<P> The titular character is based on a real person who was an influence on the director . The script was an outline with every scene including a moment that leads the actors to the next place . They didn't do any rehearsals in character, but since the boys had already been living together when Hoffmann arrived, her character's role as the outsider was easier to slip into . While shooting the scene of Crystal Fairy tripping, Hoffmann was too . "...I just knew it would be okay . My dose was weak, so I had to take a second one even though it was so revolting, but I really loved it . I was totally present in the experience of the making of the movie, and I felt like it was subtle enough that I could step in and out of it," Hoffmann said . "I never felt like,' Oh my God, I'm tripping and I have to make a movie .' I felt like I could totally step out of it and be like,' Okay, Sebastián, what's going on? What do we need to do?' And then I could step back into it and just go with it . And, you know, there's like hours and hours of footage that you don't see because it was like a 10 - hour trip and we were in that desert the whole time . It was great, but it was subtle ." </P> <P> Silva told the audience after the world premiere in Park City that Crystal Fairy was largely improvised . Distributed by IFC Films in North America, Crystal Fairy was released on 12 July 2013 . </P> <P> Crystal Fairy received generally positive reviews, currently holding an 80% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 82 reviews, with an average rating of 6.7 / 10 . The site's consensus reads: "Slight and unpolished, The Crystal Fairy is held together with Sebastian Silva's assured direction and a pair of strong, committed performances from Michael Cera and Gaby Hoffman ." On Metacritic, the film has a 67 out of 100 rating, based on 25 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". </P> <P> Writing for The Village Voice, Alan Scherstul praises Cera's performance, writing, "Cera's a pleasure...There's a tender radiance to him here, and some string - bean clowning; at times, especially when he's playing a beatific high, he looks for all the world like Harpo Marx ." </P>

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