasy destination: never in sight but always on the edge of perception.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 11, 2016

Low-key, naturalistic and original, Sebastian Silva's study of two Americans finding their way in Chile is an often funny, always compelling journey that rings true.

| Original Score: A | Jun 8, 2016

The summer of cokehead Michael Cera continues.

Full Review | Apr 28, 2015

It's a messy film, but it hits more than it misses, sometimes landing on something emotionally resonant.

| Original Score: B | Apr 8, 2014

Deadpan funny as a comedy.

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 1, 2014

Silva fails to cook up anything more than unfulfilled potential in this half-baked movie.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 22, 2014

It pootles around in vaguely trippy fashion, relying on loose improvisation as the characters variously get on each other's nerves (and ours) before reaching a collective one-ness with the universe. Or something.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 19, 2014

An engaging, rambling affair that is pleasant to watch and easy to forget. But it does the job of proving that there's a lot more to Michael Cera than previously met the eye.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 19, 2014

Films don't get much more offbeat than this trippy comedy-drama about Americans in Chile.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 17, 2014

A trip worth taking.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 17, 2014

Cera's chin may be weak, but his strength as an actor cannot be denied.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 17, 2014